Arise, Dear Quicksilver - Chapter Six
Ami's wand began to glow and blue spirals began to encircle her, which signalled that she was steadily transforming from meek Ami to powerful Sailor Mercury. The short time it took to become fully transformed seemed to take forever. Eventually, Ami set her feet back on solid floor, and entered the heat of battle.
The rest of the scouts were already battling back the unknown Negaverse creature, but the creature was more powerful than any monster they had previously encountered.
"JUPITER… THUNDER… CRASH!" roared Lita, unleashing one of her powerful thunderbolts at the creature. The monster roared as the bolt encircled it, but the bolt fizzled out into nothing.
The creature let out a laugh. "Come on, is that the best you can do?" it mockingly sneered, before raising its own arm up. "FALCON'S… URGE!" it yelled, before firing a large bolt of black energy at the team, who desperately tried to scatter before it hit them, unfortunately, both Serena and Mina were not fast enough, as both felt the force of the blast, driving them to the floor. Serena yelped in pain, before trying to move, but was unable to, her legs were in too much pain.
"Help me!" cried Serena, as she watched the creature draw closer and closer to her. Ami hurried to help Serena, but was frozen when she noticed something upon the creature.
"The Quicksilver Crystal…" Ami whispered to herself.
Ami's thought pattern was quickly disrupted by the cries from Serena. Ami's head snapped, where she rose back to her feet.
"MERCURY… BUBBLES…" began Ami, as she powered up her bubbles, before unleashing them on an unsuspecting creature. "BLAST!"
The area quickly filled up with a thick, icy fog, and Ami began to take control of the situation. "Mars! Jupiter!" she began, "Get these two to safety!"
"But Ami, what about the…?" inquired Rei.
"I'll hold it off until you two can return!"
"Alright…" finished Rei, as she picked up the injured Serena, while Lita picked up the Mina. The girls ran off into the fog and down an alley, leaving Ami alone with the creature.
"So, it's just you and me, is it?" snarled the beast as the fog began to dissipate, "Well, let's see what you're made of!"
Ami prepared herself for another attack from the creature, when something peculiar happened.
"Well, come on then… Ami!" barked the beast, only for it to turn tail and run. The words instantly ran through Ami's mind, putting her off temporarily, before setting off in hot pursuit.
The creature set about laughing as it fled along the darkened streets of Tokyo, while Ami gave chase, straining to keep up, using every breath she could take. The creature however, seemed to not tire, as it shreiked its taunts at Ami.
"YOU WEAKLING, YOU CANNOT CATCH ME!" it yelled. Ami puffed and panted as she pursued the creature down each alle and side street, the obscure part-humanoid, part-bird creature skipped and fled in an overbearing manner. The chase dragged on, Ami growing weaker and more tired, unable to keep up.
The creature laughed and shrieked as it drew further and further away from Ami, before unexepectedly turning and heading down a dead end alley, with Ami chasing in hot pursuit.
At the end of the alley, the creature waited as Ami stood midway from the entrance and the end of the alley, her arm against the wall, panting heavily, trying to regain her breath.
"Who… are… you?" panted Ami, "And how… do you… know… my name?"
"Ah, ah, ah!" replied the creature, "This isn't the time or the place to be asking questions!"
"Huh?"
The creature just laughed its high pitched intolerable laugh, as an eerie mist began to fill the surrounding area of the alley. Ami, confused, look around, trying to figure out where the mist came from.
"The time for finding out the answers is almost upon you!" laughed the beast. Ami began to feel a strange sensation as the creature laughed again. Ami tried to respond, but couldn't, her vocal chords seemingly seizing up and stopping working altogether. No matter how loud she screamed, no sound was coming out.
The mist grew thicker and thicker, and it seemed to have an adverse affect on Ami's health, as Ami dropped to her knees, silently coughing and spluttering, Ami's throat growing dryer and tenser, with Ami clutching her throat, trying to get some air, all while the creature's laugh grew seemingly louder and louder.
Ami's vision began to fade, as she began to move to a foetal position, each breath weaker than the last, but more painful each time. With her final breaths, Ami collapsed into a limp state, motionless on the cold, unforgiving floor of the nameless back alley of Tokyo, where followed…
Silence.
Silence from Ami's body, silence from the mysterious creature. However, this silence was not a golden silence, but more a pained silence. An evil silence. A silence broken only by the sound of footsteps, coming through the mist, drawing closer and closer to Ami's body.
From these footsteps, an arm outreached, wearing a white glove. The fingers hidden by this glove began to stroke the dark hair of Ami.
