Disclaimer: *sigh* .you know.having to confess this really is a let down.
Matsuri: What?! I actually have time to type this up?!! It's a miracle, I tell you!! A Miracle!! Anyway. Thank you for all of your reviews and stuff.yeah.I don't know why, but I'm, like, very sleepy. I'm actually sitting here all droopy eyed. Maybe I shouldn't have stayed up so long watching Adult Swim. Adult Swim Rocks!!! .uh.yeah. Well, on with the story. Enjoy. -_-;
14 Chapter Fourteen
The scouts made their way to a semi-toppled medical building. It lay on the outskirts of a small city, but nevertheless there were many people lying on the ground. The girls stared in anguish.
"Is the whole world like this?" Saturn asked aloud. She brought gauze to Neptune to wrap up her arm.
"That's probably where he went," Uranus snarled. "To finish the rest."
"Mamoru's out there among these people," Sailor Moon whispered. "Somewhere." Makoto heard her. She was suddenly filled with great sorrow, not that she wasn't already. The world was resting on their shoulders and here they were. hiding.
"So what are we going to do?" Neptune asked. "Just wait for him to come back?"
"That wouldn't be wise," Pluto said, stepping next to Sailor Moon to look at the people on the ground. "It would be better if we went out to look for him. Then we won't be caught by surprise."
"We better set out, then," Uranus said.
"Wait!" Pluto held out her staff. "You feel that?" There was a few seconds of silence, but then the ground began to shake. The building began to crumble around them.
"Little sailors!" Visus called. "Come out! Wherever you are!"
"We have to get out of here or we'll be crushed!" Pluto cried. The girls headed toward the door. It crumbled and fell at their feet. They made it outside and stood in their fighting stances.
"I don't see him," Uranus said.
"Over there!" Saturn cried. Sure enough there he was standing in the distance. He smiled and lifted a hand. Almost immediately, the ground split between the scouts. Sailor Moon lost her footing and tumbled into the ravine, but she quickly grabbed hold of the sides.
"Sailor Moon!" the others cried, coming to her rescue. They began to pull her up, but Visus was on them in an instant. Just as they pulled up Sailor Moon, he appeared and grabbed Neptune on her sore arm.
"Ahh!" she cried out.
"Let her go!" Uranus yelled, trying to hurt him in anyway, but it was impossible. Her punches went right through him. With her staff, Pluto struck him on the arm that held Neptune. He immediately let her go and jerked back in surprise. He held his arm.
"Help her," Pluto instructed, standing with her staff outstretched.
"I don't understand," Jupiter said. "We can't touch him, but he can touch us?"
"He concentrated most of his energy into his arm and it made it firm," Pluto stated, glaring at Visus. "That's why he felt the sting of my staff. Isn't that right, Visus?" Visus growled and his eyes glowed dangerously.
"You forget that I don't have to physically touch you," he snapped. "I can destroy you with just a lift of my finger!" With that, he lifted a finger and pieces of earth jutted up out of the ground around the sailor scouts. Jupiter used her thunderbolts to crush the earth jutting up around them.
"It's pointless to fight against me!" Visus cried. Suddenly, he began to multiply himself until he became six. One to fight each scout. They rushed towards each one. Uranus jumped in front of Saturn, fending off both Saturn's attacker and her own attacker. Saturn watched as Uranus kept Visus from getting to her. She looked at the other scouts. The other scouts fought their own Visus. Sailor Moon dodged his attacks. Pluto tried to protect Neptune. Jupiter held her own.
Meanwhile, in the gundam world, Duo walked around in Makoto's room. It was now clean, no doubt of Quatre's doing.
"There's got to be some way," Duo said to himself. "Some way to get to their world." He stood in front of the wall that they left by and put a hand on it. It felt warm to the touch. Looking closely, Duo noticed a small glowing dot. He thought it had disappeared. With his index finger, he poked it and immediately, it opened up into a large, glowing portal. Duo jumped back in surprise, gawking at what he had just done. He smirked.
"Time to go."
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"Saturn!" Uranus cried out. Saturn's attention refocused just in time to see Visus running at her.
