Episode #4 – First Blood
Lita sat quietly at a small table and looked around. The other patrons were talking and eating. She looked at her watch, it was eight thirty.
"Where is he?" she asked herself quietly. She had decided to ignore Raye's constant prattling about Kenny and had asked him out. It turned out that Kenny was seventeen, and Lita found him quite interesting. He was a art student, and he was planning on going into interior design. She heard the door chime and she looked up, it was Kenny. She waved at him non- chalantly and he made a beeline for her table.
"Hey you, take long enough to get here?"
"Sorry, sorry. Class ran late"
"Sure what were you doing, nude sketching?"
"No, actually, we were learning the finer points of drafting. I lost track of time, and when I looked at my watch, I was late."
"Well, your here now, that's all that matters, let's order, hm?"
"Sure"
Lita hailed a passing waiter and he took their orders. He soon returned with two steaming plates of Spaghetti Alfredo. Kenny smiled and took the plates, setting them down carefully.
"Look's great, don't it?"
"Sure does, not as good as yours though" said Kenny.
"Your just saying that" Lita said through giggles.
"No I'm not, it's just how I feel"
"Your certainly a sweetie, aren't you" said Lita, running her foot up Kenny's inner thigh. Kenny blushed slightly and smiled.
"You certainly know how to treat a guy" he said as he cleared his throat.
"Well, it's not to hard with you." Kenny smiled and began to eat his spaghetti.
Lita smiled back and took a sip of her wine, then began to eat as well. Lita and Kenny both smiled at each other from time to time over the evening, content with each other's company. Then, suddenly, it was as if the room simply jumped. Everything was lifted off the ground for a few seconds, and then slammed back down. Shards of glass and splinters of broken wood flew everywhere. Lita covered her eyes and turned away from the massive explosion. She got up a few seconds later, pulling herself out of the debris and brushing herself off, she was unhurt. She looked around, the place was a mess. Almost everything that could've broken did. Lita precariously picked her way over to Kenny, he was fine. Lita heard a peal of booming, evil laughter echo around her, and she knew the voice.
"Where are you, freak!!"
"Come find me, Sailor Brat!"
Lita stormed out of the restaurant and looked around. She saw Serena and Amy running down the street. Raye came barrelling down the street in her car, with Mina close behind on her motorcycle.
"Geoff, what the meaning of this!!" cried Serena.
"Oh, you know, I just love bugging you five so much, it's hard not to!"
"You gonna put something behind your boasts this time, or you just gonna run like a dog with it's tail between it's legs!" Lita yelled at him.
Geoff appeared in a puff of silver smoke, the time without the mask. His eyes glowed with golden energy as he looked at the five Sailor Senshi.
"Well, since you asked so nicely, and since you're all so eager for a battle, I might as well indulge you!" Geoff made a series of swirling fluxes with his hands and a ball of swirling multicoloured energy expanded from his fingers.
"Were gonna put you down, dog!!" Lit screamed as she transformed. The others followed suit, each of them transforming. The crackling energy sparked between Geoff's fingers and the ball expanded even further. Sailor Moon looked at Geoff and grippe her sceptre tightly. Geoff watched the scene unfold around him, and he was glad. The fire of battle raced in his veins, and he could feel it fanning his powers to a even greater heights.
"NOW YOU DIE SAILOR SENSHI!!" screamed Geoff as he flung the energy ball at the five Sailor Senshi. The ball impacted and detonated spectacularly as the five soldiers scattered. Sailor Mars looked around as the smoke cleared. A huge hulking mass of something stood in the middle of the crater that the energy ball left. She heard a sound like the flapping of bat wings, but it was to low, much to low. Suddenly, four burning orbs of light, two of them neon green, two harsh yellow, emerged from the lip of the crater. A loud roar deafened the five Sailor Senshi, and they saw their real attacker.
"Ladies, I give you my champion, Angron," said Geoff, who disappeared in a puff of silver smoke. The dust settled and the smoke cleared. The four orbs of light that Raye had seen looked out at them, for they were huge eyes, each of them glowing fiercely.
The beast that stood before them was over fifteen feet tall, and it had two large dragonheads, the mouths lined with razor sharp teeth and a black, flicking tongue. The heads extended back into a large single neck lined with spikes, segmented with two huge arms that ended in a large, five fingered hand that had a long, wicked scythe shaped claw on the end of each finger. The neck continued on to a massively muscled humanoid torso that had another pair of arms, in one of the massive hands was held a huge double-edged battle-axe, and in the other, a long spiked whip.
Angron roared and flapped out of the crater, revealing his entire body. His legs ended huge three clawed feet, each leg was double jointed, and a bone spike extended from each of the joints. The beast took a deep breath in and exhaled, bringing a huge sheet of flame from his two mouths. The Sailor Senshi scattered from the blast of fire.
"COME SAILOR SENSHI!! COME TO YOUR DEATH!!!" roared Angron, swinging his battle-axe and cracking his whip. He unleashed a great fireball from one of his mouths. It went sailing towards Sailor Jupiter, but she leapt out of the way and it exploded spectacularly against the pavement, scattering debris everywhere. Angron leapt high into the into the sky and came down swinging his four limbs, the axe taking great chunks from buildings, the whip overturning cars, his two hands shredding trees like they were kindling. The Sailor Senshi scattered back further. Sailor Jupiter got up from the ground and looked at Angron.
