Sailor Moon

Ghosts of the past

A fanfiction by Jonathan Schmidt

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon so don't sue me. There I said it J

This series is based almost entirely on the dub which, despite its shortcomings, I prefer to the original. Judge the story by how well made you think it is not by whether I include those questionable aspects of the original. Try to regard it as a different reality and dimension. It takes place a few months after the end of the Stars season. Any question/comments? Email me at ashmidt@flash.net enjoy.

Text in italics are thoughts.

Text in Triangular Brackets is psychic or telepathic communication

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Episode seventeen: The Gathering of Power! Mimet's Last Resort.

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Mimet sat alone in her laboratory, brooding. There will come a day when you are dispensable, Jedite's words echoed in her mind. And when that happens he'll get rid of me first chance he gets. She smirked, then again I doubt Jedite's ever going to get his plans to succeed. He's been outmatched by the sailors from the start.

Mimet narrowed her eyes. "I'm running out of time. Even with my help Jedite can't hide his base forever. And if things keep going the way they are I'll go down with him. If I'm going to survive I need to rely on my own power source." She picked up the gauntlet and stared at it in resolve. "Its time I tested this things limits…"

*Molly and Serena are walking through a mall*

Molly put her hands behind her head. "I think it's so sweet that you're going to all this trouble for Sammy's birthday present."

"Well I'm not shopping just for him you know. I'm also getting stuff for me. But anyway he is my brother, I guess I can afford to be nice to him at least once a year," she joked as she looked through the Pokemon action figures in a toy store. "I think he said he wanted one like this," she said holding up a Charizard toy. "But this one is so much cuter!" she squealed holding up a Pikachu. "Oooh! And look! It talks!" The toy let out a "pika, pika" then the battery died. Serena sweatdropped and put it back.

Molly looked at one puzzled, "I just don't get what's so popular about these things…" Molly started to move off. "I'm going to go look over here for a minute okay Serena?"

"Okay," Serena replied and was about to go back to her search when she spotted a nearby store. Her eyes widened. "I don't believe it!" The store sign read "Four Sisters Perfume, Makeup and Nail Salon." She ran over to the check out stand to spot the smiling cashier.

"And how may I help you-" Bertie blinked and stopped in mid sentence. "Serena is that you?"

"Bertie I don't believe it!"

Bertie grabbed her hands and jumped up and down with her girlishly. "It's been ages!" She looked around; "girls quick come here its Serena!"

"Serena?" Avery questioned as the other three sisters approached.

Serena smiled at them warmly. "Girls you look great."

Catzi looked her over. "Well you don't look so bad yourself, are you sure you haven't been using our beauty cream?"

She blushed. "So your business has really taken off," Serena noted looking at the fancy store.

"Yeah we make a pretty penny." Catzi admitted.

Bertie clutched her hands together, "and we do it doing things we love."

"What about you? You've certainly been keeping busy," Prisma noted.

Bertie began to list. "Yeah with those Heart Snatchers, circus freaks, evil sailors and now that Negaverse General I'm surprised you have time to shop."

Serena smiled. "I manage. I'll have to tell the girls about this shop they'll love to come see you. Oh and you can meet Amara, Michelle, Trista and Hotaru."

"Bring them over anytime," Avery said.

Bertie looked at her. "They're the other sailors you're with these days aren't they?"

"Yup."

"Say while you're here would you like a free beauty treatment?" Catzi offered.

"Oh I wouldn't want to impose-" Serena began.

"Nonsense," Prisma said kindly, "besides imagine being able to say in the future we did a beauty treatment for the Queen of the Earth."

"Yeah, it won't be long till you start climbing the stairway of power, you'll be-" Catzi said then stopped and indicated behind Serena.

Serena looked behind her to see Molly. "Oh its okay, she knows who I am."

"Serena who are these girls?"

Serena went from woman to woman introducing them. "This is Prisma, Avery, Bertie and Catzi. They're old friends of mine. Girls, this is my good friend Molly."

"Nice to meet you," the four sisters said in unison.

Molly put a hand to her mouth. "Oh, you mean these are those women from the future you told me about?"

"One and the same," Catzi said.

"We used to be enemies till we saw the light and Sailor Moon turned us into humans," Prisma said. "Now we work here."

Avery stepped forward; "well girls I say we close up shop a bit early today and work on these two lovely ladies."