"Silent Wall!" she cried out. Immediately, a shield formed around her. Visus' fists smashed into it, pushing him back. The shield held strong, even when the Visus tried to attack again. Uranus quickly made it towards them and attacked Saturn's attacker. Saturn relaxed and her shield disappeared. She huffed and puffed from the strain. Jupiter fell to the ground as she took a punch from her Visus.
"Ugh! These guys are strong!" she cried, trying to trip him up.
"You're telling me!" Pluto cried. "Every time I hit him, he just bounces back!" She cracked Visus' head with her staff. "Hey! Where's Sailor Moon?"
Sailor Moon ran, trying to put as much space as she could between Visus and herself. Looking back, she didn't see him, but she kept running until she tripped over some debris. She didn't attempt to get up. She was so tired. She just wanted to cry. Cry away the pain and the problems they were facing. Only one thought ran through her mind. They were losing. It was all she could think about. Her eyes welled up with tears for she was beginning to give up, when she heard a moan.
"Who's out there?" she called. There was no answer. Her eyes scanned over the many pieces of destroyed buildings and the hundreds of people on the ground. She heard the moan again and she stood. Following the sound, she found herself standing next to a huge slab of concrete and under it was.
"Mamoru!" she cried. She bent down, her eyes welling up again. "Mamoru! I-I can't believe it!" He moaned and turned his head to her, his eyes closed. She took his hand. "I thought you were gone! I thought I'd never see you again!" Mamoru's eyes slowly opened and he squinted at her.
"U-Usagi?" he managed to say.
"I'm here," Sailor Moon cried, tears running down her cheeks. She held onto his hand. Looking up at her, he gently touched her face and she closed her eyes, feeling his touch.
"Nice.to see you again," he said, weakly. "I was beginning to feel.lonely." Usagi opened her eyes.
"How did you get this way?" she asked, looking at the slab of concrete he lay under. She stood and began to try to move it.
"I came across our enemy here," Mamoru answered. "I caught him draining a few of these people. He came after me, but he couldn't get me. I wouldn't let him." Usagi grunted, trying to push the concrete.
"I ended up getting caught in the debris when he blew this building," he finished. Sailor Moon backed away.
"I can't move it," she said.
Meanwhile, the others watched as each Visus went back into one being. He stood in one spot until he was completely whole or so he thought.
"He's missing an arm," Saturn noticed. The Visus stared at the empty space that was supposed to be his arm and glared at the girls.
"One of the Visus' did not return," Pluto stated.
"It's alright," Mamoru closed his eyes. "Just leave me here."
"No!" Sailor Moon came to him. "I'm not going to leave you. Somehow, I've got to get this thing off." Suddenly Visus was upon her and pushed her away. She fell to the ground. He looked at Mamoru.
"Leave him alone!" Sailor Moon screamed. She dove at him, but she just went through him, eating nothing but dirt.
"Looks like I missed one," he grinned and lifted a hand over Mamoru's head.
"Sailor Moon.get away!" Mamoru croaked before falling out.
"Never!" she tried to attack him again, but again it proved futile.
"He doesn't have that much energy left," Visus said. "But it'll do." Visus' hand began to glow.
"NO!!" Sailor Moon screamed. Just then, the slab of concrete burst, setting Mamoru free, but he remained unconscious. Running towards them was Pluto and the others behind her. One of them had shattered it. Sailor Moon quickly ran to Mamoru and shielded him with her body.
"Hold on, Mamoru," she cried. Visus glared and disappeared.
"You found Mamoru?" Jupiter asked.
"He's hurt!" Sailor Moon said. "We have to protect him! Visus is gunning for him!"
"We will," Neptune said. Just then Saturn screamed. She was struggling to get away from something. It was a dead man. His eyes were rolled in the back of his head.
"H-Help!" Saturn squeaked. Blinking out of their stupor, the scouts ran to her side and pulled her out of his grasp. The man stood, saliva forming in his mouth. Several other dead people stood. The girls backed away.
"Ugh! What is this?!" Uranus said.
"Zombies!" Sailor Moon cried, pulling at Mamoru. The man stepped closer and Uranus helped Sailor Moon drag Mamoru away. Loud laughter rang out.
"Afraid scouts?" Visus could be heard. He stood in the distance, now whole. "My energy fills their cells just enough so that they can do my will." The scouts were surrounded now.