"Well, it seems that we've finally got ourselves a worthy adversary! JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!!" A huge bolt of lightning exploded from Sailor Jupiter's tiara and impacted against Angron. He staggered a little, then turned to face Sailor Jupiter.
"FOOLISH MORTAL!! YOU THINK THAT YOUR STUNTED POWERS CAN STOP ME!! HA! TAKE THIS!!" And with that, he pointed a singular scythe shaped claw at Sailor Jupiter and a white blast of pure energy exploded from it. The energy bolt hit Sailor Jupiter and sent her flying into a car, and she crumpled into a ball from the pain.
"AND NOW YOU DIE, IMPUDENT WHELP!!" Roared Angron as he leapt into the air, his axe held high. He brought the axe down in a death-arc, planning on severing Sailor Jupiter's head from her shoulders, but he stopped scant inches from her neck. He turned around, looking at the still smoking finger of Sailor Venus.
"You wanna 'nother!" she cried as her Crescent Beam lanced out again, hitting him full in the chest. Angron took a step back and breathed in deeply. His eyes glowed brightly and he exhaled, a bright sheet of flame exploded from his mouth, covering the surrounding area in white-hot flames. He turned about with his two heads and took in the battlefield. He was surrounded on four fronts, each covered by a very angry Sailor Senshi. He gripped his axe and cracked his whip.
"TIME TO DIE SAILOR SENSHI!!!" he roared, leaping high into the air and breathing a huge gout of flame, sending it crashing to the ground. The extreme heat and intense fire of the fireball drove the Sailor Senshi back to a acceptable distance. He landed again, and drove the Scout of Venus to the ground with another blast of energy. He looked about, a pitiful human had staggered out of Geoff's trap, and was easy pickings.
Sailor Jupiter sat up and looked around. She looked at Angron, his eyes were glowing faintly and he seemed to be looking for something. She watched him spy something that she couldn't see through the high flames that scattered the battlefield. She pushed a large piece of debris that covered her legs off and stood up, just then, Angron roared and took to the sky. Holding his axe high, he came crashing towards the ground, swinging his axe. Sailor Jupiter saw a huge gout of red liquid splash against the wall and the other Sailor Senshi blanch white. She ran forward, and saw Angron's huge axe buried in the ground, half a human on either side. The human was still alive, and he tried to crawl away from the inhuman monster that loomed above him, but it was all he could do to try and slide away. Sailor Jupiter ran forward, firing off another Thunderbolt as she did, and picked up the unfortunate human and ran him down the street, behind a car for safety, letting the others deal with Angron for the moment. She was watching how the others were faring when she felt the man reach up and lightly grasp her shoulder. Lita looked down and nearly died.
"Kenny....."
"Yeah... thought you could use some help... guess I was wrong, hm?"
"Kenny... but... NO! I won't let you die!!"
"Too late.... But at least I die in your arms.... Lita.." He slowly shut his eyes and passed to the next life.
"You... knew?" was all she said, her eyes glassy and far away.
She laid Kenny down and stood up, slowly walking over to where the battle was ensuing. She could feel her anger coursing through her veins, her adrenaline levels jacked up to their highest level they could attain. She looked at Angron and whispered "Jupiter Lightning Bomb".
A huge blast of lightning exploded from Sailor Jupiter's tiara, and encompassed Angron, driving him to the ground. She laid a hand upon Angron's chest and electrocuted him with over 100,000,000 volts of electricity, quite literally cooking him in his own juices. She looked at his smoking carcass indifferently and she simply collapsed. The other Senshi ran to their friend and tried to wake her up, but she was in a deep slumber. It was then they heard the shriek of metal on stone, and the haggard breathing of a enraged beast. They turned around, and looked upon Angron, looming above them, his eyes glowing with hate and his breath coming in great blasts of fire.
"NOW YOU'VE GONE AND MADE ME MAD!!!!!" He roared. Angron took a deep breath and let out a huge sheet of flame, nearly incinerating Sailor Mercury. The four Sailor Senshi stood up and scattered, Sailor Moon refused to leave Jupiter's side and stood in defiance of Angron's might, brandishing her sceptre as she would a sword.
"Everyone, ATTACK!!" she cried. Mercury leapt up on a car and screamed "MERCURY ICE BUBBLE BLAST!!" coating Angron in a sheet of ice. Sailor Mars stood up and looked at Angron. "MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!!" she cried, eight rings of fire surrounded Sailor Mars, then flew forwards, crashing into Angron and melting the ice that encased him, and burned him quite well. Angron roared in anger and lashed out with his whip, but the Sailor Senshi were too quick for him. Sailor Venus pointed her finger at him and yelled "VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SHATTER!!" and a huge beam of energy exploded from her finger, striking Angron directly in the chest, cutting a deep wound into his flesh. Sailor Moon looked at Angron and held her sceptre in both hands. "MOON SCEPTRE ELIMINATION!!!" She screamed, slamming Angron with a huge wave of energy.
