Episode #12 - The Rematch
Serena and her five friends were running down the main street of Jyuban, homing in on an erratic energy signature that could only be once being; Angron. Lita's eyes were burning with rage as they raced down the street. "Come on Amy, where is he!" said Lita, hardly containing the raw anger that was coursing through her veins. "Triangulating.. He should be one block north!" Lita was off like a bolt of lightning, the others hard-pressed to keep up with her. They found Angron, he was standing in the middle of the street, the four Outer Senshi battle with him already. Lita grabbed her henshin wand and cried "JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!!" Shimmering green energy exploded from the crystal on top of the wand and wreathed her in emerald energy. She was Sailor Jupiter. She charged into battle, firing lightning bolts at Angron. "Sailor Pluto!" cried Sailor Moon. Sailor Pluto turned and nodded at her then attacked Angron again with her Dead Scream. The attack bounced off his armour. "HAHAHAHA! YOU THINK THAT I WOULDN'T'VE COME WITHOUT BECOMING BETTER!! COME NOW SAIOR SENSHI!!! SHOW ME YOUR TRUE POWER!!!!" Angron roared as he attacked. Sailor Saturn looked at him with disdain in her eyes and quietly said "Death Ribbon Revolution!" Three massive ribbons of purple energy exploded from the blade of the Silence Glaive, heading straight at Angron. The attack was absorbed by Angron's armour. "WHAT THE!" Sailor Saturn cried as she looked on in astonishment. Her attack hadn't even chipped his armour. "I'M NOT THAT DUMB LADIES!! I KNOW THAT YOUR STRENGTH LIES IN YOUR POWERS, SO I HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF NULLIFYING THEM!!! COME NOW! BRING THE BATTLE TO ME, WHELPS!" Sailor Jupiter unsheathed her machete and charged at the monstrous beast. Sailor Moon looked at this beast that they were fighting, massively strong, able to breath fire, loose energy bolts from its fingers, it was hopeless. She raised the Spiral Moon Sceptre into the air and screamed "MOON SPIRAL HEART ACHE!!!" A massive crystal heart exploded from the sceptre and slammed into Angron, shattering around him and damaging him. "LITTLE BITCH!! THAT HURT!!!" He yelled as he took to the air. "NOW IT'S MY TURN!!! OMEGA BLAST!!!" Angron unleashed a massive attack, jets of fire exploding from his two mouths, electric energy blasting from his fingers. The Sailor Scouts were taken down, driven to their knees by the massive barrage. The bright orange fire cast scintillating shadows across the battlefeild, all ten of the Sailor Senshi were on the ground, quivering in pain. Sailor Venus looked up, a man was slowly walking towards the battlefeild, a massive gun in his hands. Black armour plating covered his head and lower face, his shoulders, lower arms and upper chest, as well as his legs and feet. There was a small silver four-pointed star over his heart and one of his eyes was glowing red. "Flak Shot" he said, the gun echoed his words, loading in a shell. The man levelled the gun upon Angron's wing and fired, shredding it, then repeated the process on the other wing. "That should take care of your flight capabilities, beast" said the man, a calm serenity in his voice. "LITTLE PEON!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU FACE?!?!" "Yeah, a little genetic freak with a big chip on it's shoulder, you should' a been put down the instant they saw what you were!" Said the man, firing again with his gun. "TIME TO DIE, LITTLE HUMAN!!" cried Angron as he charged the man. The man coolly watched him and said "Pyro." The gun echoed him again, loading the shell. He pressed the trigger, white flames leapt from the barrel of the gun, coating Angron in white flame and driving him off. "I will make you a ultimatum, beast, you leave now, I let you live" "AND IF I DON'T, PUNY LITTLE MAN-THING" "You die, it's that simple" said the man, levelling the gun on Angron's chest. "Armour shredder" the gun echoed him. "The shell in the barrel now has been specifically designed to destroy armour, leave now, and I won't liquefy your guts," said the man, holding his ground firmly. Angron looked at him, breathed in, and unleashed his own fiery breath. The man leapt back and dropped his gun. Angron took the initiative and ran forward, crushing the gun underneath one of his massive feet. "Fine, now you die" The man grabbed two swords from behind him, they were curved outwards and had three spikes on the end. He charged Angron, his whirling blades creating a cage of steel around himself, and leapt at Angron, the swords chopping through armour and skin alike. Angron batted the