Episode #7 - New Friends, or Foes?
Serena looked around, she had started her second semester at Juuban Senior Highschool. She walked into her Biology class and sat down. She looked around for a familiar face, but didn't see any. She heard the door open and sat straight up, squared her shoulders and looked at chalkboard. It was only a tardy student. Serena relaxed and slouched back into her seat. Serena studied her new classmate for a few seconds, she had very long red hair, each side done up in four, braided odango. Serena smiled at her and nodded. The new student walked down that aisle and sat down beside Serena. "Hi there" Serena said quietly. The new student nodded. Serena looked at her, she had soft brown eyes and a kind smile. "Hi, My name's Sarah, what's your's?" she said as she proffered her hand. "Serena" she replied as she shook her hand. The Sensai walked in and began his class. Serena went right to work, as did Sarah. The class ended soon and they went off to their respective classes. They met up again at lunch. Sarah and Serena sat down with Serena's other friends and began to talk as they ate their lunch. "Hi Guys!" Serena called out. Raye and Lita looked up. "Hey Serena!" Lita called back, waving as she did. Serena and Sarah walked forward and sat down with her friends. "Hey, where's Amy?" "She has the next lunch period," said Mina. "Ah," Serena said quietly. "Well guys, I'd like to introduce you to a new friend I made today, Sarah." The others murmured hello's. Serena and Sarah sat down. "So, what's on the menu today?" Serena asked herself as she opened the lunch her mother had packed. She idly ate and listened to the conversation that was beginning between Sarah and Mina. "So, where're you from?" asked Mina. "My family and I move around alot, my father's job, but I think I was born in the 'States... California if my memory serves correctly." "You can remember back to when you were born?" Mina asked. "Not really, I asked my father when I was about seven." "Oh..." "And you, your accent doesn't seem to fit" "Your right, my families originally from England" "Cool" "Hey Sarah?" Lita piped up. "Yes?" "What's with the hair?" "Hm?" "I mean... well, that's a very interesting hairstyle, I've never seen it done quite like that" "Oh... you mean this... I just did it this morning, you like it?" "It's a definite variation on a theme" Lita said, looking at Serena. "Well, I like it, I think it's actually pretty cool" said Mina. "Did I say I didn't like it?" Lita said coolly. "Hey, quit it you two!" Raye said. Sarah looked at her for a second. "Throwing water on the embers" Raye whispered to her. Sarah smiled and nodded. "I understand that, I have four brothers" "Four brothers?" asked Serena "And I thought one was bad" "Well, I'm right in the middle, you see, so I get flak from both directions, so I can tell... well... when to leave a room" "I bet, especially with four brothers in the house," said Serena. "Any of them our age?" asked Mina. "Well, Yeager and Kenny are a year and a half older and younger than me, respectively" "And your how old?" "Twenty" Mina and Raye looked at her, their eyes looked as if they would fall out of their sockets at any moment. "What?" asked Sarah. "I guess Serena didn't tell you that's she's in grade ten?" said Lita.
"Ah... so you're all..." "Seventeen" said Raye. The girls talked until the bell rang, then went off to their respective classes. Serena walked to her English class and sat down. The day went quickly and Serena soon left school and went home for the day. Serena was sitting at her desk, concentrating on her homework from her philosophy course when her communicator went off. "Yes, what is it?" she asked as she opened it. "Serena! Get downtown now!! Geoff's back! And this time he's got reinforcements!!" Raye yelled through the communicator. "On my way!" Serena said as she closed the communicator and leapt up from her chair. She was out of the house like a flash and running downtown. Serena grabbed her locket and chanted "Moon Cosmic Power!" Shimmering light enveloped her and instantly she was transformed into Sailor Moon. She got to the main street and turned the corner to where the communicator signal originated. She looked up and saw her four best friends strung up on lampposts, bands of red energy holding them in place. "Come out now you impertinent whelp!" Sailor moon yelled. "I know your here Geoff, come out now!" "I might as well, the other four were easy enough, and you'll be a cinch to destroy" Geoff materialized in the air, his coat billowing around him. In his right hand he held a sword, and in his left a massive pistol. "Come now Sailor Moon, you think you alone can destroy me, the most powerful sorcerer in this entire galaxy?" "I have faced foes more powerful than you and survived!" "Really? And who would've that been?" "The Snow Witch, Kaguya! Bandiyanu! Fiore and the Casinian Blossom! I faced all of them and won, and you will be destroyed along with them!" "Oh, Kaguya, Bandiyanu and the Casinian Blossom, you mean my three minor generals? I was wondering where they got to..." "Your minor generals?" "Who do you think pointed them in Earth's direction?" "You mean?" "Of course it was I! You think they were that last of my people? Alan and Anne! The Nega-moon family! Even Mistress Nine and Pharaoh Ninety were all my pawns! All sent here to weaken you and distract you! And they all succeeded! Your no more a threat to me than a kitten would be to a dragon! You're nothing compared to me! And now, I finish thee, CRITICAL BOMB!!" A huge burst of red energy leapt from Geoff's hand and slammed into Sailor Moon, bringing her to her knees. "Pitiable creature, have you any idea who you are dealing with?" "Yeah, a scared little boy" said Sailor Moon, ignoring the pain that wracked her body. "Little wretch, you're nothing to me" "If that were true you wouldn't have to say it so often" "ICE SPIKE!" hundreds of slivers of razor sharp ice rained down on Sailor Moon, weakening her even more. Geoff picked her up with one hand and looked at her. She was scraped and bleeding in several places, but defiance still shone in her eyes. "You think I need to kill you? Hmph, you have no idea why I do this, you are just the means to an end!" He said as he strung her up on another lamppost. "The five inner scouts, the princess and her court, all here now, all I need is to summon my real enemy