Slowly Elle opened her weak eyes. At first all she saw was a bright light, the light in the globe. But when her pupils started to work again, she saw she was sitting on the bench is broad daylight. She looked down at her feet and saw a large puddle of blood. She sighed, long and sorrowful, when she looked at her hands. They were, as she expected, translucent; the same with the rest of her body.

Elle White stood up, suddenly finding strength, and looked around. People were walking to and from stores, not looking at the blood, just like this was a normal everyday afternoon. But something was different... She felt someone watching her closely, but Elle knew no one could see her.

There was suddenly a scream.

Then another.

Elle ran down the street, somehow knowing that this was the way toward the scream. Past the ice cream shop, past the pet shop. She was faster than before, that was certain. Past the shoe store.

Another scream, but longer and louder.

Finally Elle stopped in her tracks at a fork in the road. Left or right? Left or right? Without even making up her mind, she ran left. Soon after she didn't even realize that she wasn't even running on her feet anymore. In fact, her legs were staying still. Was she flying?

She put down her heels, and she stopped with a thud, almost falling forward. Now she was next to a wood or extremly large garden, just outside the city. She tip-toed down a path that was clearly marked, and was led into the forest. Deeper and deeper she went, not hearing anymore screams.

Then the path led into a clearing and stopped, and she did too. There she saw Sailor Areon and Sailor Charon on the ground. Kaori and Tehiro were on the ground too, either unconscious or playing dead. Somehow she knew that they weren't dead at all. Then she looked up and saw Rinal, Rinal IV, frowning down at her friends and acquatances.

Elle didn't need a hint. She raised her hand, forgetting that she didn't have her transformation stick, and yelled, "ILLUSION CIRCLE-MAGIC POWER!" Nothing happened, however Rinal looked up. She had defiently heard her.

Elle took a step back, and put down her hand, almost cowering. Rinal looked left to right, grinning evilly.

"Illusion..." she said slyly. "I know you're here... where are you?" She took steps forward, but stopped and heard something. Elle quickly placed her hands over her mouth, just noticing that she was breathing hard.

Areon, Charon, Tehiro and Kaori opened their eyes, like they weren't even tired. Areon stood up.

"Come on," she said, looking at Charon, and motioning her to stand up.

Rinal spun around and glared at her. Charon stayed on the ground.

"Little girl..." Rinal whispered. "Little girl, tell you're friend to appear. Tell her, or else you'll regret."

Suddenly the earth made a quick movement, like a small earthquake, almost making Areon and Elle to fall down. Rinal, however, was uneffected. Vines shot up in the air, then back down, and tied itselves around Kaori's and Tehiro's waist, ankles, and wrists. They screamed, and were lifted up, up, into the air, supported by the vines.

"Kaori!" Areon screamed, looking up at them.

"Tell Illusion to show herself, or your little boyfriends are going bye bye." Rinal grinned evilly, happy with her work.

Charon stood up abruptly, and looked at Areon in the eye. "W-well, what are we going to do?" she asked desperatly.

Areon took Charon's hand, and looked at Rinal with one hundred percent bravery. "AREON PRINCESS POWER!" she yelled. She started to glow light blue all around herself, her eyes were closed.

Charon nodded, and looked at Rinal too. "CHARON CELESTIAL POWER!" And she started to glow gray, and her eyes were closed also, in deep concentration.

Elle suddenly felt so strange. It felt like the time she felt hollow, when all her powers were going to her finger, but now she felt the opposite of hollow. She felt like alot of power/magic/energy was entering her body, filling in all the gaps, which was quite alot.

Before she knew it, she was opach again, in her Sailor Senshi uniform, and her staff in hand. But this time the bows on the back were longer, and she felt new carvings in the metal on her staff.

Rinal spun around again, and looked at Illusion with great interest.

"How is this so?" she asked. "I-i'm supposed to be a spirit..."