little human off, and went to strike it down with his axe, but he was too nimble. The man lopped one of his heads off and buried the other blade deep into Angron's chest. He reefed the blade out, tearing out his still beating heart. "And now, I send you back to the hell that spawned you" said the man softly, bringing his other sword down upon the blasphemous heart of the beast. Before the sword could connect, one of Angron's tails lashed out and sent the man hurtling into a wall. Angron faded away, but his words could still be heard. "I'LL BE BACK, JUST YOU WAIT!!" The other sailor scouts brang themselves to their feet. They looked around for their saviour, but he was no-where to be seen. "Who was that guy?" asked Sailor Venus. "Don't know, but he left his gun behind" said Sailor Mars. Sailor Mercury walked over and scanned the gun. It was like nothing she had ever seen, made with ultra-high tech, almost too good to be from now. She picked the gun up as she de-transformed and walked over to the others with it. Even after having Angron stomp on the gun, it was relatively unharmed, only the outer casing was damaged. Amy ran her computer over it, scanning the machine. They all walked to a park and sat down, thinking about what had happened. Who was that man? Why did he help them, and where did he get this gun? Amy was scanning it, and she seemed to be stunned by it's technology level. "I don't understand it, how the hell could've he had all those different shells inside such a small clip?" Amy asked herself. "Easy, it's technomorphic," said a calm voice. The ten warriors looked around, they couldn't see anyone. "Up here ladies" said the voice. The same man who had helped them leapt down from a tree. Serena looked at him. His battle armour was a little dinged up, and it looked as if he was bleeding a little, but otherwise he looked fine. "I'll take my Magna-gun now, please" he said softly. Amy handed him the gun. "Who are you?" asked Lita. "Yeah, friend or foe?" said Raye. "I am a friend, but I cannot allow you to kill Geoff. I will help you stop him, but I will now allow you to kill him." Serena looked at him. "WHAT! How can you condone what that monster has done!?!"
"I do not, but I have been ordered to not let Geoff be killed. It is that simple." "No it isn't! The bastard has killed Queen Serenity-" "Yes, I know, he has also killed Neo Queen Serenity as well" "How would you know that!?!" said Serena. "Ladies, my name is Starslayer, of the Crystal Millennium," he said, taking a bow as he did. "The CRYSTAL Millennium?" asked Rini. "Yes, the Crystal Millennium. Small Lady, I am sorry, but your mother sent me here before I could save her from Geoff." Rini looked at him, she was the last one left. the only person left that was from the Crystal Millennium. She looked at Starslayer hotly. "You lie!' she said angrily. "I do not, M'lady, I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it has come to pass. The Queen is dead, and now Geoff presides over the Crystal Court. We have only one chance, stopping him here, in the past" Serena looked at him, he was only a young man, maybe eighteen at the most. "What are you?" she asked hesitantly. "The Royalties personal bodyguard and assassin" "But. isn't the Crystal Millennium a place of peace?" "Yes and no. Crystal Tokyo is peaceful, as is almost the entire world, but when the Royalty goes to one of the few hostile parts of the world, I accompany them, to keep them safe. I was there when you were born, Small Lady Usagi Serenity" He looked at Rini with flint cold eyes and nodded at her. "Ladies, I am at your disposal," said Starslayer, who then jumped up and disappeared into the foliage. Hotaru looked at him, the look in her eyes was far, far away. The warriors dispersed and went back to their respective homes. Hotaru and Rini quietly talked as they walked. "I. I just can't believe it... my mother. she's dead." "Well. not really. Serena's still alive. but I do know what you mean" "I know.it still doesn't seem to fit." "Think about it this way, we get rid of Geoff, no matter what that Starslayer person says, and your mom will be saved, just like all the rest" "Yeah. now we just hafta worry about Starslayer doing his job." said Rini. Hotaru placed a comforting hand on Rini's shoulder and smile a little. Rini looked at Hotaru, deep in though, like usual. "So. how's Robert?" Hotaru smiled as she began to talk. "He's fine. there's a lot more to him than I would've expected though." "Whadda you mean?" "Well. he. he sorta thinks that he's responsible for his family dieing, but I know it's not true. He's just blaming himself to make