and then we shall see what happens" Geoff began to intone dark words, black mist seemed to roll in and envelop the entire block. The mist was ice cold and carried with it a silence that was akin to the grave. "Now is the time, here is the place, let my vengeance be known, BRING MY ENEMY HERE!" he yelled. All of a sudden, the mist exploded away and a rift formed infront of Geoff. White light poured from it and a form began to coalesce infront of him. Geoff licked his lips, this was that battle he had waited for over three thousand years to happen. He looked upon the body infront of him, its eyes beginning to flutter open and the body began to move. It sat up in mid-air, as if it was sitting on a pane of glass, and slid off it with grace. Geoff looked upon the face of his greatest enemy and smiled, she was still as beautiful as ever, even after a thousand years in Heaven. "Greetings, M'queen" Geoff said, though the way he said it was more a curse than a greeting. Queen Serenity opened her eyes and looked upon Geoff. His expression was grim and he radiated an aura of fury all about him. He had grown in power considerably; he even dwarfed her substantial powers. "What, how did I get here...?" she said. "I summoned you, and look, I even brought you a present" Geoff turned and motioned to the five motionless bodies hung on the street lamps. Queen Serenity howled in anguish, her daughter, Princess Serenity, looked as if she were dead. "What, don't like it, to bad, it the only thing I could find to repay you for that lovely little journey hat you sent me on." "No... this cannot be... she cannot be dead, she cannot be!" "Maybe she is, maybe she isn't... what's the matter, don't like having everything you care about taken away from you? Don't like being alone? I got used to it, you might as well try to as well, that, or I could just kill you and send you back to Heaven." "You... you... you Kisama! You bring me back, just to prove to me that you are stronger that I, how dare you, you killed those whom you were originally trained to protect!" "I lost all interest in protecting those little insignificant whelps the instant you sent me away" "Bastard!" she cried, hauling herself up and racking her nails across his face. "Oh ho! So the little queen wishes to tangle with me, I might as well indulge her, seeing that she is the one I have to thank for my powers." Geoff snapped his fingers and the silver dress Queen Serenity was wearing tightened about her and became a silver bodysuit. "I thought it would be a little easier for you to fight in than that billowy dress" "How kind of you, Bastard" "Language M'queen, Language" he said in a condescending tone. "I'll give you Language, Chikusa!" Queen Serenity howled in fury. Geoff snapped his fingers and Queen Serenity froze in place. "Now now my little Queen, we should set ground rules, make the fight at least fair. For you and I both know that I could obliterate you in an instant in a spell battle, so let's try and fight like civilized people and have a duel. What do you say? Oh, yes, that's right you can't talk right at this moment, can you? Just blink, once for yes, twice for no. Understand?" Queen Serenity blinked once. "Good, now, I do believe you were most proficient in the use of swords, correct, if so do you wish to use one? Or would you prefer to use something else" Queen Serenity blinked four times. "So, swords will be the order of the day... I guess I could use my combat claws against you, unless you object to that" Queen Serenity blinked twice. "Good. Now, shall we begin?" Queen Serenity blinked once. Geoff snapped his fingers again and Queen Serenity became unfrozen. A sword appeared infront of her. It was made from crystal and had a golden hilt with a white handle. "Come now, I believe this is your blade" said Geoff. Queen Serenity looked at him and said "Do you take me for a fool? I would never take a weapon proffered by you, Chikusa" "Who ever said I was proffering the blade? That is simply a blade that was brought here, I didn't have a thing to do with it. It's that simple." Queen Serenity grasped the sword from the air and held it in her hand. It was light as a feather and looked extremely sharp. "Now it's time to put you down like the rabid dog you are, Kisama!" "Really, and I thought that I was going to have to dig the grave!" Geoff holstered his pistol and threw down his sword. He clenched his fists and howled. Two long blades exploded out of each of his hands, one from between the first and second finger, the other from between the third and fourth. "Shall we dance?" Queen Serenity gripped the sword and charged, the sword held above her head in an offensive stance. Geoff planted his feet and went into a defensive stance. He parried the first strike from her sword, narrowly ducking the second. "You fight well, now let me see how you are on defence!" Geoff charged at her, leaping into the air and slashing at her wildly. Queen Serenity parried the savage attack with her blade, driving off Geoff and defending herself from his vicious onslaught. "You fight well M'queen, but I can guarantee that YOU WILL DIE!" Geoff screamed as he charged, slashing savagely. Queen Serenity parried and feinted through the attack, and landed the first blow, a slash across his chest. "Insufferable wretch! CRITICAL BOMB!!" A red ball of energy exploded from Geoff's hand, Queen Serenity dodged the attack, but it singed off part of her hair. Geoff was seething with anger. Queen Serenity answered Geoff's Critical Bomb with a spell of her own, a fast moving beam of light that connected with him, right in the forehead. He slapped a hand to his forehead, dissipating the spell, He looked down at his gloved hand, a dark splotch of blood marred the black leather. He looked at Queen Serenity with absolute hatred in his eyes. That was his breaking point. Geoff leapt into the air with a war cry. Battle frenzy gripped his heart. Geoff couldn't stop himself. He was hot, white hot, seething, boiling, so hot with rage pent up over the centuries that he felt as if he would start melting, flowing like lava. His heart thumping so hard that each beat was like an explosion of a volcano. He was not human any more, he was just animal, savage, barbarian, fighting a brutal territorial battle with another enemy, driven to attack until he drew blood, powered by a terrifying but irresistible primitive lust to dominate.
