Another Chance
By Merina
chapter 1
She ran. She hated to run, but she had no choice. Her Sailor fuku was ripped in numerous places and blood streamed down her body. Sailor Mercury turned around and attacked the youma for the 3rd time.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody," she yelled as a harp appeared in her hands.
She played it and ice-cold water flew from it and hit the youma. As soon as the water made contact with its body, it trapped the beast in a prison of ice. Sailor Mercury turned around and ran blindly through the forest.
'That attack won't hold that thing very long. I must get out of here and figure out some sort of plan,' Mercury thought.
No sooner had the thought entered her mind, she found herself out of the forest and trapped on a cliff above a river.
'Oh great, just great,' she thought sarcastically, 'I'm stuck on a cliff that appears to be 100 feet above a river.'
She decided that her best chance was to go back to the forest and try and find another way out. But as soon as she turned around, she was face to face with the youma.
"Now it's time to join you little friends, Sailor failure," it taunted as it raked its claws across her left side.
Sailor Mercury screamed in pain as black spots danced in her vision. She couldn't fight anymore and they both knew it. She lost so much blood that she was having trouble staying on her feet. Without thinking, she backed up as far as she could. The youma noticed this and took advantage of it. It used its tail and hit her left side as hard as it could. It was enough force to knock Sailor Mercury of the cliff. She tried to brace herself for the pain, but nothing could prepare her for the pain she felt as she hit the water. It felt like thousands of knives stabbing her and forcing the air from her lungs.
'I've got to get to the surface,' she thought.
She swam with all the energy she had left, and even de-transformed hoping it would give her more energy. She felt herself slipping from the real world into the world of dreams just as she reached the surface. The current was strong and although she was an excellent swimmer, she had lost so much blood that it was a battle to stay above the water.
'Oh no. I'm loosing it again! Focus Ami, FOCUS,' she thought as she her vision began to get hazy. She made one last attempt to stay on the surface, but she just couldn't do it. She felt herself sink back into the water.
'Well I guess this is it.'
But just before she fell into unconsciousness, she felt two strong arms wrap around her body and pull her out of the water. She looked up, but her vision was so blurry, she couldn't make out anything. That was all she could do before she completely blacked out.