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Chapter 6

"Sister-mine," hissed a voice, "you do realize those were the gates of time we passed through a while back."

"The gates of time, eh?" snickered another voice, "It won't matter for us. These bodies are disposable, and we won't be affected in the future, our home."

"How do you know that this is the past?"

"Did you not see the ruler behind the walls of that dreadful crystal palace?"

"Yes, I did. I thought it might've been my imagination, but it looked like the late Neo-Queen Serenity."

"That is because it was her. I could feel the power radiating from her crystal. There was no way that it could be the Pink Moon Crystal."

"You're right. It was different. And I felt that familiar heat of energy...the same as the Silver Imperium Crystal's."

"That is what nearly led us to our destruction so long ago. It was fate that we escaped those bodies in time!"

"Now we have these new bodies! So many we have disposed of! Yet these...these ones are different!"

"Tell me our goal, sister-mine! I must hear those sweet words once more! They are crystal bells to my ears!"

"We take the crystal from the body and then watch as it crumbles to ashes in the palm of our hands With the crystal destroyed, then there will be no more Sailor Moon to deal with!"

"Yes! Yes! No Neo-Queen Serenity! No Lady Queen Serenity! For without a mother, there cannot be a child!"

"Then, we take over this planet!"

"This solar system!"

"This galaxy!"

"This entire universe!"

"And then once we have it all, we can return to our future. Our future and no one else's! We will rule and have all of the worthless humans do as we will them to do!"

"Then what happens to the past? For we cannot be in two different times at once!"

"Upon destroying the Silver Imperium Crystal, Neo-Queen Serenity dies, but all sailor soldiers have crystals! We take them, and replace them with our own shadow crystals! Just like at home!"

"We will control them from the future, and everything will be ours! No Sailor Moon or Silver Imperium Crystal to stand in our way!"

The two holders of the voices, hidden in the shadows, stepped out into the light. They had identical outfits and hair styles with slight color differences: Their outfits consisted of a swimsuit-style top and a short skirt with splits in the sides. Their hair was done up in curling pigtails that brushed the sides of their faces. Besides their outfits, they looked almost exactly alike. Their only differences were their eyes and the color of the streaks in their hair. One was blue, the other was green. Looking below them, they laughed at the sight that met their eyes. What had once been a small city was now ruins. Slowly, they descended to the ground, landing gently on their feet. Moans of pain, and crying filled the air.

"It's music to my ears, Alsura," snickered the girl with green streaks in her hair.

"Yes, all of the wailing is so beautiful!" agreed Alsura. "But Vona, I don't feel the power of the sailor crystals here."

"You're right," sighed Vona, "It must be the power of the star seeds we felt. The ones Galaxia tried to collect for us so long ago. The Silver Imperium Crystal has affected them, and that is what we felt; the reflection of the crystal's power!"

"Then they are not here. This will be harder than we thought. All of the people's star seeds will reflect the energy of the crystal. How will we find what we are looking for?"

"We'll look in every place, one by one, until we've found the people's source of power!"

Suddenly, Vona looked up at Alsura. "I feel something," she whispered, an evil smile spreading across her features, "but this has more power! It must be a sailor crystal!"

"Yes!" exclaimed Alsura. "I feel it too! Where is it coming from?"

Just as they began to look around them, they were taken by surprise.

"Pluto.Chronus TYPHOON!!!" The attack hit the two with an enormous blast. Smoke was everywhere, and out of it stepped Sailor Pluto. She held her key staff in her hands, waiting for the smoke to clear. When it did, Alsura and Vona were nowhere in sight. The voice of Alsura sounded from behind Sailor Pluto.

"You will be the first of our collection!"

"Yeah! And the first to be infected in the past!" exclaimed Vona.

Sailor Pluto whirled around, only to find herself facing an empty blackness. "What the..," she started to mutter, raising up her arms for defense against whatever would happen next.

"Soldier of the underworld," echoed a soft voice, "You protect the sailor crystal of time, given to you by Chronus himself."

Sailor Pluto looked around her, trying to find the source of the voice, but instead found that the darkness had surrounded and trapped her.

"Time Stop!!!" yelled out the voice.

Sailor Pluto gasped at the phrase. "Only I can say that..." She could say no more, for she was frozen, along with time in the darkness that surrounded her. Vona appeared in the darkness and placed her hand flat on Setsuna's chest.

"Crystal Retraction!!!" she yelled out. Pulling her hand away, strings of light ran from Sailor Pluto's chest to Vona's fingers. With the flick of her hand, she yanked the strings, and a dark emerald-like stone emerged from Sailor Pluto. Vona grabbed the crystal in one hand, and with the other hand, she placed it back on Sailor Pluto's chest. "Dark Crystal Infection!!!" Smoke, emitted from Vona's hand, began to wrap itself around Sailor Pluto. Pulling her hand away, Vona watched with a satisfied smile as the smoke encased Sailor Pluto.

Snapping her fingers, Vona smiled, watching the dark surroundings disappear. Alsura was waiting for her. When Vona showed her the crystal, Alsura smiled an pulled out a crystal-like box. Taking the crystal from Vona, she placed it in the box, sealed it off, and held it for a moment, just looking at it.

Finally, Alsura tossed it in the air, yelling out, "To home!!!" as she clapped her hands three times. The box faded away, along with Sailor Pluto's crystal. Alsura, still smiling, turned to Vona and asked, "Did the infection work?"

"Yup!" replied Vona, snapping her fingers again.

Sailor Pluto materialized in front of them, her eyes closed. Nothing seemed to be wrong with her.at all! Then, she opened her eyes. If you took a quick glance at them, you wouldn't be able to see anything different about them. But if you were a close observer, you could see that Pluto's eye color had darkened from red to almost black.

"So it worked," snickered Alsura, "It doesn't matter what order we do it in after all."

"Sailor Pluto," addressed Vona, "Tell us who you are and what your objective is."

"I am Sailor Pluto, loyal to the great Vona and Alsura," replied Pluto, a slight tone change in her voice, "I spy over the sailor soldiers, and Neo- Queen Serenity, preparing them so that their crystals may be taken. Then, Vona and Alsura shall rule for eternity!"

Alsura and Vona laughed hideously at Sailor Pluto's reply. "Sailor Pluto! I order you to return to the palace now! Bring us back information bit by bit over time. This is merely a game of chess! You are an important pawn! We need you to help us decide what our next move is! Each move must knock out one of the player's pieces. Do well, and you'll be rewarded! Fail, and I will crush your other crystal in the palm of my hand! You will die then, and this time, you won't come back!" ordered Vona.

"Yes! As you wish," replied Sailor Pluto. She stepped back, took a bow, and then looked up, her eyes flashing, as she faded away.

"She's perfect," cackled Alsura. "Absolutely perfect!"