A.N. I know that it is going to get a little strange right here; because Sailor Moon isn't a major player in the next few chapters. (Sorry! Because of that, I will try to get the next few out and over really quickly :-) ) But she will appear again, after all she has to save the day? Doesn't she? And don't worry, Darien WILL be in it SOON. I promise. (How could I leave a hunk like that out for too much longer?) It is just that unfortunately I got a little carried away writing about the other scouts and what might happen if they didn't have their fearless leader anymore. Rest assured, that she will be back!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor moon



Mercury and Venus both gasped.

"Pure Evil?" Mercury asked, as stunned as a deer looking at headlights. "Surely that can not be possible?"

"Something is inside him." Mars explained. "It has possessed him, and taken over his body."

"So it's not Damon we are facing?" Venus asked she was confused at what was happening.

Mars nodded her head. "No. We are battling something else. Something that is very dark and very evil. I think Damon called it a 'frost beast'." A cold wind picked up and blew Mars's hair behind her. Her ebony locks danced behind her like fire. 'This is bad.' Mars thought to herself. 'This is very bad, but there is no way that I can let Mercury and Venus know the kind of power we are facing.' She trembled inside.

"We can still beat him, it doesn't matter what he has become. Come on scouts." Venus looked at the two remaining scouts, and begged for their support with her heart. "Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury. Come on, we have to try!"

"She is right!" Mars agreed and decided to relinquish her negative thoughts. "We can't give up. If we quit, then the world as we know it will be destroyed. Gone forever. Everything and everyone that we love will die and I am not going to let that happen. I will not let that happed." She looked over at Sailor Jupiter, still imprisoned in her diamond cell. "We need her help. We need all the scouts help." She gazed at Sailor Moon. 'Sailor Moon, we need you!' She thought to herself. 'What has happened to you? We can you possibly be?' Mars's heart broke. Anger and sorrow overcame her as she looked at her friend helplessly.

In the corner, Sailor Moon was curled up tightly into a ball. The tears that ran down her cheeks had splashed onto her Scout uniform, leaving her clothes dripping wet with beads of sorrow. Something was going through her head. Taunting her, driving her slowly insane. 'You all going to die,' the voice inside her head said over and over again. 'You had your chance in the future and you blew it. You killed them all! You killed them, Sailor Moon. You killed them, Moon Princess. You killed them, Neo Queen Serenity. You killed them, Serena.' The voices ridiculed. 'You doomed everyone that you loved, and now they are all dead!' Serena started to bang her head against the wall. Blood trickled down her temple as she hit her head time and time again. The battle inside of her had become one sided. And the side of bad had won. Her face had become as ghostly as snow on a winters morning. Rocking back and forth, she looked as though a feathers touch would break her. Evil had claimed its greatest battle. Sailor Moon had finally been defeated.



"We need Sailor Moon." The three of them looked at Serena, but they all knew that she could not fight with them this time. They glared at the Frost Beast, it had frozen on the spot, but it was far from dead. Its musty breath spilled out from its nostrils, like a bull waiting for its chance to charge. It was pausing, biding its time to gather up its strength. Wisps of black light started flowing in through the cracks in the windows and underneath the doors. The wisps circled around the room before being inhaled by the monster.

"What is that black cloudy stuff?" Venus asked, watching the enemy snort up all the wisps.

"Energy. I think that it is sucking up energy." Mercury stated. "Energy from all the dark creatures that live outside the castle." As she said that, the window glass smashed into a thousand pieces and a gale came howling in from outside. It picked up Sailor Jupiter in her diamond cage and smashed it against the wall. The diamonds shattered, leaving Sailor Jupiter to spill out onto the floor.

"Sailor Jupiter!" Mars, Mercury and Venus all shouted, surprised that her prison could shatter so easily. They rushed over to help their friend.

Jupiter had grown very weak, her cuts had stopped bleeding but by no means had they mended.