Molly's eyes sparkled "oh you really mean it? For free?"

"A friend of Serena's is a friend of ours," Bertie replied as both girls eyes sparkled.

Jedite's screams resounded through the chambers as The Negaforce poured energy into him. It finally stopped and spoke; "this dark infusion is completed. Now rest."

Jedite breathed heavily. "No… give me more."

"Your body cannot support too much new power at one time," the dark force replied.

"I don't care!" Jedite yelled. "My strength has not grown nearly fast enough. I want the power to destroy Sailor Moon! I am willing to submit to any pain for that power!"

"You must learn more patience Jedite. And understand an important lesson. There are no shortcuts to power. Mimet may learn this soon as well."

Jedite looked around. "Where is she anyway?"

Mimet flinched as the spiked projection of the gauntlet stabbed into her arm. She stood atop the mall's roof. "There," she whispered weakly as she tried to recover enough from the formula's effects to walk. "Now it going to drip a constant supply of the strength enhancer into my blood stream for the next half hour giving me ever increasing power," she panted, "if I can just get over these side effects…" She began to breathe easier and stood fully up. "The best way to get this thing's juice really flowing is through battle. So I better do something to attract the sailors." She stepped up to the skylight and summoned her Charm Buster. She leaped over the skylight and down, staff first, shattering it and sending a rain of shards down on the unfortunate people below.

Mimet landed in a crouch before a shocked crowd of shoppers. She stood slowly up and smiled wickedly. "I'm new here so I hope you'll welcome me. Let's start with my greatest hit." She raised her rod high over her head. "Charm Buster!" Dark energy shot from the black star in all directions causing explosions as the people fled. Mimet laughed madly.

*Serena and Molly are getting their nails done as Serena tells stories. Over an hour has passed since we last saw them*

"So then Uranus and Neptune said that they would not consider me worthy of being their queen unless I defeated them both in battle," Serena said as she got to the end of the saga of the Heart Snatchers.

"And they're your friends?" Prisma asked.

"Once you get beneath the surface Amara and Michelle are really nice. They just kind of have a thick surface," she giggled.

"So they challenged you and then what happened?" Bertie inquired.

"You wiped the floor with them didn't you?" Catzi said.

Serena blushed, "well I wouldn't say that. You see-" she was interrupted by screams as a large crowd of people ran past the store.

Avery opened the store gate and grabbed a fleeing man. "What's going on?"

"There's a psycho woman blasting up the East Side!" he yelled then took off.

"Mimet," Serena stated flatly. "Looks like I'll have to finish the story later." Serena got up from the chair. "You better get out of here fast. I got to go to work." She ran out of the store.

The women looked after her in worry. "Its times like this I wish I still had my powers," Catzi said sadly. The others nodded.

"I know how strong she is," Molly said, "but I still can't help worrying about her."

As she ran Serena went to her communicator. "Girls, Darien, Mimet's attacking on the East Side of the mall."

"We'll be right there," Raye said.

"Got ya," Darien said.

"Already on our way Moonface," came Amara's voice.

Serena smiled, "why am I not surprised?" She checked around to make sure everyone was gone. "Moon Eternal Power!"

Mimet looked up as Moon's voice echoed through the mall. "You get in the way of everything from shopping to beauty treatments. I will not allow it. I am Sailor Moon Champion of Justice and I will punish you in the name of the Moon!"

Mimet smirked as soon as she spotted Moon standing in front of a large fountain. "Sailor Moon."

"Happy to see me Mimet?"

"For once yes. You're going to help me reach the top, when we're through I'll be the toughest woman who's ever existed."

"And what makes you think I'll help you," Moon asked crossing her arms.

"Well," Mimet said innocently then her voice turned dark, "you want to stay alive don't you?!" She leaped at Moon, murder in her eyes, and struck at her with the Charm Buster. Moon dodged agilely and blocked blows with her staff. Mimet struck high then low, Moon ducked and jumped. The Charm Buster shattered the floor as Mimet struck down, Moon flying up into the air. Moon's wings folded back.

"Angel Wing!"

"Charm Buster!"

Mimet slammed her energized staff down at the incoming energy wings obliterating them. "I can feel it already," she said in a voice full of anticipation. "My powers growing!"