There was thick smoke in the air, and the Sailor Senshi couldn't see if Angron had been defeated or not. Sailor Moon called out to the others, and they soon came back to her.
"Is he dead?" asked Sailor Venus.
"Don't know, can't see through this smoke, and my computer can't cut through it either" said Sailor Mercury.
"I sure hope he is" said Sailor Moon.
"I can't sense anything, I think we did it," said Sailor Mars. The ground shuddered violently, and there was a great "WHOOSH!" of air being sucked up and the smoke cleared. The four conscious Senshi looked about, they couldn't see Angron anywhere.
"I think he's actually dead," said Sailor Moon.
"NOT A CHANCE SAILOR BRATS!!" The four Sailors looked around, but they couldn't see Angron.
"YOU THINK THAT YOUR PUNY LITTLE SCEPTRE CAN STOP ME! HA! YOU MAY HAVE WOUNDED ME, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, I WILL BE BACK!!!!" Angron roared as he flew away. The four Senshi turned to their fallen friend.
"Lita! Lita! You okay Lita!!" said Sailor Moon. They each transformed back into their alter ego's and helped their friend to safety. Lita stirred a few moments later.
"What happened? Last thing I remember was giving that monstrosity one helluva jolt then..." Lita looked around. "I take it we won"
"Not really... more like drove the bastard off" said Raye.
"Good... I'll be waiting for him, YOU HEAR THAT YOU MONSTROSITY!!! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU!!!" she screamed, shaking her fist to the sky.
"Lita, what's the deal, It's only a monster!" Said Serena, a little scared by her friends reaction.
"Didn't any of you see who that monstrosity killed?!"
"No.... we didn't really watch, we were more concerned with you" said Raye.
"Goddamit Raye! It was Kenny!"
"Wha... what? It was Kenny?"
"Yeah, I was having dinner with him when Geoff attacked, he must've come out to try an help us or something.... he died in my arms.... IN MY ARMS!!" she screamed, slamming her fist into the wall she leaned against. Raye looked at Lita, her face blanche white.
"At least he died in a friends arms"
"He... you're right.... I guess... I... I just feel so powerless... If we can't stop one lousy monster from killing one person.... what the hell are we here for!!" Serena looked at her friend and walked forward slowly. Before she knew what she was doing, she had slapped Lita, hard.
"Stop your snivelling! You think that's how Kenny would want you to act! Lita, come on, you know we can beat this thing if we work together!!!" Lita looked at Serena, her jaw slightly dropped and her eyes wide open.
"Your... right! We can't feel bad, we need to push on and persevere through this... we can beat him..." Said Lita. Her voice was far off and very soft, as if she were talking to herself.
"You guys sure she's okay?" asked Mina.
Amy lightly grabbed Lita's upper arm, she was ice cold.
"Guys! She's going into shock!" she said franticly. "We need to get her warm first, then get her home!"
"Shouldn't we take her to a hospital or something?"" asked Serena.
"How could we explain why she's like this, hm Serena?"
"Uh, we could... um.... good point."
They lead Lita to Raye's car and wrapped her up in a blanket, then the others got in and they drove to Lita's house. Mina and Raye slowly walked Lita up the stairs to her home and let her in. Lita's eyes were like polished glass now, and she was mumbling incoherently. Raye slowly sat Lita down on her couch and looked at her.
"Amy, can't you do anything for her?"
"Nope... the only thing we can do is try to keep her warm and hope for the best, that's all..."
Serena looked at her friend, she hated to her in pain like this. There wasn't anything she could do.... nothing.
Serena thought for a long while, then she got up and walked out of Lita's house quietly, making sure her other friends didn't see her leave.
She walked for a long time, thinking about everything. Geoff lay at the heart of this problem, he was the catalyst for this entire predicament. She went on thinking, and almost ran into a lamp pole, but she side stepped at the last moment and only lightly brushed it with her shoulder. She walked into the park and looked around. This was the place where she and Darien had spoken during the time when the Snow Witch Kaguya had tried to take over the planet. She smiled, even then, during that time of great danger, she had Darien to turn to. She was snapped out of her reverie by a sudden rustling in the bushes. She whipped around, her small hands balled into fists.
"Whoever's out there can just come out right now!!" Serena said loudly.
"Whoa Tiger, it's only me!" Serena looked at the bushes, and Darien stepped out of them.
"DARIEN!!" She yelled, running towards him and throwing her arms around him.
"I've missed you to Serena" he said, holding her close.
"Darien," she said after a while. "You remember me telling you about the new guys over at Raye's temple?"
"Yeah... Tommy, wasn't it?"
"Kenny.... it was Kenny.... he-he's dead...." Darien paled slightly.
"Dead... how?"
"He and Lita were having dinner or something and Geoff attacked.... he sent this monstrosity he called his champion after us and is killed Kenny after he had gotten out of the trap that Geoff had set... he... he died in Lita's arms..."
"Is Lita okay?"
"No... she's gone into a deep shock, and I don't know if she's ever going to be the same...."
"I know... it's hard to loose someone you love... it hurts so much... like you heart's been shredded right in your chest..."