"Now, my puppets," Visus said. "Attack!" The zombies charged at them.
"Deadly Scream!" Pluto attacked, knocking down many of the people, but more stood.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
"Uranus World Shaking!"
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
The scouts wiped out many of the zombies, but still more came. They closed around them in a circle.
"What are we going to do?!" Sailor Moon cried.
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"Let go!!" Uranus yelled, punching a zombie. They had them now and they were dragging them towards Visus. They all struggled to get away. Sailor Moon looked helplessly as they dragged Mamoru carelessly. Neptune cried out in pain as the zombies clutched her sore arm with strong hands. They finally stopped in front of Visus. He was grinning from artificial ear to artificial ear.
"The end of the chase," he said. "Now for your energy. Bring them forward!" The girls tried to break free, but their captors were surprisingly strong. They were lined up in a row in front of Visus. With a smile, his body changed to the huge void of energy. The girls watched helplessly.
"This can't be the end!" Sailor Moon cried. "It just can't be!" Jupiter pulled and pushed, trying to break free. Pluto looked around for her staff. It was away on the ground. Too far away for her to try to get. Uranus was out. They ended up knocking her out to keep her in control. She hung limply in their hands next to Mamoru. Neptune and Saturn watched weakly, the color draining from their faces. Hopeless! The world would end after they were gone which would cause a chain reaction, destroying others. There would be nothing. Nothing left, but.Visus and his kingdom. Seven strips of light shot out of the huge one toward each person. They didn't know anything after that. All they knew was pain. Indefinable pain. Then, as far as they knew, they felt nothing. Who cared? There would be nothing left to feel for anyway.
Matsuri: My heart was actually racing as I wrote this chapter. It's getting pretty close, eh? What if I ended it right here? You know, with the world ending? That would be very different if you asked me. Not the typical happy ending and the bad guy wins too. Hmm. * Matsuri ponders* Nope! I just can't do that to you guys. Although.*smiles evilly* So now all you have to do is wait for the next chapter. That should be pretty easy, right? Right? Oh come on you can do it. ^_^
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Matsuri: What?! I actually have time to type this up?!! It's a miracle, I tell you!! A Miracle!! Anyway. Thank you for all of your reviews and stuff.yeah.I don't know why, but I'm, like, very sleepy. I'm actually sitting here all droopy eyed. Maybe I shouldn't have stayed up so long watching Adult Swim. Adult Swim Rocks!!! .uh.yeah. Well, on with the story. Enjoy. -_-;
14 Chapter Fourteen
The scouts made their way to a semi-toppled medical building. It lay on the outskirts of a small city, but nevertheless there were many people lying on the ground. The girls stared in anguish.
"Is the whole world like this?" Saturn asked aloud. She brought gauze to Neptune to wrap up her arm.
"That's probably where he went," Uranus snarled. "To finish the rest."
"Mamoru's out there among these people," Sailor Moon whispered. "Somewhere." Makoto heard her. She was suddenly filled with great sorrow, not that she wasn't already. The world was resting on their shoulders and here they were. hiding.
"So what are we going to do?" Neptune asked. "Just wait for him to come back?"
"That wouldn't be wise," Pluto said, stepping next to Sailor Moon to look at the people on the ground. "It would be better if we went out to look for him. Then we won't be caught by surprise."
"We better set out, then," Uranus said.
"Wait!" Pluto held out her staff. "You feel that?" There was a few seconds of silence, but then the ground began to shake. The building began to crumble around them.
"Little sailors!" Visus called. "Come out! Wherever you are!"
"We have to get out of here or we'll be crushed!" Pluto cried. The girls headed toward the door. It crumbled and fell at their feet. They made it outside and stood in their fighting stances.
"I don't see him," Uranus said.
"Over there!" Saturn cried. Sure enough there he was standing in the distance. He smiled and lifted a hand. Almost immediately, the ground split between the scouts. Sailor Moon lost her footing and tumbled into the ravine, but she quickly grabbed hold of the sides.
"Sailor Moon!" the others cried, coming to her rescue. They began to pull her up, but Visus was on them in an instant. Just as they pulled up Sailor Moon, he appeared and grabbed Neptune on her sore arm.