"How about you taste some rapid fire then!" Moon cried as her wings emitted great burst of light. "Angel Wing!" She flapped them at high speed sending multiple swaths of energy down at Mimet who leaped back to dodge them.

Mimet looked at the crater in the floor. "You know I honestly don't understand why the city tolerates you sailors. The property damage you cause must be massive."

Moon sweatdropped. She had never really thought about that. She then hmphed! "It's your fault really. We wouldn't cause any damage if weren't for evil beings like you."

Mimet went all innocent again. "I'm just a simple girl trying to survive the only way she can." Her eyes narrowed, "through power!" She leaped up to Moon and slammed her staff into her. Moon deflected her away and she landed on the second floor of the mall. The staff crackled with his bolts of power. "Charm Buster!" She threw a ball of black lightning straight into Moon's stomach, sending her flying back through a jewelry store window. Mimet leaped down and pointed her staff forward. "Charm Buster!" A raging current shot into and through the store leaving it decimated. Mimet walked forward and was examining some of the jewelry lying about when she noticed a figure kneeling in the settling debris. Moon was on one knee, her staff held out vertically in front of her. From the marks left by the blast it was obvious she had erected an energy shield around herself when the beam had torn through the room.

Moon smirked. "Now Mimet you're not going to resort to being a petty thief are you?"

Mimet smirked back, "they do say diamonds are a girls best friend."

Moon slowly vanished her staff as Mimet watched her carefully. "Well they're certainly your only friends." She threw her arms forward. "Moon Gravity Force!"

Mimet almost didn't have time to react, just managing to bring her rod out in front of her creating a shield to absorb the buffeting. The gravity blasts increased in strength however and sent her flying back into another store. All was silent for a moment then Moon noticed she had an audience.

"Though it appears you don't need it perhaps I can be of some assistance?" A man in cape and top hat said casually as he strolled down the walkway.

"Tuxedo Mask," Moon said, relieved she wasn't fighting alone anymore.

Uranus and Neptune were observing from the second floor. "I don't care whether we're needed or not. Watching Mimet get pounded is always fun," Uranus quipped.

Mimet stepped out of the torn up store looking worse for the wear and pressed a button on her gauntlet. It glowed and the liquid in it bubbled as it rushed into her system. "No biggie, I just have to speed up the process a little," she said wearily.

The Inner sailors along with Pluto and Saturn arrived on the scene as Moon noticed the gauntlet. "What is that?"

Mimet smiled, a black aura growing around her. "It's a little device Dr. Tomoe invented back when he worked for Mistress 9. You should be familiar with its effects, as all the Witches 5 were required to use it. The injections it gives interact with the body chemistry to greatly increase ones physical durability and strength as well as ones powers. Kaorinite was the one able to handle its effects the most that's why she was so strong. I however am testing its limits, as even she was afraid to do. And soon the fruit of my efforts will be evident."

Uranus and Neptune leaped down from the second floor. "Not if we take you down first. World Shaking!"

"Deep Submerge!"

Venus joined in. "Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

All three attacks found their mark and Mimet collapsed to her knees, her body shaking both from the gauntlets effects and the pain. She began to laugh darkly as her aura returned. "This device's injections also react to the stimulation pain brings. The more damage you cause the faster my ability to take it will grow. Ha! Whatever you do you're dead!"

"Shut up!" Jupiter ran at her and threw a punch. Mimet caught it with one hand and smiled as Jupiter struggled. She twisted the sailor's arm and then kicked her into a wall, cracking it.

"Jupiter!" Moon yelled and ran to her. Uranus and Neptune faced Mimet with sword and triton. As Mimet dodged their strikes she struck out with fist and rod, her blows now strong enough to shatter the structures around her. Uranus and Neptune slammed their weapons into her rod but with a blast of energy from it they were sent flying to land hard on their backs. She twisted about and sent a stream of dark stars ripping through the stores as the sailors took cover.

Mercury activated her visor. "She's getting stronger by the second and our attacks are doing less and less damage."

"What can we do?" Mars asked.

"Distract her so I can try my mirror," Neptune said.

"I got just the thing." Saturn positioned her scythe as she released a black beam from it. "Dark Star Enshroud!"

"What?!" Mimet gasped as the beam struck her eyes and plunged her world into darkness. She dropped her staff. "I-I-I can't see!"

"Now," Venus ordered.