"I know that feeling all to well..." said Serena, burying her head in Darien's chest.
"I won't leave you again, you can count on that..."
"I know... you're so good to me..."
Darien looked at Serena and smiled, lightly kissing her on the forehead.
"I love you, you know..." said Darien.
"I know... I know" Serena said softly.
"Mind if I walk you to your place?"
"Not at all"
The two lovers walked hand in hand in the deep night, the silence that accompanied them comforting. It was near the school where they heard the sounds of a struggle. They looked at each other and nodded. They both ran forward and looked around, there was nothing, but suddenly, a groan was heard from a nearby alley. Serena and Darien looked down the alley, a man was balled up in pain on his side. They walked towards the man.
"Are you okay?" asked Serena. The man only groaned. Darien walked forward and placed a hand on the man's shoulder.
"It's okay, were here to help..."
"The-they took my wallet.... beat me up pretty bad to.... please help me..."
Serena looked at him, he seemed familiar. She looked at him, he had small brown eyes and dishevelled brown hair.
"Melvin? Is that you Melvin??"
"Yeah... who's that.... Serena? Is that you Serena?"
"Yeah, it's me... come on, let's get you up..." Darien and Serena both helped get Melvin up and they started walking.
"So what happened?"
"Nothing... just some guys jumped me and stole my wallet is all... jokes on them though... I never keep any cash on me... just my debit cards.... bet they feel pretty stupid..." he groaned again. They walked him to the nearest hospital, then Darien phoned the police. An officer soon arrived and took Melvin's account of the incident.
"So... is there anything that you can do officer?" asked Serena.
"Usually there is, but your friend didn't see his assailants, so that doesn't give us much to work with, but we'll try our hardest, don't you worry" said the Officer.
Serena smiled and nodded, and the officer walked away. She idly swatted at a fly and looked at Melvin. His face was a mass of bruises and was turning a blackish-purple hue. His left shoulder was dislocated and the tensor bandage around it looked strange against his dark green shirt. Serena smiled as she walked out with Darien, leaving Melvin in the care of the doctors.
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A few days later
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Geoff paced impatiently around his office at Tekhed, what was taking the imbecile so long! He looked around, shelves stacked five high with books lined the great mahogany walls, and he had already read the entire collection. Twice. He jabbed the button on his intercom.
"Ms.Pakar!"
"Yes Sir"
"Has my man arrived yet?"
"Yes sir, just now"
"Send him in here this instant!"
"Yes sir"
Geoff snapped his fingers and was instantly dressed in a black business suit with grey pin striping and a red tie. He sat down at his desk and waited. The massive twin doors opened, revealing a short man walking in.
"Greetings sir"
"Mr. Abram's, I trust you have my package"
"Of course sir, I would not be here otherwise"
"That is good, may I have my package now"
"Yes sir, once you complete your end of the bargain"
Geoff tapped a few keystrokes on his desktop computer.
"Ten million, as we agreed, in a Swiss bank account, right.. about... now"
"Then here is your package, sir," said the man. He placed a small glass case on his desk, a single strand of hair inside. The strand was about four feet long, and blonde.
"Thank-you Mr. Abram's"
"Your quite welcome sir"
"Oh, and Melvin..."
"Yes sir?"
"Next time, try to do your assignment in less than five months"
"I understand sir, may I at least explai-"
"No, now get out of my sight"
"Yes sir"
Geoff watched as Melvin walked out of his office. He looked at the solitary strand of hair, over four feet long and plucked right at the root.
"A good sample Mr.Abrams, but that won't redeem your fate," He jabbed the intercom.
"Ms.Pakar?"
"Yes sir"
"Has my man left yet?"
"Certainly has sir, went flying out of here, said something about going to a bank"
"Exterminate him, with extreme prejudice"
"Sniper, sir?"
"No, too quick.... maybe something biological-"
"Our Compound 16 needs human testing..."
"Well, I guess he just volunteered"
"I shall see to the necessary procedures"
Geoff smiled coldly.
"Time is precious, and you wasted too much Mr.Abrams"
Geoff got out of his chair and walked out of his office, almost leaping for joy. His Warriors were so close to being complete, just the addition of this genetic sample, then a few more weeks in the maturation chambers, they would be complete! Melvin had cost Geoff large amounts of time and money, in the end Geoff had had to build a tiny remote controlled sample gatherer, costing more time and money. But it was at least worth it, he now had the sample! He arrived in the cleanroom with the sample seconds before Ms.Pakar. Geoff studied her for a moment, she was tall and had crisp blond hair and penetrating, icy blue eyes. Her jaw was set tightly and she had a non-chalant smile on her lips.
She wasn't at all hard to look at, but she didn't hold Geoff's attention for an instant, he was more concerned with his Warriors. He walked forward and got into his sterile suit, snapping the faceplate into place and walking into the decompression chamber. He exited a few seconds later and put the genetic sample into the Extractor. He zeroed in on the specific genetic traits he wanted, and then broke them from the DNA chain with surgical micro-lasers. He took the genetic material and implanted it into the Warriors maturation chambers. Geoff watched as the machines cloned the genetic data and then injected it into the foetal Warriors, completing them.