"Jupiter!" Mercury cried, cradling her friend in her arms. "Jupiter, talk to me!"

Jupiter's emerald eyes slowly opened. "Sailor Moon," She said, coughing up a spot of red liquid. "Is Sailor Moon alright?" She asked the scouts. A red tear rolled down Jupiter's cheek. Her salty tears had turned to blood. She didn't wait for an answer, "Tell her that I am sorry." She said with a heavy moan as she closed her eyes. The three scouts all looked at each other.

"Is she?" Mars asked.

"No. She has just slipped into unconsciousness." Mercury rested Jupiter's head on the floor and stood up. "We don't have much time!" She said bravely, turning to look at the creature. The Frost Beast's body had started glowing, the black energy from outside was revitalising it and soon the creature would awaken completely. "We need to destroy this thing, before it wakes up!"

The gold room around them was changing. Its beautiful gold had melted down the walls, exposing the black paint behind it. A black that was as dark as the shadows in the night. The melted gold was oozing onto the floor, and as soon as it touched the ground it turned into black sludge. The chandeliers had been replaced by blue flames that hovered mid air. The candles on the wall had melted, leaving a waxy trail dripping down the blackened walls. The wind that came howling through the window made noises that would stir the un-dead. The gust moaned throughout the eves and echoed around the castle. Mars stood up and faced the creature, looking deeply into its void, frosty eyes.

"Scouts! Are you with me?" She asked, assuming the position of the leader of the group. "We need to do this now, we need to do this ourselves!"

Mercury and Venus looked at Mars and stood close together. For a fleeting second they exchanged glances of dread, but they knew what they had to do. It was all up to them now. The three inner Sailor Scouts. Passionately, the three of them joined hands.

"Mars Planet Power!" She closed her eyes and concentrated all her power. The power lying in her mind, her heart, her body and the power that lied deep down inside her soul. She focused on all the power of her spirit, the power of her planet. An eerie red glow surrounded her. Her eyes glowed red as she concentrated intensely.

"Mercury Planet Power!" Shouted the Sailor Scout from Mercury above the ghostly howls of the raging wind. She focussed on the power of her wisdom, her strongest asset. Her Mind, body and spirit became one, her hair gracefully rose to dance in the wind. Her already blue eyes turned an eerie cerulean colour.

"Venus Planet Power!" Shouted Sailor Venus, focussing on the memories of her life. The happiness that she has had, the joy she has experienced, but mostly, the love that she had shared, with her friends, family and lovers. She knew that love was her greatest power, and her eyes sparkled with gold, completely filling them with an eerie shade, the colour of the summer sun.

Together, the three colours mixed together, creating a blinding display of lights. 'We can do this.' Mars thought. 'We will do this!' The light circled high above their heads, cutting through the black energy inside the room. They joined as one and impacted straight into the creature, like a comet colliding with a rock. A blinding flash of light lit up the room.

Worn out, the three scouts dropped down to the floor. There eyes turning back to normal, but their energy completely drained. The three of the lay in shambles, their clothes tattered, their hearts exhausted and their minds overwhelmed.

With a heavy heart, Mars lifted her sight up off the floor. She glared straight at the monster. "No!" She cried squeakily, a bleak tear running down her devastated cheek. "It can't be!"

Sailor Venus opened up her eyes to see what Mars was looking at. A tear filled her heart as she dropped her head back down to the floor, crying silently to herself. "It didn't do a thing." She whimpered, "All of our power, and it didn't do a thing."

A.N. Sorry that I didn't get this chapter out until now. I am not too happy with it, but it is your opinions that I value the most. Please review and keep reading. Also, I would like to know who you want Serena to end up with, here are the options:

Serena/Darien.

Serena/Damon.

I have a sneaky way to work it out so that she gets to be with both of them. (But I won't tell my secrets. :-P )

You can either post it, or email me at destinys_angel19@hotmail.com

I hope that you all have a wonderful day/night.