"Ahh!" she cried out.
"Let her go!" Uranus yelled, trying to hurt him in anyway, but it was impossible. Her punches went right through him. With her staff, Pluto struck him on the arm that held Neptune. He immediately let her go and jerked back in surprise. He held his arm.
"Help her," Pluto instructed, standing with her staff outstretched.
"I don't understand," Jupiter said. "We can't touch him, but he can touch us?"
"He concentrated most of his energy into his arm and it made it firm," Pluto stated, glaring at Visus. "That's why he felt the sting of my staff. Isn't that right, Visus?" Visus growled and his eyes glowed dangerously.
"You forget that I don't have to physically touch you," he snapped. "I can destroy you with just a lift of my finger!" With that, he lifted a finger and pieces of earth jutted up out of the ground around the sailor scouts. Jupiter used her thunderbolts to crush the earth jutting up around them.
"It's pointless to fight against me!" Visus cried. Suddenly, he began to multiply himself until he became six. One to fight each scout. They rushed towards each one. Uranus jumped in front of Saturn, fending off both Saturn's attacker and her own attacker. Saturn watched as Uranus kept Visus from getting to her. She looked at the other scouts. The other scouts fought their own Visus. Sailor Moon dodged his attacks. Pluto tried to protect Neptune. Jupiter held her own.
Meanwhile, in the gundam world, Duo walked around in Makoto's room. It was now clean, no doubt of Quatre's doing.
"There's got to be some way," Duo said to himself. "Some way to get to their world." He stood in front of the wall that they left by and put a hand on it. It felt warm to the touch. Looking closely, Duo noticed a small glowing dot. He thought it had disappeared. With his index finger, he poked it and immediately, it opened up into a large, glowing portal. Duo jumped back in surprise, gawking at what he had just done. He smirked.
"Time to go."
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"Saturn!" Uranus cried out. Saturn's attention refocused just in time to see Visus running at her.
"Silent Wall!" she cried out. Immediately, a shield formed around her. Visus' fists smashed into it, pushing him back. The shield held strong, even when the Visus tried to attack again. Uranus quickly made it towards them and attacked Saturn's attacker. Saturn relaxed and her shield disappeared. She huffed and puffed from the strain. Jupiter fell to the ground as she took a punch from her Visus.
"Ugh! These guys are strong!" she cried, trying to trip him up.
"You're telling me!" Pluto cried. "Every time I hit him, he just bounces back!" She cracked Visus' head with her staff. "Hey! Where's Sailor Moon?"
Sailor Moon ran, trying to put as much space as she could between Visus and herself. Looking back, she didn't see him, but she kept running until she tripped over some debris. She didn't attempt to get up. She was so tired. She just wanted to cry. Cry away the pain and the problems they were facing. Only one thought ran through her mind. They were losing. It was all she could think about. Her eyes welled up with tears for she was beginning to give up, when she heard a moan.
"Who's out there?" she called. There was no answer. Her eyes scanned over the many pieces of destroyed buildings and the hundreds of people on the ground. She heard the moan again and she stood. Following the sound, she found herself standing next to a huge slab of concrete and under it was.
"Mamoru!" she cried. She bent down, her eyes welling up again. "Mamoru! I-I can't believe it!" He moaned and turned his head to her, his eyes closed. She took his hand. "I thought you were gone! I thought I'd never see you again!" Mamoru's eyes slowly opened and he squinted at her.
"U-Usagi?" he managed to say.
"I'm here," Sailor Moon cried, tears running down her cheeks. She held onto his hand. Looking up at her, he gently touched her face and she closed her eyes, feeling his touch.
"Nice.to see you again," he said, weakly. "I was beginning to feel.lonely." Usagi opened her eyes.
"How did you get this way?" she asked, looking at the slab of concrete he lay under. She stood and began to try to move it.
"I came across our enemy here," Mamoru answered. "I caught him draining a few of these people. He came after me, but he couldn't get me. I wouldn't let him." Usagi grunted, trying to push the concrete.
"I ended up getting caught in the debris when he blew this building," he finished. Sailor Moon backed away.
"I can't move it," she said.