To Conquer.
To Destroy.
Geoff drew all the power he had inside him into one single point inside his body, channeling it into his most powerful spell. He could feel the power corsucating inside of him, he knew that this would win or lose him the battle. "HELL STRIKE!!" He cried, simply pointing a finger at Queen Serenity and a thin beam of black energy exploded from the tip, traveling near the speed of light, and headed straight for Queen Serenity. She braced for the impact, but it never came. She looked down, her daughter, Princess Serenity was standing infront of her, the Silver Imperium Crystal pulsating with power, protecting her from the infernal energies of Geoff's attack. "Usagi! Get away! The Crystal can't take this kind of punishment for long!" cried Queen Serenity, using her daughter's proper name from the Silver Millennium. "NO! Not as long as he lives! Please Mother, you have to destroy him!!" Queen Serenity looked at Geoff and set her jaw. "If it's a spell battle you want, then try and stop this! DIVINE DETONATION!" A huge blast of bright white light exploded from the outstretched hand of Queen Serenity, colliding with Geoff, even as he erected a circle of protection around him. The powerful spell, fuled by the righteous powers of Good blasted through his shield and struck him full force. A massive explosion wracked the battlefield, and when the smoke cleared, they saw Geoff standing there, his combat claws shattered, his clothing shredded and himself broken and bloodied. "At least I fall to a worthy opponent" said Geoff as he slid to the ground, his eyes closing as he fell. "And now I can rest in peace" Queen Serenity said, closing her eyes with a satisfied smile on her lips. "Actually, you can rest in pieces, bitch!" screamed a female voice. A "whoosh!" of something moving through the air at excessive speeds was heard, as was a groan of pain. Sailor Moon turned around, someone was standing behind her mother, a black scythe in her hand. "Greetings Sailor bitch" said the female again. Sailor Moon looked up at the female. She had deep red hair and neon green eyes that seemed to glow. A calculating smile caressed her lips and a look of pure hatred burned in her eyes. "You take my father, I take your mother," She said as she kicked Queen Serenity in the back of the head, which then rolled off her shoulders. Sailor Moon screamed in anguish. "NOO!!!" She screamed, her mind losing all grasp on sanity for an instant. "MOON SPIRAL HEART ACHE!!!" She cried, pouring all the energy she had into the attack, wishing only to avenge her mother's death. A massive blast of energy flew from the sceptre she carried and solidified into a massive crystal heart. It flew at the female, and nearly collided with her, but two crossbow bolts flew through the crystal heart and pinned Sailor Moon to the ground. "You shall not take our Sister, Sailor Brat!" called a dark male voice. "You have killed our father, and that we shall never forget, or forgive!" said another male voice, this one very soft and still. "You are powerless against us, you little worm" said another male voice, this one deep and rumbling with power. "Your death will last forever! Everlasting torture is your fate!" cried another male voice, this one strained and sounded as if it were on the edge of insanity. "You killed our father, so in repayment, I took your mother, be happy that is that only thing I decided to take, Busu" said the female voice, this time dead hard and as cold as an arctic wind. Sailor Moon looked up, she saw the five people that had spoken to her. One was very tall and held a massive spear in his hand, another was of average height, and held two small crossbows in his hands, the third held a massive glowing axe in his hand, and had a bright orange mohawk, the fourth male held a wickedly curved sword in one hand, and a leering, demon-faced shield in his other. The female stood infront of them, holding a black scythe in her right hand, a large pistol in her left. "Wh-wh-who a-a-are you?" stammered Sailor Moon. "We are the children of Geoff Silveria, but to you, we are your executioners," said the female. By this time, the other four Sailor Senshi had gotten loose and were standing around Sailor Moon, creating a loose barrier between Geoff's children and Sailor Moon. "We will not let you harm her!" cried Sailor Jupiter. "We will defeat you!" Sailor Mars yelled. "Now matter what the cost, we will be victorious!" Sailor Venus yelled. "We will destroy you!" Sailor Mercury cried. "IN THE NAME OF THE MOON, WE SO SWEAR IT!" the all cried in unison. Deep rumbling laughter filled the battlefeild. The Sailor Senshi could not tell from where it came though. They turned around, Geoff's body was gone. They looked at their new enemy, and what they saw did not register. They had seen Geoff fall with their own eyes, taken down by Queen Serenity's massive Divine Detonation spell, and yet there he was, standing behind his children, laughing at the Sailor Senshi, mocking them. "But how?" Sailor Venus whispered. "Simple you silly Sailor Senshi, you think that pitiful attack from you precious Queen could actually have the power to destroy me? Please, that was like a mild sunburn, if that," said Geoff. "But we saw you fall! The attack wiped you out!!" Sailor Jupiter screamed. "Ah, yes, but it just wasn't powerful enough to convince me to leave this mortal coil just yet, so I figured I would put on a good show then come back and really start to raise some havoc!" Geoff took a step forward and embraced his children. "Do you like my family Sailor Senshi? Aren't they just the most beautiful people you have ever seen?" Geoff said, his tone full of pride and love. "You... YOU DISPECABLE MONSTER! HOW DARE YOU!! HOW DARE YOU KILL MY MOTHER!!!" Sailor Moon cried in utter hatred. The other four Sailor Senshi had to hold her back, or else she would've charged Geoff at that very instant. "No Sailor Moon! Just think what he'd do to you!" said Sailor