Lita sat quietly at a small table and looked around. The other patrons were talking and eating. She looked at her watch, it was eight thirty.
"Where is he?" she asked herself quietly. She had decided to ignore Raye's constant prattling about Kenny and had asked him out. It turned out that Kenny was seventeen, and Lita found him quite interesting. He was a art student, and he was planning on going into interior design. She heard the door chime and she looked up, it was Kenny. She waved at him non- chalantly and he made a beeline for her table.
"Hey you, take long enough to get here?"
"Sorry, sorry. Class ran late"
"Sure what were you doing, nude sketching?"
"No, actually, we were learning the finer points of drafting. I lost track of time, and when I looked at my watch, I was late."
"Well, your here now, that's all that matters, let's order, hm?"
"Sure"
Lita hailed a passing waiter and he took their orders. He soon returned with two steaming plates of Spaghetti Alfredo. Kenny smiled and took the plates, setting them down carefully.
"Look's great, don't it?"
"Sure does, not as good as yours though" said Kenny.
"Your just saying that" Lita said through giggles.
"No I'm not, it's just how I feel"
"Your certainly a sweetie, aren't you" said Lita, running her foot up Kenny's inner thigh. Kenny blushed slightly and smiled.
"You certainly know how to treat a guy" he said as he cleared his throat.
"Well, it's not to hard with you." Kenny smiled and began to eat his spaghetti.
Lita smiled back and took a sip of her wine, then began to eat as well. Lita and Kenny both smiled at each other from time to time over the evening, content with each other's company. Then, suddenly, it was as if the room simply jumped. Everything was lifted off the ground for a few seconds, and then slammed back down. Shards of glass and splinters of broken wood flew everywhere. Lita covered her eyes and turned away from the massive explosion. She got up a few seconds later, pulling herself out of the debris and brushing herself off, she was unhurt. She looked around, the place was a mess. Almost everything that could've broken did. Lita precariously picked her way over to Kenny, he was fine. Lita heard a peal of booming, evil laughter echo around her, and she knew the voice.
"Where are you, freak!!"
"Come find me, Sailor Brat!"
Lita stormed out of the restaurant and looked around. She saw Serena and Amy running down the street. Raye came barrelling down the street in her car, with Mina close behind on her motorcycle.
"Geoff, what the meaning of this!!" cried Serena.
"Oh, you know, I just love bugging you five so much, it's hard not to!"
"You gonna put something behind your boasts this time, or you just gonna run like a dog with it's tail between it's legs!" Lita yelled at him.
Geoff appeared in a puff of silver smoke, the time without the mask. His eyes glowed with golden energy as he looked at the five Sailor Senshi.
"Well, since you asked so nicely, and since you're all so eager for a battle, I might as well indulge you!" Geoff made a series of swirling fluxes with his hands and a ball of swirling multicoloured energy expanded from his fingers.
"Were gonna put you down, dog!!" Lit screamed as she transformed. The others followed suit, each of them transforming. The crackling energy sparked between Geoff's fingers and the ball expanded even further. Sailor Moon looked at Geoff and grippe her sceptre tightly. Geoff watched the scene unfold around him, and he was glad. The fire of battle raced in his veins, and he could feel it fanning his powers to a even greater heights.
"NOW YOU DIE SAILOR SENSHI!!" screamed Geoff as he flung the energy ball at the five Sailor Senshi. The ball impacted and detonated spectacularly as the five soldiers scattered. Sailor Mars looked around as the smoke cleared. A huge hulking mass of something stood in the middle of the crater that the energy ball left. She heard a sound like the flapping of bat wings, but it was to low, much to low. Suddenly, four burning orbs of light, two of them neon green, two harsh yellow, emerged from the lip of the crater. A loud roar deafened the five Sailor Senshi, and they saw their real attacker.
"Ladies, I give you my champion, Angron," said Geoff, who disappeared in a puff of silver smoke. The dust settled and the smoke cleared. The four orbs of light that Raye had seen looked out at them, for they were huge eyes, each of them glowing fiercely.
The beast that stood before them was over fifteen feet tall, and it had two large dragonheads, the mouths lined with razor sharp teeth and a black, flicking tongue. The heads extended back into a large single neck lined with spikes, segmented with two huge arms that ended in a large, five fingered hand that had a long, wicked scythe shaped claw on the end of each finger. The neck continued on to a massively muscled humanoid torso that had another pair of arms, in one of the massive hands was held a huge double-edged battle-axe, and in the other, a long spiked whip.
Angron roared and flapped out of the crater, revealing his entire body. His legs ended huge three clawed feet, each leg was double jointed, and a bone spike extended from each of the joints. The beast took a deep breath in and exhaled, bringing a huge sheet of flame from his two mouths. The Sailor Senshi scattered from the blast of fire.
"COME SAILOR SENSHI!! COME TO YOUR DEATH!!!" roared Angron, swinging his battle-axe and cracking his whip. He unleashed a great fireball from one of his mouths. It went sailing towards Sailor Jupiter, but she leapt out of the way and it exploded spectacularly against the pavement, scattering debris everywhere. Angron leapt high into the into the sky and came down swinging his four limbs, the axe taking great chunks from buildings, the whip overturning cars, his two hands shredding trees like they were kindling. The Sailor Senshi scattered back further. Sailor Jupiter got up from the ground and looked at Angron.