it seem better than it is." "How can blaming himself make it better?" "Well, would you rather just believe that your family was taken from you on some whim of fate, or that there was a reason behind it?" "I see." "But, other than that, he's great. he even treated me to a movie today!" Rini looked at her. "And?" "And what? He was a perfect gentleman, paid for my admission and snacks. even let me choose the movie" "You know what I mean" "Not a single touch" Rini looked at her funny. "You've got to be kidding" "Nope, didn't even take my hand. I think he's being cautious. we've only known each other for two days remember" "Yeah. that would be a small problem, hey, I've got a idea! Why don't you bring him to our table tomorrow?! Let all of us meet him!" "Well, I'll see what I can do. we usually sit alone" "Yeah, we've noticed, come and sit with us anyways, I know he'd understand" said Rini, looking at Hotaru pleadingly. "Maybe. I'll see what I can do" Hotaru reiterated. "So, Haruka tells me you made a move on him as he left" "You know I wouldn't have the nerve!" "Really? Then why'd you kiss him on the cheek?" "Ah. uh. well." Hotaru blushed slightly as she stammered. "I just thought that, well., I just wanted to! He's so nice, and he's turned Bobbi- Jo down twice now!" "He turned her down again? Why?" Hotaru looked at her. "You know what I meant" "Well, Bobbi-Jo had sent some of her large male friends after him, and Robert dispatched them with minimal effort, I might add, and then when Bobbi-Jo tried to apologize, he blew her off and told her to get lost, though he was a complete gentleman while he did it" "You had better scoop him up soon, or I'll hafta grab'im!" said Rini. "You better not! He's mine!" Hotaru said in mock anger. "Don't worry, he's yours" Rini said, holding up her hands in mock recognition. Hotaru smiled and walked home. They got home and went to bed. Little did they know that Starslayer had been trailing them, listening in upon there conversation. He leapt from tree to tree and watched them go inside their house. When he decided that they were safe and he left them and leapt back to his own home. He climbed in the window and disrobed, removing the armour plating and Kevlar bodysuit underneath it. He looked in the mirror, his lank blond hair hung in strands from his ponytail, and sad gray eyes stared back at him. "Well Robert, at least you know the truth now" he said to himself as he climbed into bed and went to sleep.
Serena and her five friends were running down the main street of Jyuban, homing in on an erratic energy signature that could only be once being; Angron. Lita's eyes were burning with rage as they raced down the street. "Come on Amy, where is he!" said Lita, hardly containing the raw anger that was coursing through her veins. "Triangulating.. He should be one block north!" Lita was off like a bolt of lightning, the others hard-pressed to keep up with her. They found Angron, he was standing in the middle of the street, the four Outer Senshi battle with him already. Lita grabbed her henshin wand and cried "JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!!" Shimmering green energy exploded from the crystal on top of the wand and wreathed her in emerald energy. She was Sailor Jupiter. She charged into battle, firing lightning bolts at Angron. "Sailor Pluto!" cried Sailor Moon. Sailor Pluto turned and nodded at her then attacked Angron again with her Dead Scream. The attack bounced off his armour. "HAHAHAHA! YOU THINK THAT I WOULDN'T'VE COME WITHOUT BECOMING BETTER!! COME NOW SAIOR SENSHI!!! SHOW ME YOUR TRUE POWER!!!!" Angron roared as he attacked. Sailor Saturn looked at him with disdain in her eyes and quietly said "Death Ribbon Revolution!" Three massive ribbons of purple energy exploded from the blade of the Silence Glaive, heading straight at Angron. The attack was absorbed by Angron's armour. "WHAT THE!" Sailor Saturn cried as she looked on in astonishment. Her attack hadn't even chipped his armour. "I'M NOT THAT DUMB LADIES!! I KNOW THAT YOUR STRENGTH LIES IN YOUR POWERS, SO I HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF NULLIFYING THEM!!! COME NOW! BRING THE BATTLE TO ME, WHELPS!" Sailor Jupiter unsheathed her machete and charged at the monstrous beast. Sailor Moon looked at this beast that they were fighting, massively strong, able to breath fire, loose energy bolts from its fingers, it was hopeless. She raised the Spiral Moon Sceptre into the air and screamed "MOON SPIRAL HEART ACHE!!!" A massive crystal heart exploded from the sceptre and slammed into Angron, shattering around him and damaging him. "LITTLE BITCH!! THAT