THE EARTH ROYALTY, Chapter Nine

"Sailor Scouts, Sailor StarLights, this is technically a Terran problem, but with your assistance, we can destroy this threat forever so that this place is safe once more." Prince Endymion addressed everyone in front of him. "We need to talk together, in civvies and not uniforms."

"Civvies?" Sailor Venus questioned.

"Civilian clothing Venus," Lex laughed.

"So we can all see each others identities. I know a lot of us know who each other is, but not everybody does, so I think that we should all meet in civvies in one hour. You can all come to my apartment if you like, it may be a little cramped, but it will be ok. My apartment is-"

"Wait! Prince Endymion!" Sailor Moon spat out the words, "What on EARTH makes you even think that I will even step one foot in your apartment building, let alone your APARTMENT?"

"Wow, talk about tension!" Sailor Star Healer remarked.

"Healer if you don't SHUT UP I am going to throw my attack at you!" Sailor Uranus waved her hands threatenly in the air at him.

"URANUS, LEAVE IT!" Sailor Moon thundered. All jumped back in fear, never in this life or the past had anyone seen the Moon Princess so angry. "Sailor Scouts, I do not want you, any of you, to set one foot in that building of his," she jerked her hand at Endymion.

"Hey! We just saved your lives so you could be a little grateful!" Leo snapped.

"Leonora, Be Quiet!" Endymion snapped back at her. "Sailor Moon, I understand your reasons," He began in earnest, "but you must listen to me. Forget what you think happened while I was in America, and think about Anno! He won't leave you alone until he has YOU! All for his OWN!" The Terran Prince stared directly into the Moon Princesses' eyes. "Anno wants you and I'll be damned if you think that I'm going to allow that to happen! Trust us, we need the power of the Sailor Scouts to-" He broke off and turned to stare at his cousins, "Shit!" He muttered. The three females and two males of Earth suddenly were all bathed in golden light and disappeared.

"That was rude!" Sailor Star Maker said.

"I'm warning you!" Sailor Uranus and Neptune stepped forward.

"If the pair of you can't control yourselves, I'm going to force leadership on you both!" Sailor Moon stated, quite coldly.

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On the continent of Africa, the Prince and his companions arrived at a scene of chaos and despair.

"Oh my God! William! Are you here?" Leo cried out into the darkness that covered the area.

Death had had its way here and all were lifeless. Tears poured openly from the Princesses and Lex gripped Endymion as he struggled to stand. -/ Wills, if you are alive, I command you by all the Powers On Earth, answer me! /- Endymion screamed in his mind to his lost and maybe dead cousin.

-/ My Prince, I'm here /- Came the breathless mind. Endymion shuddered. Breathless voice meant he would live, but breathless mind would almost certainly mean death for the owner of it.

"Nia, he's alive, but I don't know where. I need you to locate him." The prince commanded her gently. She was encircled by gold light again as she screamed, "Over there, under the rubble!"

All the royalty that was present there ran to where she pointed and started moving the rubble to get to their lost cousin. Within a matter of minutes, their strength and determination had removed all the rubble and allowed the bloodied prince to freely move, but his injuries were too severe.

Even though they knew what they had to do, Endy still commanded them to make sure no one was in doubt. "Anno has now reached Africa, Elizabeth is probably also in trouble, Jules, you, Nia and Leo will go to there and find Eliza and bring her back to me. Lex and I will go back to my apartment. Wills is in no state to heal himself so I'm going to appeal to Holly's better nature, rather than go through Serena. Be careful." He gently picked up his dying, younger cousin and nodded to Lex. They both wrapped their arms around him carefully and disappeared in a puff of light. The three girls did the same in the search for their last cousin.

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"Holly, I understand that Serena is having a hissy fit, but my cousin is going to die! And if you remember anything of the Silver Millennium Era, you would stop that in a heartbeat, regardless of what the Princess said!" Alex was nearly shouting down the phone at her.

Darien snatched the phone from him, "Holly," he started gently, "you saw the way Trista greeted Lex, please save our cousin, you cannot let him die!"

When Holly finally spoke, she asked quietly, "I'll be there in a second, Trista's going to come with me."

"Thank you." Darien said gratefully, knowing that he would hug her into death when he saw her. "Alex, she's afraid, Serena is using her authority and stubbornness to stop us from defeating Anno. Holly knows that, Trista knows that and so does Amy, Amara and Michelle. I will talk to her as soon as I know Beth is alive and well and she's here, and when Bill can survive on his own energy and not ours." Alex nodded at the eldest of the cousins.

Purple light filled the room as the Princesses of Saturn and Pluto emerged from the Gate of Time. "Holly, thanks for coming."

"Sorry about the way I acted on the phone, but Bill is the youngest of us and also the cousin clown." Alex apologised.

"It's ok, Trista explained who you were to me just now. Where is he?" Darien gestured into his room where Holly walked towards.

Alex puts his arms around his princess and questioned, "Everything?"

"No, only about the Earth Royalty and how much you meant to me and how much you still mean to me." They both smiled as he kissed the top of her head.

"Let's hope she remembers, otherwise Bill will be slightly less than disappointed." Darien remarked and the others nodded.

After about ten minutes, they became to get worried. Noises could not be heard from the room. Holly's healing power would not have been able to destroy herself when connected to Bill's power of life. The two males and one female walked quickly to the room and found it empty.

-/ William! Where on Earth are you? /- Darien shouted through his mind at his cousin.

-/ O come on now cousin, isn't that line a little old now?/- A voice was clearly heard by Darien , Trista and Alex.

-/ Where on Earth are you and Holly? /- Darien repeated his question.

-/ We're not on Earth Daz-a-lot. /- Bill used his childhood nickname for his cousin.

-/ Bill are you on Saturn? /- Trista asked.

-/ Why Princess Pluto, what a dirty mind you have! /- Bill laughed.

-/ Oh very funny William, come back down to Earth, literally. Into Darien's apartment with Holly cos we all need to talk! /- Alex said firmly.

Golden light merged with purple light and Holly and Prince William of Africa appeared from it.

"I remember." Holly grinned.



Hey, I've finally updated, sorry about the wait. It's taken forever to get time on te net without the system crashing down on my.