"Well, it seems that we've finally got ourselves a worthy adversary! JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!!" A huge bolt of lightning exploded from Sailor Jupiter's tiara and impacted against Angron. He staggered a little, then turned to face Sailor Jupiter.
"FOOLISH MORTAL!! YOU THINK THAT YOUR STUNTED POWERS CAN STOP ME!! HA! TAKE THIS!!" And with that, he pointed a singular scythe shaped claw at Sailor Jupiter and a white blast of pure energy exploded from it. The energy bolt hit Sailor Jupiter and sent her flying into a car, and she crumpled into a ball from the pain.
"AND NOW YOU DIE, IMPUDENT WHELP!!" Roared Angron as he leapt into the air, his axe held high. He brought the axe down in a death-arc, planning on severing Sailor Jupiter's head from her shoulders, but he stopped scant inches from her neck. He turned around, looking at the still smoking finger of Sailor Venus.
"You wanna 'nother!" she cried as her Crescent Beam lanced out again, hitting him full in the chest. Angron took a step back and breathed in deeply. His eyes glowed brightly and he exhaled, a bright sheet of flame exploded from his mouth, covering the surrounding area in white-hot flames. He turned about with his two heads and took in the battlefield. He was surrounded on four fronts, each covered by a very angry Sailor Senshi. He gripped his axe and cracked his whip.
"TIME TO DIE SAILOR SENSHI!!!" he roared, leaping high into the air and breathing a huge gout of flame, sending it crashing to the ground. The extreme heat and intense fire of the fireball drove the Sailor Senshi back to a acceptable distance. He landed again, and drove the Scout of Venus to the ground with another blast of energy. He looked about, a pitiful human had staggered out of Geoff's trap, and was easy pickings.
Sailor Jupiter sat up and looked around. She looked at Angron, his eyes were glowing faintly and he seemed to be looking for something. She watched him spy something that she couldn't see through the high flames that scattered the battlefield. She pushed a large piece of debris that covered her legs off and stood up, just then, Angron roared and took to the sky. Holding his axe high, he came crashing towards the ground, swinging his axe. Sailor Jupiter saw a huge gout of red liquid splash against the wall and the other Sailor Senshi blanch white. She ran forward, and saw Angron's huge axe buried in the ground, half a human on either side. The human was still alive, and he tried to crawl away from the inhuman monster that loomed above him, but it was all he could do to try and slide away. Sailor Jupiter ran forward, firing off another Thunderbolt as she did, and picked up the unfortunate human and ran him down the street, behind a car for safety, letting the others deal with Angron for the moment. She was watching how the others were faring when she felt the man reach up and lightly grasp her shoulder. Lita looked down and nearly died.
"Kenny....."
"Yeah... thought you could use some help... guess I was wrong, hm?"
"Kenny... but... NO! I won't let you die!!"
"Too late.... But at least I die in your arms.... Lita.." He slowly shut his eyes and passed to the next life.
"You... knew?" was all she said, her eyes glassy and far away.
She laid Kenny down and stood up, slowly walking over to where the battle was ensuing. She could feel her anger coursing through her veins, her adrenaline levels jacked up to their highest level they could attain. She looked at Angron and whispered "Jupiter Lightning Bomb".
A huge blast of lightning exploded from Sailor Jupiter's tiara, and encompassed Angron, driving him to the ground. She laid a hand upon Angron's chest and electrocuted him with over 100,000,000 volts of electricity, quite literally cooking him in his own juices. She looked at his smoking carcass indifferently and she simply collapsed. The other Senshi ran to their friend and tried to wake her up, but she was in a deep slumber. It was then they heard the shriek of metal on stone, and the haggard breathing of a enraged beast. They turned around, and looked upon Angron, looming above them, his eyes glowing with hate and his breath coming in great blasts of fire.
"NOW YOU'VE GONE AND MADE ME MAD!!!!!" He roared. Angron took a deep breath and let out a huge sheet of flame, nearly incinerating Sailor Mercury. The four Sailor Senshi stood up and scattered, Sailor Moon refused to leave Jupiter's side and stood in defiance of Angron's might, brandishing her sceptre as she would a sword.
"Everyone, ATTACK!!" she cried. Mercury leapt up on a car and screamed "MERCURY ICE BUBBLE BLAST!!" coating Angron in a sheet of ice. Sailor Mars stood up and looked at Angron. "MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!!" she cried, eight rings of fire surrounded Sailor Mars, then flew forwards, crashing into Angron and melting the ice that encased him, and burned him quite well. Angron roared in anger and lashed out with his whip, but the Sailor Senshi were too quick for him. Sailor Venus pointed her finger at him and yelled "VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SHATTER!!" and a huge beam of energy exploded from her finger, striking Angron directly in the chest, cutting a deep wound into his flesh. Sailor Moon looked at Angron and held her sceptre in both hands. "MOON SCEPTRE ELIMINATION!!!" She screamed, slamming Angron with a huge wave of energy.