HURT!!!" He yelled as he took to the air. "NOW IT'S MY TURN!!! OMEGA BLAST!!!" Angron unleashed a massive attack, jets of fire exploding from his two mouths, electric energy blasting from his fingers. The Sailor Scouts were taken down, driven to their knees by the massive barrage. The bright orange fire cast scintillating shadows across the battlefeild, all ten of the Sailor Senshi were on the ground, quivering in pain. Sailor Venus looked up, a man was slowly walking towards the battlefeild, a massive gun in his hands. Black armour plating covered his head and lower face, his shoulders, lower arms and upper chest, as well as his legs and feet. There was a small silver four-pointed star over his heart and one of his eyes was glowing red. "Flak Shot" he said, the gun echoed his words, loading in a shell. The man levelled the gun upon Angron's wing and fired, shredding it, then repeated the process on the other wing. "That should take care of your flight capabilities, beast" said the man, a calm serenity in his voice. "LITTLE PEON!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU FACE?!?!" "Yeah, a little genetic freak with a big chip on it's shoulder, you should' a been put down the instant they saw what you were!" Said the man, firing again with his gun. "TIME TO DIE, LITTLE HUMAN!!" cried Angron as he charged the man. The man coolly watched him and said "Pyro." The gun echoed him again, loading the shell. He pressed the trigger, white flames leapt from the barrel of the gun, coating Angron in white flame and driving him off. "I will make you a ultimatum, beast, you leave now, I let you live" "AND IF I DON'T, PUNY LITTLE MAN-THING" "You die, it's that simple" said the man, levelling the gun on Angron's chest. "Armour shredder" the gun echoed him. "The shell in the barrel now has been specifically designed to destroy armour, leave now, and I won't liquefy your guts," said the man, holding his ground firmly. Angron looked at him, breathed in, and unleashed his own fiery breath. The man leapt back and dropped his gun. Angron took the initiative and ran forward, crushing the gun underneath one of his massive feet. "Fine, now you die" The man grabbed two swords from behind him, they were curved outwards and had three spikes on the end. He charged Angron, his whirling blades creating a cage of steel around himself, and leapt at Angron, the swords chopping through armour and skin alike. Angron batted the little human off, and went to strike it down with his axe, but he was too nimble. The man lopped one of his heads off and buried the other blade deep into Angron's chest. He reefed the blade out, tearing out his still beating heart. "And now, I send you back to the hell that spawned you" said the man softly, bringing his other sword down upon the blasphemous heart of the beast. Before the sword could connect, one of Angron's tails lashed out and sent the man hurtling into a wall. Angron faded away, but his words could still be heard. "I'LL BE BACK, JUST YOU WAIT!!" The other sailor scouts brang themselves to their feet. They looked around for their saviour, but he was no-where to be seen. "Who was that guy?" asked Sailor Venus. "Don't know, but he left his gun behind" said Sailor Mars. Sailor Mercury walked over and scanned the gun. It was like nothing she had ever seen, made with ultra-high tech, almost too good to be from now. She picked the gun up as she de-transformed and walked over to the others with it. Even after having Angron stomp on the gun, it was relatively unharmed, only the outer casing was damaged. Amy ran her computer over it, scanning the machine. They all walked to a park and sat down, thinking about what had happened. Who was that man? Why did he help them, and where did he get this gun? Amy was scanning it, and she seemed to be stunned by it's technology level. "I don't understand it, how the hell could've he had all those different shells inside such a small clip?" Amy asked herself. "Easy, it's technomorphic," said a calm voice. The ten warriors looked around, they couldn't see anyone. "Up here ladies" said the voice. The same man who had helped them leapt down from a tree. Serena looked at him. His battle armour was a little dinged up, and it looked as if he was bleeding a little, but otherwise he looked fine. "I'll take my Magna-gun now, please" he said softly. Amy handed him the gun. "Who are you?" asked Lita. "Yeah, friend or foe?" said Raye. "I am a friend, but I cannot allow you to kill Geoff. I will help you stop him, but I will now allow you to kill him." Serena looked at him. "WHAT! How can you condone what that monster has done!?!"
