AN: If I owned these characters, I could afford waltzing lessons. Until then I am stuck with my two left feet. Enjoy!
Where Do We Introduce"This is no way to treat a lady," grumbled a sleepy sounding Usagi as two strange robotic beings lifted her by her wings. When they had first entered her cell she had had to fight a swelling sense of panic because their hands had resembled one of her biggest phobias: needles. The metallic creatures must have been monitoring her heart rate because one immediately hovered close enough to hit Usagi with a sedative spray. A wave of calm had rolled over her mind and spread though out her limbs, not unlike the first time she'd had a full glass of champagne. With a docile Usagi being dragged like so much dead weight between them, the little robots floated towards their destination with soft bleeps and clicks. "Flying R2-D2s. Straight out of Star Wars..." Usagi was enjoying the trip despite the pulling on her wings. In this position she was able to study the grand way the ice formed into high and beautiful arcs in the ceiling. She noticed that in one particular hallway the arcs were newer in one section, almost like the ice was younger in one patch. Odd. The robots hauling her made a new clicking sound, distracting Usagi from her ponderings. She suddenly found herself being abandoned by her guards as a giant door opened before her.
"Welcome, my Lady." An iceman standing upon a raised dais greeted Usagi with outstretched arms. His hair flowed like white silk down his back and only an ice blue robe cinched at his waist kept his Adonis like body from being completely appreciated. Only the cold calculation in his gaze kept Usagi's hormones from freaking out over his innate perfection. There was also a faint tinge of deja vu when he appraised her. "I am Lord Winter. You and I have never met, but perhaps you remember meeting my mother." Memory slammed home into Usagi's brain, washing away all traces of the drug that had kept her panic from overflowing.
"Princess Kaguya* had a son?!" Images of the ice woman who had nearly frozen the earth from her asteroid fortress replayed in her mind.
"Is that what you called her? Hardly a fitting name for my mother, but that is neither here nor there." Lord Winter strode forward and captured Usagi's hand beneath his own. Her fingers promptly went numb. "After I destroy this worthless planet, I intend to collect what you took from me. My bloodline lost power when you killed my mother, so it is only fitting for you to mix your blood with mine." More than her fingers went numb as his words sank into her ears. "You will make a fine mother for my children."
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Dodging another volley of ice beams from the remaining four drones, Wufei felt a shiver that had nothing to do with the cold work its way up his spine. Time was running out. "These things are trying to keep up pinned here. They're trying to herd us away from the south entrance." Minako nodded from her side of the ice columns they'd taken shelter behind.
"Let's try for a little divide and conquer," she yelled as she leapt out of from cover. "Love and Beauty Shock!" The quick machines dodged left to avoid the spiraling laser attack, but they only moved into the line of flaming arrows that Quatre had unleashed from the right. Confused by this move, the remaining two androids failed to see Wufei sweep down and slash with his sword. The strange metal of their hulls split like overripe melons beneath the strength of the Silver Imperium Crystal sword.
"Let's go!"
*See "Sailor Moon S" movie for details.
AN: Ah! Now do you see why I said that Lord Winter had connections? Like or dislike? They never really gave the ice woman a name in the movie. She just liked the way Kaguya sounded when the scientist called her that. More to come!