There was thick smoke in the air, and the Sailor Senshi couldn't see if Angron had been defeated or not. Sailor Moon called out to the others, and they soon came back to her.
"Is he dead?" asked Sailor Venus.
"Don't know, can't see through this smoke, and my computer can't cut through it either" said Sailor Mercury.
"I sure hope he is" said Sailor Moon.
"I can't sense anything, I think we did it," said Sailor Mars. The ground shuddered violently, and there was a great "WHOOSH!" of air being sucked up and the smoke cleared. The four conscious Senshi looked about, they couldn't see Angron anywhere.
"I think he's actually dead," said Sailor Moon.
"NOT A CHANCE SAILOR BRATS!!" The four Sailors looked around, but they couldn't see Angron.
"YOU THINK THAT YOUR PUNY LITTLE SCEPTRE CAN STOP ME! HA! YOU MAY HAVE WOUNDED ME, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, I WILL BE BACK!!!!" Angron roared as he flew away. The four Senshi turned to their fallen friend.
"Lita! Lita! You okay Lita!!" said Sailor Moon. They each transformed back into their alter ego's and helped their friend to safety. Lita stirred a few moments later.
"What happened? Last thing I remember was giving that monstrosity one helluva jolt then..." Lita looked around. "I take it we won"
"Not really... more like drove the bastard off" said Raye.
"Good... I'll be waiting for him, YOU HEAR THAT YOU MONSTROSITY!!! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU!!!" she screamed, shaking her fist to the sky.
"Lita, what's the deal, It's only a monster!" Said Serena, a little scared by her friends reaction.
"Didn't any of you see who that monstrosity killed?!"
"No.... we didn't really watch, we were more concerned with you" said Raye.
"Goddamit Raye! It was Kenny!"
"Wha... what? It was Kenny?"
"Yeah, I was having dinner with him when Geoff attacked, he must've come out to try an help us or something.... he died in my arms.... IN MY ARMS!!" she screamed, slamming her fist into the wall she leaned against. Raye looked at Lita, her face blanche white.
"At least he died in a friends arms"
"He... you're right.... I guess... I... I just feel so powerless... If we can't stop one lousy monster from killing one person.... what the hell are we here for!!" Serena looked at her friend and walked forward slowly. Before she knew what she was doing, she had slapped Lita, hard.
"Stop your snivelling! You think that's how Kenny would want you to act! Lita, come on, you know we can beat this thing if we work together!!!" Lita looked at Serena, her jaw slightly dropped and her eyes wide open.
"Your... right! We can't feel bad, we need to push on and persevere through this... we can beat him..." Said Lita. Her voice was far off and very soft, as if she were talking to herself.
"You guys sure she's okay?" asked Mina.
Amy lightly grabbed Lita's upper arm, she was ice cold.
"Guys! She's going into shock!" she said franticly. "We need to get her warm first, then get her home!"
"Shouldn't we take her to a hospital or something?"" asked Serena.
"How could we explain why she's like this, hm Serena?"
"Uh, we could... um.... good point."
They lead Lita to Raye's car and wrapped her up in a blanket, then the others got in and they drove to Lita's house. Mina and Raye slowly walked Lita up the stairs to her home and let her in. Lita's eyes were like polished glass now, and she was mumbling incoherently. Raye slowly sat Lita down on her couch and looked at her.
"Amy, can't you do anything for her?"
"Nope... the only thing we can do is try to keep her warm and hope for the best, that's all..."
Serena looked at her friend, she hated to her in pain like this. There wasn't anything she could do.... nothing.
Serena thought for a long while, then she got up and walked out of Lita's house quietly, making sure her other friends didn't see her leave.
She walked for a long time, thinking about everything. Geoff lay at the heart of this problem, he was the catalyst for this entire predicament. She went on thinking, and almost ran into a lamp pole, but she side stepped at the last moment and only lightly brushed it with her shoulder. She walked into the park and looked around. This was the place where she and Darien had spoken during the time when the Snow Witch Kaguya had tried to take over the planet. She smiled, even then, during that time of great danger, she had Darien to turn to. She was snapped out of her reverie by a sudden rustling in the bushes. She whipped around, her small hands balled into fists.
"Whoever's out there can just come out right now!!" Serena said loudly.
"Whoa Tiger, it's only me!" Serena looked at the bushes, and Darien stepped out of them.
"DARIEN!!" She yelled, running towards him and throwing her arms around him.
"I've missed you to Serena" he said, holding her close.
"Darien," she said after a while. "You remember me telling you about the new guys over at Raye's temple?"
"Yeah... Tommy, wasn't it?"
"Kenny.... it was Kenny.... he-he's dead...." Darien paled slightly.
"Dead... how?"
"He and Lita were having dinner or something and Geoff attacked.... he sent this monstrosity he called his champion after us and is killed Kenny after he had gotten out of the trap that Geoff had set... he... he died in Lita's arms..."
"Is Lita okay?"
"No... she's gone into a deep shock, and I don't know if she's ever going to be the same...."
"I know... it's hard to loose someone you love... it hurts so much... like you heart's been shredded right in your chest..."