"Yes… she's the one. Good work…" spoke the figure, as it began to cradle Ami's limp body…
Ami's wand began to glow and blue spirals began to encircle her, which signalled that she was steadily transforming from meek Ami to powerful Sailor Mercury. The short time it took to become fully transformed seemed to take forever. Eventually, Ami set her feet back on solid floor, and entered the heat of battle.
The rest of the scouts were already battling back the unknown Negaverse creature, but the creature was more powerful than any monster they had previously encountered.
"JUPITER… THUNDER… CRASH!" roared Lita, unleashing one of her powerful thunderbolts at the creature. The monster roared as the bolt encircled it, but the bolt fizzled out into nothing.
The creature let out a laugh. "Come on, is that the best you can do?" it mockingly sneered, before raising its own arm up. "FALCON'S… URGE!" it yelled, before firing a large bolt of black energy at the team, who desperately tried to scatter before it hit them, unfortunately, both Serena and Mina were not fast enough, as both felt the force of the blast, driving them to the floor. Serena yelped in pain, before trying to move, but was unable to, her legs were in too much pain.
"Help me!" cried Serena, as she watched the creature draw closer and closer to her. Ami hurried to help Serena, but was frozen when she noticed something upon the creature.
"The Quicksilver Crystal…" Ami whispered to herself.
Ami's thought pattern was quickly disrupted by the cries from Serena. Ami's head snapped, where she rose back to her feet.
"MERCURY… BUBBLES…" began Ami, as she powered up her bubbles, before unleashing them on an unsuspecting creature. "BLAST!"
The area quickly filled up with a thick, icy fog, and Ami began to take control of the situation. "Mars! Jupiter!" she began, "Get these two to safety!"
"But Ami, what about the…?" inquired Rei.
"I'll hold it off until you two can return!"
"Alright…" finished Rei, as she picked up the injured Serena, while Lita picked up the Mina. The girls ran off into the fog and down an alley, leaving Ami alone with the creature.
"So, it's just you and me, is it?" snarled the beast as the fog began to dissipate, "Well, let's see what you're made of!"
Ami prepared herself for another attack from the creature, when something peculiar happened.
"Well, come on then… Ami!" barked the beast, only for it to turn tail and run. The words instantly ran through Ami's mind, putting her off temporarily, before setting off in hot pursuit.
The creature set about laughing as it fled along the darkened streets of Tokyo, while Ami gave chase, straining to keep up, using every breath she could take. The creature however, seemed to not tire, as it shreiked its taunts at Ami.
"YOU WEAKLING, YOU CANNOT CATCH ME!" it yelled. Ami puffed and panted as she pursued the creature down each alle and side street, the obscure part-humanoid, part-bird creature skipped and fled in an overbearing manner. The chase dragged on, Ami growing weaker and more tired, unable to keep up.
The creature laughed and shrieked as it drew further and further away from Ami, before unexepectedly turning and heading down a dead end alley, with Ami chasing in hot pursuit.
At the end of the alley, the creature waited as Ami stood midway from the entrance and the end of the alley, her arm against the wall, panting heavily, trying to regain her breath.
"Who… are… you?" panted Ami, "And how… do you… know… my name?"
"Ah, ah, ah!" replied the creature, "This isn't the time or the place to be asking questions!"
"Huh?"
The creature just laughed its high pitched intolerable laugh, as an eerie mist began to fill the surrounding area of the alley. Ami, confused, look around, trying to figure out where the mist came from.
"The time for finding out the answers is almost upon you!" laughed the beast. Ami began to feel a strange sensation as the creature laughed again. Ami tried to respond, but couldn't, her vocal chords seemingly seizing up and stopping working altogether. No matter how loud she screamed, no sound was coming out.
The mist grew thicker and thicker, and it seemed to have an adverse affect on Ami's health, as Ami dropped to her knees, silently coughing and spluttering, Ami's throat growing dryer and tenser, with Ami clutching her throat, trying to get some air, all while the creature's laugh grew seemingly louder and louder.
Ami's vision began to fade, as she began to move to a foetal position, each breath weaker than the last, but more painful each time. With her final breaths, Ami collapsed into a limp state, motionless on the cold, unforgiving floor of the nameless back alley of Tokyo, where followed…
Silence.
Silence from Ami's body, silence from the mysterious creature. However, this silence was not a golden silence, but more a pained silence. An evil silence. A silence broken only by the sound of footsteps, coming through the mist, drawing closer and closer to Ami's body.
From these footsteps, an arm outreached, wearing a white glove. The fingers hidden by this glove began to stroke the dark hair of Ami.
"Yes… she's the one. Good work…" spoke the figure, as it began to cradle Ami's limp body…