Jupiter. "Oh, please ladies, let her through, just let her try to avenge her mother's death, it would be such a wonderful dance, if altogether to short to be satisfying" said Geoff, his tone sarcastic and openly mocking. "You see! He's just waiting for you, just one good reason to destroy you is all he needs!" said Sailor Venus. "Please Sailor Moon! Come on! Stop it! Get a hold of yourself!" Sailor Mars screamed. She hadn't had to do this in a very long time, but it needed to be done. She slapped her. Sailor Moon stopped struggling and went limp in their arms. They looked at Geoff and his family, Geoff was standing above them like a god, and his children looked like hunting dogs ready to be given the order to leap forward and tear their prey to pieces. "I grant you safe passage from here. We shall meet at the top of Mount Djurjeveck in a year, I will not attack you until then. I hope that you will prove to be more of a challenge than you were this day," said Geoff. The Sailor Senshi backed away, keeping their eyes on him at all times. "Remember this, I said that I would not attack you, my children are another story" He said with a devilish smile and he disappeared. His five children stood tall and looked down on their opponents, just waiting for a chance to strike. Sailor Moon had woken up and was standing of her own volition. "Uh, guys, maybe we should, uh, get outta here!" said Sailor Moon. "I agree totally!" said Sailor Mercury. The other Senshi slowly backed away from Geoff's children and ran away. After they had run for what seemed to be hours, they stopped and de-transformed. "Well, theirs a first time for everything...." said Lita. "Yeah... but.. I don't know why, but I get the feeling we know those people..." said Raye. "Whadda you mean?" "Did you see Geoff's daughter? She has the same hairstyle as Sarah... but Sarah couldn't be that hell-bitch... we'd've picked up on that the instant she sat down with us this afternoon... but it's weird... their energy is weird.... it's all skewed.... like their not normal humans..." "I guess you could say that... they are related to that monster" said Lita. "It's more than that... I... I've got to think... ask the fire for some answers... meditate for a while... There's still something wrong" Serena nodded and Raye walked off towards the temple. The others soon walked home as well, allowing Serena time to think. "My mother... I never knew she was so powerful... I had never even thought that she could pull off an attack like that..." Serena thought back, remembering the battle, watching her mother go toe-to-toe with Geoff, even wounding him once, then hitting him with that massive Divine Detonation spell.... Her mother was more powerful than she had ever suspected. Even though she had been in heaven for over a thousand years, she had been able to wound Geoff.... maybe that type of power still flowed in her veins. Serena turned a corner and looked up when a flash of light caught her attention. A yellow sports car was parked at the side of the road. A familiar yellow sports car. Serena looked around, but no one was anywhere to be seen. "Oh well... just wishful thinking..." "Really, what were you wishing for?" said a familiar masculine voice. Serena turned around. Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru were standing behind her. The Outer Senshi. "Haruka! Michiru! Setsuna! Hotaru! What are you four doing here?" "The sea is storming... a great evil is here..." Michiru said quietly. "Got that right...." said Serena, her voice quiet and sullen. "What's happened in the time that we've been gone?" Haruka asked. "Not much... but the great evil you spoke of... you are right.. it is here.... its name is Geoff Silveria." The four Outer Senshi paled in unison. "What?" "The Banished One has returned?" Setsuna said in quiet shock. "Oh yeah... he's back alright.... with his kids...." "He has children?" asked Haruka. "Five of them.... though I don't know what pit of hell they were spawned from...." said Serena, clenching her fists. "What has happened?" Hotaru asked softly. "It was Geoff... he.. he beat us in a battle... then strung us up and used us as part of a ritual to bring my mother, my real mother, back to life... and then he challenged her to a duel... She beat him, but Geoff's daughter severed her head from her shoulders with one quick slice from her scythe.... then we found out Geoff was only playing dead... he wasn't even fazed by Queen Serenity's attack... it was her most powerful spell... even it wasn't enough to kill him...." said Serena, silently crying as she did. "Don't worry Serena.... we'll see to it that this Geoff character won't harm anyone else..." said Haruka. "Come on, I'll drive you home." They all piled into Haruka's car and she sped off. Serena was soon home, and saw that the light in her room was on. "Strange, I thought that I had shut that light off" Serena said quietly. She walked inside her house and went up to her room, and saw someone sleeping in her bed. "Alright Sammy! This is the last time I tell you this!!! Get outta here!" The body stirred and pulled the down comforter over its head. "O-my-god" said Serena as she walked forward. Her daughter, Rini, was sitting in her bed, smiling contentedly at her. "I always knew Uncle Sammy was a pain, but I never knew he slept in your bed, mom!" Said Rini, bouncing off of the bed and throwing her arms around Serena. "Rini! Why are you here!? Why'd I send you back this time?!?" "I came back to help.... Geoff's made a real mess of the future... he's marshalled a army of malcontents and is continually attacking the castle... it's worse than when the Nega-moon family attacked... we need to stop him here, in the past... you told me something before I left.... It's not Geoff's fault" "WHAT?!" Serena said. "I know, but that's what you told me... I don't know what to make of it," she said. Serena and Rini talked well into the night, finally falling asleep around two in the morning.