Neptune aimed her mirror's energy. "Submarine Reflection!" Her eyes widened as the weak spot became evident. "Of course the gauntlet!"

"I'll take it off!" Venus cried and shot her Love Chain toward Mimet. It wrapped around the gauntlet and she gave a pull but the sharp clamps of the device remained firmly embedded in Mimet's arm. Mimet screamed and sent a counter surge of energy through the chain knocking Venus back and stunning her.

"You'll have to tear my arm off before you separate this gauntlet from me!" Mimet screamed and began to fire random blasts of energy from her wand, forcing the sailors to stay down.

Mars looked to Tuxedo. "You have to get to Moon and try the Love Bond Harness. That might be strong enough."

"I agree," Tuxedo replied, "but trying to get through there right now isn't an option for either of us."

"Don't worry Jupiter you'll be okay," Moon soothed as the woman tried to get up. At that moment Mimet's sight returned and she sent a raging beam of energy straight at the two. Moon had just enough time to leap in front of Jupiter and take the blast herself. She struggled to remain standing as the beam's energy poured into her.

Moon collapsed and Mimet raised her Charm Buster high. "Now I'll finish you!"

Enraged Jupiter charged her. "Let's try this again!" Lightning coursed through her body. "Supreme Adrenaline Surge!" She raised her right fist and threw it forward. A thunderclap sounded as her fist was caught with Mimet's hand again. She was pushed back by the force of the blow but unharmed. "You have to be kidding me!" Jupiter said as she gritted her teeth. Mimet smiled as dark energy surged around her staff and she swung forward knocking Jupiter back a good thirty feet where she dug a trough through the ground as she slid and came to a stop half conscious. Mimet threw her staff forward and released a huge wave of energy blowing away the sailors cover and knocking them back.

Pluto quickly leaped to her feet and looked to Saturn. "We must combine our powers," she decided. Saturn nodded.

"Garnet Orb!"

They brought their staffs together.

"Silence Scythe!"

Two planet-like orbs of black and purple energy charged around their ends.

"Sailor Planet Cannon!" They cried out in unison.

They fired the large, dark bullet of energy straight into Mimet's chest. It exploded in black and purple energy and she stumbled back but then continued to slowly advance. Pluto and Saturn were shocked. They fired again but it seemed to have even less affect then before. On the third try Mimet threw her hands forward, knocking the attack back at them. Pluto and Saturn were left lying prone in the rubble having taken the full blast at close range. Mimet's aura was still growing and a cold wind now blew around her body. Each slow step she took dented the floor while her eyes had glazed over partly making her appear like a zombie.

I can't wait any longer! "Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo called as he tried to run to her only to be blasted back hard.

"Tuxedo Mask!" Moon yelled back in worry as she watched him fall. Amidst all the confusion and pain she made a decision. She closed her eyes and concentrated her powers. The Silver Crystal emerged from her broach. Its light and energy was noticed by everyone immediately.

"You can't use the crystal!" Mars yelled.

As Mimet had stopped firing Uranus ran to Moon. "You're too injured and there's no way we can protect you by forming the ring."

"Well we're all doomed anyway if she keeps powering up." She turned her attention back to the crystal. "I'm willing to risk it."

Uranus's eyes narrowed. "Well I'm not," she said under her breath.

"There's no way Mimet's body can handle all this new power at once," Mercury said as she scanned. "If we can just hold out a little longer she'll overload." Unfortunately Moon didn't hear her above the raging storm of power now forming around Mimet.

Mimet had her eyes shut, reveling in the new power coursing through her. "Oh yes… yes!"

Moon concentrated. "Moon Crystal…" The light of the crystal grew in her hands. Suddenly her eyes went blank and she fell limply forward as she was struck hard in the back of the head. Uranus caught her before she hit the ground.

"Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo yelled in panic.

Mars didn't know what to think. "Uranus what did you just do?!"

Uranus laid the unconscious Moon gently on the floor. "She'll be fine. But we can't risk losing our future and I'm definitely not going to risk losing her. Trust me I got a gut feeling on this."

Mimet's power was truly surging now, a huge column of energy blazing around her. The column blasted through the roof of the mall and could be seen for miles around. Her hair blew about wildly and her eyes had become demonic. "You fool!" she cried, her voice now having a hissing, amplified tone. "You just knocked out your only chance for survival! Now there is nothing to stop my power from becoming absolute!" The storm of power began to tear up the ground around her and move outward.

