by TerraLuna
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Chapter Five
Voices.
Tara heard dim voices, some she recognized, some she didn't.
She started to sit up, but a searing pain in her abdomen made her change her mind. She lay still as memories flooded back into her head. Bunny. Her house. Explosion. Seeing the ground come ever closer, then- black.
At length, she resolved to open one eye. One... she counted in her head. two... three. One eye flicked open, and she instantly wished it hadn't. She stared at the reckage of her once-beautiful home. Suddenly, a roar filled ears. Her hair flicked around wildly, as if a sudden wind had picked up. More voices.
"Our time has come." A gigantic, horrifying voice. But then another voice, saying the same thing, at the same time. It was one she recognized, but from where? However, it didn't seem like the voice she recognized, somehow. There was something different about it. It seemed to emanate in evil. "Today is the day you will die, Sailor Moon."
Tara blinked. Sailor Moon? That superhero? Her hand shifted to clutch the familiar locket around her neck, which had thankfully stayed on. A rushing pain caught up to her, and she lost consciousness again.
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Voices.
More voices. Make them stop...please...
"The reign of the Moon Kingdom has gone on quite long enough," said the familiar-but-not-familiar voice. Something about that made her want to look to see what it was. However, she remained still for a few seconds as she condidered the least painful way to do it.
At long last, Tara shifted and turned slightly so she could see behind her. However, there was no way to move without at least a little pain. She supposed she had broken a rib.
As she turned, more of the scene behind her became visible. She saw a woman, a man in a tuxedo, and... it couldn't be!
Tara struggled to get a better view, but forcing her ribs to rest against the hard cement made her have to stifle a cry. She stared hard at the other person and... yes, it was! Sailor Moon!
They talked some more, but the searing pain in her abdomen made it near-impossible to concentrate, until nine other people very suddenly appeared behind Sailor Moon. Her jaw dropped open, but she didn't really comprehend what she had just seen.
Tara quickly recognized three of the people who had appeared as sailor scouts, another as Sailor V. Wow, she thought absentmindedly. Lotta people...
Upon closer inspection, Tara guessed that the remaining five people were just more sailor scouts. She decided to listen to find out what was going on. Sailor Moon spoke shakily.
"... reborn. They've come back for revenge. All of them. Wiseman, Nepherenia... all of them. And they...they're controlling Darien. They've captured him." Tara jumped at the mention of the name Darien. Her eyes flicked to the man in the tuxedo, studied him. Oh... my... she thought in pure terror. It was Darien! Again, the pain caught up to her and she knew no more.
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After she said this, Bunny again glanced towards Tara, who was struggling to stand. (In case there is any confusion, the beginning of this chapter took place a few minutes before the end of the last chapter, and now this is right where the last one left off, and Tara is waking up again. I'll stop now.) She stared straight into Bunny's eyes, and Bunny was terrified at the thoughts that might be racing through her head this very minute.
"Then let the games begin!" cried Beryl, who threw up one arm. Smoke appeared from behind her and engulfed both her and Darien. The smoke shifted and writhed until it formed two separate beings, Beryl and Darien having disappeared. One the scouts recognized as Wiseman, the other was none other than Pharaoh 90. When they spoke, they did so as one.
"We have come for what is ours," the two hissed. Identical twin hands reached out of the smoke and shot, like a snake, towards Selene and Hotaru.
The hands grabbed the girls around the necks and dragged them in, the girls thrashing and shrieking.
"No!" cried Bunny, making to rush forward, but a strong hand held her back.
"No, Sailor Moon!" Sailor Pluto was the one who held her. Bunny stared up at her, tears welling in her eyes. The woman was then silent. When she turned to look, she saw the smoke clearing. Wiseman and Pharaoh 90 were gone, and in their place were none other than Wicked Lady and Mistress 9. Wicked Lady smirked.
"So, Sailor Moon,"she said, her voice so different than what it was only too recently. It was brimming with malice and hate. "The time has come."
"We will fight you, a fight I guarantee you won't see the end of." Mistress 9 added acidly. Bunny blinked tears from her eyes.
"No," she whispered, her gaze shifting between the two young women. "No,"
"Yes," replied her daughter. "We have returned to pay you back for what you have done."
Mistress 9 and Wicked Lady each extended an arm, palm open, pointing straight at Sailor Moon's forehead. "Blood Raven Sacrifice!"
A pink beam shot out out of the palm of Wicked Lady, while a purple beam shot from Mistress 9's. The two rays combined and formed a black beam, arcing toward Sailor Moon. As it rapidly drew nearer, it took the shape of a raven, soaring as blood-red eyes burned deep in the sockets.
"Mars Flame Sniper!" A fiery arrow shot toward the bird while Raye's voice rang out into the void. It struck the bird squarley in the heart, and it vanished. Bunny's breath came out in gasps as she turned to face Sailor Mars, whose flaming bow had also vanished. her faint smile told of her utmost gratitude while her eyes gave away her complete terror.
"Venus Love-Me Chain!" "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Amy and Mina shouted, each aiming at one of the foes. However, before they could let loose, Bunny leaped in front of them.
"No!" she cried. "That is Hotaru and Rini! We can't attack them!" Mina looked annoyed, but sympathetic.
"Bunny, we have no choice. They've been taken over, now they are our enemies."
"She's right," Neptune said, not meeting the eyes of her leader. "But if we defeat our true enemy, they'll be fine, back to normal." Bunny wiped a tear from her eye and forced a smile.
"I'm so sorry, I just hate having to do this. But you're right, we have no choice."
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Tara watched as the Sailor Senshi sang out attack after attack, leaving their enemy completely unharmed. Her teeth gritted involuntarily, and her hand moved on its own accord to clutch the butterfly locket.
Occasionally, they would all join to send out a Sailor Planet attack, but it wasn't anywhere near strong enough, as two of the scouts were missing.
Oh, I wish there were something I could do... throught Tara helplessly. In her mind was a horrifying mixture of confusion, rage, sorrow, and utter defenselessness. There she stood as the scouts risked their lives to defeat this monster. There must be something, she could do! Her hand clenched around her butterfly locket as her rage built, until she couldn't take it any more, there were so many emotions building up inside of her. Some were torturous but familiar, others completely alien. Finally she succumbed, and let her emotions and instincts take over. She grabbed the locket and snapped it off of the chain, lifted it high above her head and shouted-
"The power of the earth and the moon unite!... Terra Luna Power!"