Serena looked around, she had started her second semester at Juuban Senior Highschool. She walked into her Biology class and sat down. She looked around for a familiar face, but didn't see any. She heard the door open and sat straight up, squared her shoulders and looked at chalkboard. It was only a tardy student. Serena relaxed and slouched back into her seat. Serena studied her new classmate for a few seconds, she had very long red hair, each side done up in four, braided odango. Serena smiled at her and nodded. The new student walked down that aisle and sat down beside Serena. "Hi there" Serena said quietly. The new student nodded. Serena looked at her, she had soft brown eyes and a kind smile. "Hi, My name's Sarah, what's your's?" she said as she proffered her hand. "Serena" she replied as she shook her hand. The Sensai walked in and began his class. Serena went right to work, as did Sarah. The class ended soon and they went off to their respective classes. They met up again at lunch. Sarah and Serena sat down with Serena's other friends and began to talk as they ate their lunch. "Hi Guys!" Serena called out. Raye and Lita looked up. "Hey Serena!" Lita called back, waving as she did. Serena and Sarah walked forward and sat down with her friends. "Hey, where's Amy?" "She has the next lunch period," said Mina. "Ah," Serena said quietly. "Well guys, I'd like to introduce you to a new friend I made today, Sarah." The others murmured hello's. Serena and Sarah sat down. "So, what's on the menu today?" Serena asked herself as she opened the lunch her mother had packed. She idly ate and listened to the conversation that was beginning between Sarah and Mina. "So, where're you from?" asked Mina. "My family and I move around alot, my father's job, but I think I was born in the 'States... California if my memory serves correctly." "You can remember back to when you were born?" Mina asked. "Not really, I asked my father when I was about seven." "Oh..." "And you, your accent doesn't seem to fit" "Your right, my families originally from England" "Cool" "Hey Sarah?" Lita piped up. "Yes?" "What's with the hair?" "Hm?" "I mean... well, that's a very interesting hairstyle, I've never seen it done quite like that" "Oh... you mean this... I just did it this morning, you like it?" "It's a definite variation on a theme" Lita said, looking at Serena. "Well, I like it, I think it's actually pretty cool" said Mina. "Did I say I didn't like it?" Lita said coolly. "Hey, quit it you two!" Raye said. Sarah looked at her for a second. "Throwing water on the embers" Raye whispered to her. Sarah smiled and nodded. "I understand that, I have four brothers" "Four brothers?" asked Serena "And I thought one was bad" "Well, I'm right in the middle, you see, so I get flak from both directions, so I can tell... well... when to leave a room" "I bet, especially with four brothers in the house," said Serena. "Any of them our age?" asked Mina. "Well, Yeager and Kenny are a year and a half older and younger than me, respectively" "And your how old?" "Twenty" Mina and Raye looked at her, their eyes looked as if they would fall out of their sockets at any moment. "What?" asked Sarah. "I guess Serena didn't tell you that's she's in grade ten?" said Lita.
"Ah... so you're all..." "Seventeen" said Raye. The girls talked until the bell rang, then went off to their respective classes. Serena walked to her English class and sat down. The day went quickly and Serena soon left school and went home for the day. Serena was sitting at her desk, concentrating on her homework from her philosophy course when her communicator went off. "Yes, what is it?" she asked as she opened it. "Serena! Get downtown now!! Geoff's back! And this time he's got reinforcements!!" Raye yelled through the communicator. "On my way!" Serena said as she closed the communicator and leapt up from her chair. She was out of the house like a flash and running downtown. Serena grabbed her locket and chanted "Moon Cosmic Power!" Shimmering light enveloped her and instantly she was transformed into Sailor Moon. She got to the main street and turned the corner to where the communicator signal originated. She looked up and saw her four best friends strung up on lampposts, bands of red energy holding them in place. "Come out now you impertinent whelp!" Sailor moon yelled. "I know your here Geoff, come out now!" "I might as well, the other four were easy enough, and you'll be a cinch to destroy" Geoff materialized in the air, his coat billowing around him. In his right hand he held a sword, and in his left a massive pistol. "Come now Sailor Moon, you think you alone can destroy me, the most powerful sorcerer in this entire galaxy?" "I have faced foes more powerful than you and survived!" "Really? And who would've that been?" "The Snow Witch, Kaguya! Bandiyanu! Fiore and the Casinian Blossom! I faced all of them and won, and you will be destroyed along with them!" "Oh, Kaguya, Bandiyanu and the Casinian Blossom, you mean my three minor generals? I was wondering where they got to..." "Your minor generals?" "Who do you think pointed them in Earth's direction?" "You mean?" "Of course it was I! You think they were that last of my people? Alan and Anne! The Nega-moon family! Even Mistress Nine and Pharaoh Ninety were all my pawns! All sent here to weaken you and distract you! And they all succeeded! Your no more a threat to me than a kitten would be to a dragon! You're nothing compared to me! And now, I finish thee, CRITICAL BOMB!!" A huge burst of red energy leapt from Geoff's hand and slammed into Sailor Moon, bringing her to her knees. "Pitiable creature, have you any idea who you are dealing with?" "Yeah, a scared little boy" said Sailor Moon, ignoring the pain that wracked her body. "Little wretch, you're nothing to me" "If that were true you wouldn't have to say it so often" "ICE SPIKE!" hundreds of slivers of razor sharp ice rained down on Sailor Moon, weakening her even more. Geoff picked her up with one hand and looked at her. She was scraped and bleeding in several places, but defiance still shone in her eyes. "You think I need to kill you? Hmph, you have no idea why I do this, you are just the means to an end!" He said as he strung her up on another lamppost. "The five inner scouts, the princess and her court, all here now, all I need is to summon my real enemy and then we shall