Meanwhile, the others watched as each Visus went back into one being. He stood in one spot until he was completely whole or so he thought.
"He's missing an arm," Saturn noticed. The Visus stared at the empty space that was supposed to be his arm and glared at the girls.
"One of the Visus' did not return," Pluto stated.
"It's alright," Mamoru closed his eyes. "Just leave me here."
"No!" Sailor Moon came to him. "I'm not going to leave you. Somehow, I've got to get this thing off." Suddenly Visus was upon her and pushed her away. She fell to the ground. He looked at Mamoru.
"Leave him alone!" Sailor Moon screamed. She dove at him, but she just went through him, eating nothing but dirt.
"Looks like I missed one," he grinned and lifted a hand over Mamoru's head.
"Sailor Moon.get away!" Mamoru croaked before falling out.
"Never!" she tried to attack him again, but again it proved futile.
"He doesn't have that much energy left," Visus said. "But it'll do." Visus' hand began to glow.
"NO!!" Sailor Moon screamed. Just then, the slab of concrete burst, setting Mamoru free, but he remained unconscious. Running towards them was Pluto and the others behind her. One of them had shattered it. Sailor Moon quickly ran to Mamoru and shielded him with her body.
"Hold on, Mamoru," she cried. Visus glared and disappeared.
"You found Mamoru?" Jupiter asked.
"He's hurt!" Sailor Moon said. "We have to protect him! Visus is gunning for him!"
"We will," Neptune said. Just then Saturn screamed. She was struggling to get away from something. It was a dead man. His eyes were rolled in the back of his head.
"H-Help!" Saturn squeaked. Blinking out of their stupor, the scouts ran to her side and pulled her out of his grasp. The man stood, saliva forming in his mouth. Several other dead people stood. The girls backed away.
"Ugh! What is this?!" Uranus said.
"Zombies!" Sailor Moon cried, pulling at Mamoru. The man stepped closer and Uranus helped Sailor Moon drag Mamoru away. Loud laughter rang out.
"Afraid scouts?" Visus could be heard. He stood in the distance, now whole. "My energy fills their cells just enough so that they can do my will." The scouts were surrounded now.
"Now, my puppets," Visus said. "Attack!" The zombies charged at them.
"Deadly Scream!" Pluto attacked, knocking down many of the people, but more stood.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
"Uranus World Shaking!"
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
The scouts wiped out many of the zombies, but still more came. They closed around them in a circle.
"What are we going to do?!" Sailor Moon cried.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Let go!!" Uranus yelled, punching a zombie. They had them now and they were dragging them towards Visus. They all struggled to get away. Sailor Moon looked helplessly as they dragged Mamoru carelessly. Neptune cried out in pain as the zombies clutched her sore arm with strong hands. They finally stopped in front of Visus. He was grinning from artificial ear to artificial ear.
"The end of the chase," he said. "Now for your energy. Bring them forward!" The girls tried to break free, but their captors were surprisingly strong. They were lined up in a row in front of Visus. With a smile, his body changed to the huge void of energy. The girls watched helplessly.
"This can't be the end!" Sailor Moon cried. "It just can't be!" Jupiter pulled and pushed, trying to break free. Pluto looked around for her staff. It was away on the ground. Too far away for her to try to get. Uranus was out. They ended up knocking her out to keep her in control. She hung limply in their hands next to Mamoru. Neptune and Saturn watched weakly, the color draining from their faces. Hopeless! The world would end after they were gone which would cause a chain reaction, destroying others. There would be nothing. Nothing left, but.Visus and his kingdom. Seven strips of light shot out of the huge one toward each person. They didn't know anything after that. All they knew was pain. Indefinable pain. Then, as far as they knew, they felt nothing. Who cared? There would be nothing left to feel for anyway.
Matsuri: My heart was actually racing as I wrote this chapter. It's getting pretty close, eh? What if I ended it right here? You know, with the world ending? That would be very different if you asked me. Not the typical happy ending and the bad guy wins too. Hmm. * Matsuri ponders* Nope! I just can't do that to you guys. Although.*smiles evilly* So now all you have to do is wait for the next chapter. That should be pretty easy, right? Right? Oh come on you can do it. ^_^
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