Areon smiled sweetly. "Not anymore. You've enough power to be solid. And plus you now have more power than before."

"You're now Super Sailor Illusion," Charon finished.

Elle smiled.

The ground gave another tremor again, but this one larger. Elle, Areon, and Charon fell down, as the earth continued to shake. Rinal frowned down at Illusion, then snapped her fingers.

Vines shot out of the ground around Areon and Charon. They scrambled to get away, but the vines chased and seized them, picking them up off the ground, and to be level with Kaori and Tehiro, which was pretty high.

Vines shot at Elle too, however these had thorns and a little roses on them. She jumped up, and started to run away, but a vine caught her by the ankle. Another vine wrapped itself around her arm, and worked itself up around her neck. The same vine around her ankle grew up around her waist. A new vine shot up out of the ground and grew up her free leg, then her free arm, and worked the last of it around her fingers. Another vine, this one with no thorns or roses, grabbed her staff out of her hand, and grew tightly around it.

The vines didn't bring her upward, though. They picked her up a few inches above the ground, and brought her over to face Rinal. She smirked.

"You can try to fight these, but they'll just get tighter," she warned.

Elle wanted to spit in her face, or at least yell at her, but she didn't dare open her mouth. The thorns on the vine around her neck were biting into her flesh, and she knew if she opened her mouth, it would greatly hurt. Plus a thorn was poking the scar on her neck, which made her wince repeatedly.

Rinal looked up at Areon, Charon, Kaori and Tehiro. The boys weren't moving, not like they were before. However the girls were flailing, trying to bite the vines and try to break them, but it did no good.

Rinal then looked back at Elle, amusement in her eyes. "Your poor friends... from the looks of it, they'll surely get strangled sooner rather than later, if they make my vines angrier. And the boys... it looks like they've already suffered."

Elle bit her lip, but kept her eyes on the redhead.

"I know what you're thinking... you want to help your friends, dont you? You don't want them to get hurt." Rinal smiled warmly, which made Elle wonder how she was evil. "I can help them. You know i can, and i'm the only one who can control these demons.

She stared blankly at her. 'What was she getting at...?'

The vines brought Elle closer to Rinal, so she was only barely an inch away. Rinal went to her ear, her lips brushing gently against it, and whispered, "Come back with me to my comet, Jenishisu, and your friends will be safe." Elle gasped, and tried to get away, but the thorns pressed against her skin, threatening to break the flesh. Rinal continued, "My brother needs a wife, young princess, and his eye has been on you for a very long time. And trust me, neither one of us will take 'no' as an answer..."

Rinal stepped away, smiling with satisfaction now. "You don't have to worry, Illusion. You'll be safe, and your friends'll be safe." She snapped her fingers, and the vines around her neck fell down, and wrapped itself around her shoulders, leaving small dots of blood. "What do you say, my dear?"

"My--my friends'll be safe?" Rinal nodded. "Well--"

"Illusion, no!" Areon yelled, flailing still.

But it was too late. "Ok."

Rinal's smile was extremely broad, and her eyes were filled with pride. "Good, Princess. Very good."

The vines strangling Elle losened, and shrank back into the ground. She fell down with a thud, and rubbed her bleeding arms. Rinal lent a hand out to her. Elle hesitated, but took it.

"Princess, don't go!" Charon screamed desperatly. "Stop!"

Rinal growled, and the vines supporting Charon tightened, leaving no room for her to move. Elle sighed.

"I have go to," she said, her voice tight. "If i don't, you'll get hurt."

A small black hole, probably a portal, appeared next to her. She looked in it, seeing colors swirl around and around, getting mixed into different colors.

The vines holding Areon, Charon, Kaori and Tehiro vanished, and they fell to the ground. Before any of them could react, Rinal threw Elle inside the portal, and the opening disappeared.

Elle didn't even have time to look at the beautiful colors, before she was spit out, in a small cold room. Slowly, very slowly, she fell into unconsciousness.