"I know that feeling all to well..." said Serena, burying her head in Darien's chest.
"I won't leave you again, you can count on that..."
"I know... you're so good to me..."
Darien looked at Serena and smiled, lightly kissing her on the forehead.
"I love you, you know..." said Darien.
"I know... I know" Serena said softly.
"Mind if I walk you to your place?"
"Not at all"
The two lovers walked hand in hand in the deep night, the silence that accompanied them comforting. It was near the school where they heard the sounds of a struggle. They looked at each other and nodded. They both ran forward and looked around, there was nothing, but suddenly, a groan was heard from a nearby alley. Serena and Darien looked down the alley, a man was balled up in pain on his side. They walked towards the man.
"Are you okay?" asked Serena. The man only groaned. Darien walked forward and placed a hand on the man's shoulder.
"It's okay, were here to help..."
"The-they took my wallet.... beat me up pretty bad to.... please help me..."
Serena looked at him, he seemed familiar. She looked at him, he had small brown eyes and dishevelled brown hair.
"Melvin? Is that you Melvin??"
"Yeah... who's that.... Serena? Is that you Serena?"
"Yeah, it's me... come on, let's get you up..." Darien and Serena both helped get Melvin up and they started walking.
"So what happened?"
"Nothing... just some guys jumped me and stole my wallet is all... jokes on them though... I never keep any cash on me... just my debit cards.... bet they feel pretty stupid..." he groaned again. They walked him to the nearest hospital, then Darien phoned the police. An officer soon arrived and took Melvin's account of the incident.
"So... is there anything that you can do officer?" asked Serena.
"Usually there is, but your friend didn't see his assailants, so that doesn't give us much to work with, but we'll try our hardest, don't you worry" said the Officer.
Serena smiled and nodded, and the officer walked away. She idly swatted at a fly and looked at Melvin. His face was a mass of bruises and was turning a blackish-purple hue. His left shoulder was dislocated and the tensor bandage around it looked strange against his dark green shirt. Serena smiled as she walked out with Darien, leaving Melvin in the care of the doctors.
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A few days later
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Geoff paced impatiently around his office at Tekhed, what was taking the imbecile so long! He looked around, shelves stacked five high with books lined the great mahogany walls, and he had already read the entire collection. Twice. He jabbed the button on his intercom.
"Ms.Pakar!"
"Yes Sir"
"Has my man arrived yet?"
"Yes sir, just now"
"Send him in here this instant!"
"Yes sir"
Geoff snapped his fingers and was instantly dressed in a black business suit with grey pin striping and a red tie. He sat down at his desk and waited. The massive twin doors opened, revealing a short man walking in.
"Greetings sir"
"Mr. Abram's, I trust you have my package"
"Of course sir, I would not be here otherwise"
"That is good, may I have my package now"
"Yes sir, once you complete your end of the bargain"
Geoff tapped a few keystrokes on his desktop computer.
"Ten million, as we agreed, in a Swiss bank account, right.. about... now"
"Then here is your package, sir," said the man. He placed a small glass case on his desk, a single strand of hair inside. The strand was about four feet long, and blonde.
"Thank-you Mr. Abram's"
"Your quite welcome sir"
"Oh, and Melvin..."
"Yes sir?"
"Next time, try to do your assignment in less than five months"
"I understand sir, may I at least explai-"
"No, now get out of my sight"
"Yes sir"
Geoff watched as Melvin walked out of his office. He looked at the solitary strand of hair, over four feet long and plucked right at the root.
"A good sample Mr.Abrams, but that won't redeem your fate," He jabbed the intercom.
"Ms.Pakar?"
"Yes sir"
"Has my man left yet?"
"Certainly has sir, went flying out of here, said something about going to a bank"
"Exterminate him, with extreme prejudice"
"Sniper, sir?"
"No, too quick.... maybe something biological-"
"Our Compound 16 needs human testing..."
"Well, I guess he just volunteered"
"I shall see to the necessary procedures"
Geoff smiled coldly.
"Time is precious, and you wasted too much Mr.Abrams"
Geoff got out of his chair and walked out of his office, almost leaping for joy. His Warriors were so close to being complete, just the addition of this genetic sample, then a few more weeks in the maturation chambers, they would be complete! Melvin had cost Geoff large amounts of time and money, in the end Geoff had had to build a tiny remote controlled sample gatherer, costing more time and money. But it was at least worth it, he now had the sample! He arrived in the cleanroom with the sample seconds before Ms.Pakar. Geoff studied her for a moment, she was tall and had crisp blond hair and penetrating, icy blue eyes. Her jaw was set tightly and she had a non-chalant smile on her lips.
She wasn't at all hard to look at, but she didn't hold Geoff's attention for an instant, he was more concerned with his Warriors. He walked forward and got into his sterile suit, snapping the faceplate into place and walking into the decompression chamber. He exited a few seconds later and put the genetic sample into the Extractor. He zeroed in on the specific genetic traits he wanted, and then broke them from the DNA chain with surgical micro-lasers. He took the genetic material and implanted it into the Warriors maturation chambers. Geoff watched as the machines cloned the genetic data and then injected it into the foetal Warriors, completing them.