see what happens" Geoff began to intone dark words, black mist seemed to roll in and envelop the entire block. The mist was ice cold and carried with it a silence that was akin to the grave. "Now is the time, here is the place, let my vengeance be known, BRING MY ENEMY HERE!" he yelled. All of a sudden, the mist exploded away and a rift formed infront of Geoff. White light poured from it and a form began to coalesce infront of him. Geoff licked his lips, this was that battle he had waited for over three thousand years to happen. He looked upon the body infront of him, its eyes beginning to flutter open and the body began to move. It sat up in mid-air, as if it was sitting on a pane of glass, and slid off it with grace. Geoff looked upon the face of his greatest enemy and smiled, she was still as beautiful as ever, even after a thousand years in Heaven. "Greetings, M'queen" Geoff said, though the way he said it was more a curse than a greeting. Queen Serenity opened her eyes and looked upon Geoff. His expression was grim and he radiated an aura of fury all about him. He had grown in power considerably; he even dwarfed her substantial powers. "What, how did I get here...?" she said. "I summoned you, and look, I even brought you a present" Geoff turned and motioned to the five motionless bodies hung on the street lamps. Queen Serenity howled in anguish, her daughter, Princess Serenity, looked as if she were dead. "What, don't like it, to bad, it the only thing I could find to repay you for that lovely little journey hat you sent me on." "No... this cannot be... she cannot be dead, she cannot be!" "Maybe she is, maybe she isn't... what's the matter, don't like having everything you care about taken away from you? Don't like being alone? I got used to it, you might as well try to as well, that, or I could just kill you and send you back to Heaven." "You... you... you Kisama! You bring me back, just to prove to me that you are stronger that I, how dare you, you killed those whom you were originally trained to protect!" "I lost all interest in protecting those little insignificant whelps the instant you sent me away" "Bastard!" she cried, hauling herself up and racking her nails across his face. "Oh ho! So the little queen wishes to tangle with me, I might as well indulge her, seeing that she is the one I have to thank for my powers." Geoff snapped his fingers and the silver dress Queen Serenity was wearing tightened about her and became a silver bodysuit. "I thought it would be a little easier for you to fight in than that billowy dress" "How kind of you, Bastard" "Language M'queen, Language" he said in a condescending tone. "I'll give you Language, Chikusa!" Queen Serenity howled in fury. Geoff snapped his fingers and Queen Serenity froze in place. "Now now my little Queen, we should set ground rules, make the fight at least fair. For you and I both know that I could obliterate you in an instant in a spell battle, so let's try and fight like civilized people and have a duel. What do you say? Oh, yes, that's right you can't talk right at this moment, can you? Just blink, once for yes, twice for no. Understand?" Queen Serenity blinked once. "Good, now, I do believe you were most proficient in the use of swords, correct, if so do you wish to use one? Or would you prefer to use something else" Queen Serenity blinked four times. "So, swords will be the order of the day... I guess I could use my combat claws against you, unless you object to that" Queen Serenity blinked twice. "Good. Now, shall we begin?" Queen Serenity blinked once. Geoff snapped his fingers again and Queen Serenity became unfrozen. A sword appeared infront of her. It was made from crystal and had a golden hilt with a white handle. "Come now, I believe this is your blade" said Geoff. Queen Serenity looked at him and said "Do you take me for a fool? I would never take a weapon proffered by you, Chikusa" "Who ever said I was proffering the blade? That is simply a blade that was brought here, I didn't have a thing to do with it. It's that simple." Queen Serenity grasped the sword from the air and held it in her hand. It was light as a feather and looked extremely sharp. "Now it's time to put you down like the rabid dog you are, Kisama!" "Really, and I thought that I was going to have to dig the grave!" Geoff holstered his pistol and threw down his sword. He clenched his fists and howled. Two long blades exploded out of each of his hands, one from between the first and second finger, the other from between the third and fourth. "Shall we dance?" Queen Serenity gripped the sword and charged, the sword held above her head in an offensive stance. Geoff planted his feet and went into a defensive stance. He parried the first strike from her sword, narrowly ducking the second. "You fight well, now let me see how you are on defence!" Geoff charged at her, leaping into the air and slashing at her wildly. Queen Serenity parried the savage attack with her blade, driving off Geoff and defending herself from his vicious onslaught. "You fight well M'queen, but I can guarantee that YOU WILL DIE!" Geoff screamed as he charged, slashing savagely. Queen Serenity parried and feinted through the attack, and landed the first blow, a slash across his chest. "Insufferable wretch! CRITICAL BOMB!!" A red ball of energy exploded from Geoff's hand, Queen Serenity dodged the attack, but it singed off part of her hair. Geoff was seething with anger. Queen Serenity answered Geoff's Critical Bomb with a spell of her own, a fast moving beam of light that connected with him, right in the forehead. He slapped a hand to his forehead, dissipating the spell, He looked down at his gloved hand, a dark splotch of blood marred the black leather. He looked at Queen Serenity with absolute hatred in his eyes. That was his breaking point. Geoff leapt into the air with a war cry. Battle frenzy gripped his heart. Geoff couldn't stop himself. He was hot, white hot, seething, boiling, so hot with rage pent up over the centuries that he felt as if he would start melting, flowing like lava. His heart thumping so hard that each beat was like an explosion of a volcano. He was not human any more, he was just animal, savage, barbarian, fighting a brutal territorial battle with another enemy, driven to attack until he drew blood, powered by a terrifying but irresistible primitive lust to dominate.