"I do not, but I have been ordered to not let Geoff be killed. It is that simple." "No it isn't! The bastard has killed Queen Serenity-" "Yes, I know, he has also killed Neo Queen Serenity as well" "How would you know that!?!" said Serena. "Ladies, my name is Starslayer, of the Crystal Millennium," he said, taking a bow as he did. "The CRYSTAL Millennium?" asked Rini. "Yes, the Crystal Millennium. Small Lady, I am sorry, but your mother sent me here before I could save her from Geoff." Rini looked at him, she was the last one left. the only person left that was from the Crystal Millennium. She looked at Starslayer hotly. "You lie!' she said angrily. "I do not, M'lady, I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it has come to pass. The Queen is dead, and now Geoff presides over the Crystal Court. We have only one chance, stopping him here, in the past" Serena looked at him, he was only a young man, maybe eighteen at the most. "What are you?" she asked hesitantly. "The Royalties personal bodyguard and assassin" "But. isn't the Crystal Millennium a place of peace?" "Yes and no. Crystal Tokyo is peaceful, as is almost the entire world, but when the Royalty goes to one of the few hostile parts of the world, I accompany them, to keep them safe. I was there when you were born, Small Lady Usagi Serenity" He looked at Rini with flint cold eyes and nodded at her. "Ladies, I am at your disposal," said Starslayer, who then jumped up and disappeared into the foliage. Hotaru looked at him, the look in her eyes was far, far away. The warriors dispersed and went back to their respective homes. Hotaru and Rini quietly talked as they walked. "I. I just can't believe it... my mother. she's dead." "Well. not really. Serena's still alive. but I do know what you mean" "I know.it still doesn't seem to fit." "Think about it this way, we get rid of Geoff, no matter what that Starslayer person says, and your mom will be saved, just like all the rest" "Yeah. now we just hafta worry about Starslayer doing his job." said Rini. Hotaru placed a comforting hand on Rini's shoulder and smile a little. Rini looked at Hotaru, deep in though, like usual. "So. how's Robert?" Hotaru smiled as she began to talk. "He's fine. there's a lot more to him than I would've expected though." "Whadda you mean?" "Well. he. he sorta thinks that he's responsible for his family dieing, but I know it's not true. He's just blaming himself to make it seem better than it is." "How can blaming himself make it better?" "Well, would you rather just believe that your family was taken from you on some whim of fate, or that there was a reason behind it?" "I see." "But, other than that, he's great. he even treated me to a movie today!" Rini looked at her. "And?" "And what? He was a perfect gentleman, paid for my admission and snacks. even let me choose the movie" "You know what I mean" "Not a single touch" Rini looked at her funny. "You've got to be kidding" "Nope, didn't even take my hand. I think he's being cautious. we've only known each other for two days remember" "Yeah. that would be a small problem, hey, I've got a idea! Why don't you bring him to our table tomorrow?! Let all of us meet him!" "Well, I'll see what I can do. we usually sit alone" "Yeah, we've noticed, come and sit with us anyways, I know he'd understand" said Rini, looking at Hotaru pleadingly. "Maybe. I'll see what I can do" Hotaru reiterated. "So, Haruka tells me you made a move on him as he left" "You know I wouldn't have the nerve!" "Really? Then why'd you kiss him on the cheek?" "Ah. uh. well." Hotaru blushed slightly as she stammered. "I just thought that, well., I just wanted to! He's so nice, and he's turned Bobbi- Jo down twice now!" "He turned her down again? Why?" Hotaru looked at her. "You know what I meant" "Well, Bobbi-Jo had sent some of her large male friends after him, and Robert dispatched them with minimal effort, I might add, and then when Bobbi-Jo tried to apologize, he blew her off and told her to get lost, though he was a complete gentleman while he did it" "You had better scoop him up soon, or I'll hafta grab'im!" said Rini. "You better not! He's mine!" Hotaru said in mock anger. "Don't worry, he's yours" Rini said, holding up her hands in mock recognition. Hotaru smiled and walked home. They got home and went to bed. Little did they know that Starslayer had been trailing them, listening in upon there conversation. He leapt from tree to tree and watched them go inside their house. When he decided that they were safe and he left them and leapt back to his own home. He climbed in the window and disrobed, removing the armour plating and Kevlar bodysuit underneath it. He looked in the mirror, his lank blond hair hung in strands from his ponytail, and sad gray eyes stared back at him. "Well Robert, at least you know the truth now" he said to himself as he climbed into bed and went to sleep.