"Gather behind me!" Saturn yelled as the sailors ran behind her, Neptune and Pluto helping Tuxedo and Jupiter while Uranus carried Moon. She held her scythe out. "Silent Wall!" The barrier activated just as Mimet's power surged into them. Saturn strained as her shield was bombarded.

"If we can just hang on a little longer," Uranus said through clenched teeth.

Mimet was laughing madly. "This is it! Its everything I hoped for and more!" It was at that moment she seemed to lose any control she had left as energy bolts shot from the column randomly one finally striking her. She glanced around in panicked confusion. "W-what's happening?!" The energy column began to collapse in on itself as she screamed in pain and clawed at the gauntlet in an attempt to remove it. "No! Get off!" the gauntlet sent a surge of power through her body causing her to fall to her hands and knees. She let out one final scream and the energy storm imploded leaving her broken, battered body lying prone on the torn up floor.

All was silent for a moment as Saturn lowered her shield. "Do you think she's dead?" Mars asked.

Mercury again activated her visor. "I'm detecting a life sign but it's very faint."

Uranus summoned her sword. "Let's finish her now."

"I agree," Saturn said as she raised her scythe.

Venus stepped in front of them. "Wait, are you sure about this? I mean… she's defenseless."

Neptune looked at her angrily. "She's clearly beyond any help and wants to kill us all."

"We both know mercy is wasted on people like her," Uranus said keeping her sword at the ready.

Tuxedo's face was neutral. "I'm not saying you're wrong but I know Sailor Moon would not agree to this."

Pluto stepped forward. "We must do what is necessary. There is no possible salvation for Mimet anymore. Even Sailor Moon would agree with that."

The Inner's silently conceded. Uranus started toward Mimet; "you don't have to watch."

"What a moral dilemma," Jedite's voice echoed as he appeared before them. Saturn and Pluto stepped in front of Moon and brought their staffs together at the ready. Jedite seemed to consider his chances for a moment. "Another day sailors." He glanced at the unconscious Moon and smiled, "tell Miss Moon I said hello will you?" He surrounded Mimet's body with energy and lifted her up with a thought before disappearing.

The Four Sisters stared at Serena in shock. "She actually knocked you unconscious?!" Catzi gasped.

Serena waved her off. "Its okay, she was just protecting me."

"She must be a really good friend to want to protect you that much," Prisma said.

Serena closed her eyes in thought. "Yes, she is. And always will be."

"Speaking of whom-" Bertie said as she spotted Amara enter the store with Michelle.

"Hey Moonface, me and Michelle are going for ice cream you want to come?" Amara looked at the sisters, "how about you? My treat."

Avery shook her head. "No thanks, I'm trying to cut down."

Catzi laughed, "same here, we've kind of gotten addicted to a lot of Earth food and have had to be careful."

Bertie bit her lip as her eyes trembled. "Maybe… just a little?"

Prisma grabbed her sister, "don't be fooled. It won't be pretty if she gets any."

"Last time you ate twelve scoops before you almost passed out from a brain freeze!" Avery chided even as Bertie began to beg her sisters for some.

Bertie: "But it's so good!"

Three sisters in unison: "No!"

"Uh… we'll just be going," Serena said with a sweatdrop as she and the other two sailors beat a retreat leaving the sisters to quarrel amongst themselves.

Mimet lay on a stone slab, dark energy surrounding her body and slowly healing her. Jedite stared at her darkly. "Its obvious she has no true loyalty to you. She is a threat to us both. I say we end her existence now."

The Negaforce's eerie voice echoed from its chamber. "She has proven useful in the past she may yet again. Leave her be."

Jedite was silent for a moment then conceded. "Very well. But her body was nearly destroyed she's barely alive. It will take a while for her to fully recover." He raised his eyes, "we cannot afford to be set back by this."

Notes:

Hope you enjoyed The Four Sisters cameo. We're getting close to the end of my series. Time to start wrapping the plot up.

Here's a bit of info from behind the scenes as I developed this episode. Originally I had Hotaru in the final scene where Amara asks the girls out for ice cream. Then I learned that Hotaru hates milk (and thus other dairy products) because she is lactose intolerant! If any reader ever happens to notice other such mistakes feel free to tell me about them.