To Conquer.
To Destroy.
Geoff drew all the power he had inside him into one single point inside his body, channeling it into his most powerful spell. He could feel the power corsucating inside of him, he knew that this would win or lose him the battle. "HELL STRIKE!!" He cried, simply pointing a finger at Queen Serenity and a thin beam of black energy exploded from the tip, traveling near the speed of light, and headed straight for Queen Serenity. She braced for the impact, but it never came. She looked down, her daughter, Princess Serenity was standing infront of her, the Silver Imperium Crystal pulsating with power, protecting her from the infernal energies of Geoff's attack. "Usagi! Get away! The Crystal can't take this kind of punishment for long!" cried Queen Serenity, using her daughter's proper name from the Silver Millennium. "NO! Not as long as he lives! Please Mother, you have to destroy him!!" Queen Serenity looked at Geoff and set her jaw. "If it's a spell battle you want, then try and stop this! DIVINE DETONATION!" A huge blast of bright white light exploded from the outstretched hand of Queen Serenity, colliding with Geoff, even as he erected a circle of protection around him. The powerful spell, fuled by the righteous powers of Good blasted through his shield and struck him full force. A massive explosion wracked the battlefield, and when the smoke cleared, they saw Geoff standing there, his combat claws shattered, his clothing shredded and himself broken and bloodied. "At least I fall to a worthy opponent" said Geoff as he slid to the ground, his eyes closing as he fell. "And now I can rest in peace" Queen Serenity said, closing her eyes with a satisfied smile on her lips. "Actually, you can rest in pieces, bitch!" screamed a female voice. A "whoosh!" of something moving through the air at excessive speeds was heard, as was a groan of pain. Sailor Moon turned around, someone was standing behind her mother, a black scythe in her hand. "Greetings Sailor bitch" said the female again. Sailor Moon looked up at the female. She had deep red hair and neon green eyes that seemed to glow. A calculating smile caressed her lips and a look of pure hatred burned in her eyes. "You take my father, I take your mother," She said as she kicked Queen Serenity in the back of the head, which then rolled off her shoulders. Sailor Moon screamed in anguish. "NOO!!!" She screamed, her mind losing all grasp on sanity for an instant. "MOON SPIRAL HEART ACHE!!!" She cried, pouring all the energy she had into the attack, wishing only to avenge her mother's death. A massive blast of energy flew from the sceptre she carried and solidified into a massive crystal heart. It flew at the female, and nearly collided with her, but two crossbow bolts flew through the crystal heart and pinned Sailor Moon to the ground. "You shall not take our Sister, Sailor Brat!" called a dark male voice. "You have killed our father, and that we shall never forget, or forgive!" said another male voice, this one very soft and still. "You are powerless against us, you little worm" said another male voice, this one deep and rumbling with power. "Your death will last forever! Everlasting torture is your fate!" cried another male voice, this one strained and sounded as if it were on the edge of insanity. "You killed our father, so in repayment, I took your mother, be happy that is that only thing I decided to take, Busu" said the female voice, this time dead hard and as cold as an arctic wind. Sailor Moon looked up, she saw the five people that had spoken to her. One was very tall and held a massive spear in his hand, another was of average height, and held two small crossbows in his hands, the third held a massive glowing axe in his hand, and had a bright orange mohawk, the fourth male held a wickedly curved sword in one hand, and a leering, demon-faced shield in his other. The female stood infront of them, holding a black scythe in her right hand, a large pistol in her left. "Wh-wh-who a-a-are you?" stammered Sailor Moon. "We are the children of Geoff Silveria, but to you, we are your executioners," said the female. By this time, the other four Sailor Senshi had gotten loose and were standing around Sailor Moon, creating a loose barrier between Geoff's children and Sailor Moon. "We will not let you harm her!" cried Sailor Jupiter. "We will defeat you!" Sailor Mars yelled. "Now matter what the cost, we will be victorious!" Sailor Venus yelled. "We will destroy you!" Sailor Mercury cried. "IN THE NAME OF THE MOON, WE SO SWEAR IT!" the all cried in unison. Deep rumbling laughter filled the battlefeild. The Sailor Senshi could not tell from where it came though. They turned around, Geoff's body was gone. They looked at their new enemy, and what they saw did not register. They had seen Geoff fall with their own eyes, taken down by Queen Serenity's massive Divine Detonation spell, and yet there he was, standing behind his children, laughing at the Sailor Senshi, mocking them. "But how?" Sailor Venus whispered. "Simple you silly Sailor Senshi, you think that pitiful attack from you precious Queen could actually have the power to destroy me? Please, that was like a mild sunburn, if that," said Geoff. "But we saw you fall! The attack wiped you out!!" Sailor Jupiter screamed. "Ah, yes, but it just wasn't powerful enough to convince me to leave this mortal coil just yet, so I figured I would put on a good show then come back and really start to raise some havoc!" Geoff took a step forward and embraced his children. "Do you like my family Sailor Senshi? Aren't they just the most beautiful people you have ever seen?" Geoff said, his tone full of pride and love. "You... YOU DISPECABLE MONSTER! HOW DARE YOU!! HOW DARE YOU KILL MY MOTHER!!!" Sailor Moon cried in utter hatred. The other four Sailor Senshi had to hold her back, or else she would've charged Geoff at that very instant. "No Sailor Moon! Just think what he'd do to you!" said Sailor Jupiter. "Oh, please ladies, let her through, just let her try to avenge her mother's death, it would be such a wonderful dance, if altogether to short to be satisfying" said Geoff, his tone sarcastic and openly mocking. "You see! He's just waiting for you, just one good reason to destroy you is all he needs!" said Sailor Venus. "Please Sailor Moon! Come on! Stop it! Get a hold of yourself!" Sailor Mars screamed. She hadn't had to do this in a very long time, but it needed to be done. She slapped her. Sailor Moon stopped struggling and went limp in their arms. They looked at Geoff and his family, Geoff was standing above them like a god, and his children looked like hunting dogs ready to be given the order to leap forward and tear their prey to pieces. "I grant you safe passage from here. We shall meet at the top of Mount Djurjeveck in a year, I will not attack you until then. I hope that you will prove to be more of a challenge than you were this day," said Geoff. The Sailor Senshi backed away, keeping their eyes on him at all times. "Remember this, I said that I would not attack you, my children are another story" He said with a devilish smile and he disappeared. His five children stood tall and looked down on their opponents, just waiting for a chance to strike. Sailor Moon had woken up and was standing of her own volition. "Uh, guys, maybe we should, uh, get outta here!" said Sailor Moon. "I agree totally!" said Sailor Mercury. The other Senshi slowly backed away from Geoff's children and ran away. After they had run for what seemed to be hours, they stopped and de-transformed. "Well, theirs a first time for everything...." said Lita. "Yeah... but.. I don't know why, but I get the feeling we know those people..." said Raye. "Whadda you mean?" "Did you see Geoff's daughter? She has the same hairstyle as Sarah... but Sarah couldn't be that hell-bitch... we'd've picked up on that the instant she sat down with us this afternoon... but it's weird... their energy is weird.... it's all skewed.... like their not normal humans..." "I guess you could say that... they are related to that monster" said Lita. "It's more than that... I... I've got to think... ask the fire for some answers... meditate for a while... There's still something wrong" Serena nodded and Raye walked off towards the temple. The others soon walked home as well, allowing Serena time to think. "My mother... I never knew she was so powerful... I had never even thought that she could pull off an attack like that..." Serena thought back, remembering the battle, watching her mother go toe-to-toe with Geoff, even wounding him once, then hitting him with that massive Divine Detonation spell.... Her mother was more powerful than she had ever suspected. Even though she had been in heaven for over a thousand years, she had been able to wound Geoff.... maybe that type of power still flowed in her veins. Serena turned a corner and looked up when a flash of light caught her attention. A yellow sports car was parked at the side of the road. A familiar yellow sports car. Serena looked around, but no one was anywhere to be seen. "Oh well... just wishful thinking..." "Really, what were you wishing for?" said a familiar masculine voice. Serena turned around. Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru were standing behind her. The Outer Senshi. "Haruka! Michiru! Setsuna! Hotaru! What are you four doing here?" "The sea is storming... a great evil is here..." Michiru said quietly. "Got that right...." said Serena, her voice quiet and sullen. "What's happened in the time that we've been gone?" Haruka asked. "Not much... but the great evil you spoke of... you are right.. it is here.... its name is Geoff Silveria." The four Outer Senshi paled in unison. "What?" "The Banished One has returned?" Setsuna said in quiet shock. "Oh yeah... he's back alright.... with his kids...." "He has children?" asked Haruka. "Five of them.... though I don't know what pit of hell they were spawned from...." said Serena, clenching her fists. "What has happened?" Hotaru asked softly. "It was Geoff... he.. he beat us in a battle... then strung us up and used us as part of a ritual to bring my mother, my real mother, back to life... and then he challenged her to a duel... She beat him, but Geoff's daughter severed her head from her shoulders with one quick slice from her scythe.... then we found out Geoff was only playing dead... he wasn't even fazed by Queen Serenity's attack... it was her most powerful spell... even it wasn't enough to kill him...." said Serena, silently crying as she did. "Don't worry Serena.... we'll see to it that this Geoff character won't harm anyone else..." said Haruka. "Come on, I'll drive you home." They all piled into Haruka's car and she sped off. Serena was soon home, and saw that the light in her room was on. "Strange, I thought that I had shut that light off" Serena said quietly. She walked inside her house and went up to her room, and saw someone sleeping in her bed. "Alright Sammy! This is the last time I tell you this!!! Get outta here!" The body stirred and pulled the down comforter over its head. "O-my-god" said Serena as she walked forward. Her daughter, Rini, was sitting in her bed, smiling contentedly at her. "I always knew Uncle Sammy was a pain, but I never knew he slept in your bed, mom!" Said Rini, bouncing off of the bed and throwing her arms around Serena. "Rini! Why are you here!? Why'd I send you back this time?!?" "I came back to help.... Geoff's made a real mess of the future... he's marshalled a army of malcontents and is continually attacking the castle... it's worse than when the Nega-moon family attacked... we need to stop him here, in the past... you told me something before I left.... It's not Geoff's fault" "WHAT?!" Serena said. "I know, but that's what you told me... I don't know what to make of it," she said. Serena and Rini talked well into the night, finally falling asleep around two in the morning.