Ch.3
"Zuleika!!!NO!" Rini screamed. She grabbed her long skirt up and started running towards her nanny. Blood dripped from Zuleika's side. "No, Zuleika...why didn't you stay inside?" Rini took Zuleika's hand. "I had...to..warn..you..." she managed to whisper. "Oh, Zuleika, you didn't have to warn me, i would have known what to do!" Rini was now openly sobbing. Thomas checked her pulse, looked at rini,and shook his head. Rini looked from him to her friend and started crying loudly. "No! I won't let you die! You can't, Zuleika! You can't die..." Rini cried. "Oh, Rini..." Zuleika said. For the first time, she had called Rini by her nickname. "You know...i have to die...it's my time...i'm old anyways..." she whispered. "No! Who's going to wake me up in the morning, who's gonna pu-push me into studying,who's going to nurse my child when i get married? Oh, Zuleika, you can't leave me now!" Rini sobbed. Zuleika smiled faintly. "I have to go, dear. You can't stop it,i can't stop it...please let me go..." she said. "Oh, Zuleika," Rini smoothed out the old woman's white hair. With one last smile, Zuleika said, "Go help your friends..." Then released her last breath. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!" Rini screamed. Zuleika's head lay limp in her hands. Thomas professionally closed her eyes and beckoned to two medics nearby. As they moved Zuleika on a mat, Rini was silent. All the screaming, she didn't hear. She didn't notice Elena and her mother Trista rapidly forming a protective sheild around the palace. She didn't see Sanora and her mother Ami shooting water at the fire,she didn't see Faye and Raye shooting at the sky, nor did she see Nita and her mother shooting thunderbolts trying to scare their enemy away. She didn't even hear her mother screaming her name. All she knew was that Zuleika was dead. Lost to her forever. "Rini! Please, you must help them!" Thomas shouted over all the screaming and chaos. Rini snapped back to attention and finally noticed what was going on. She nodded and ran to the aid of her friends.
"Cosmic Moon Power!" Serena shouted. PInk light rose from her wand and blasted at her target. The dark cloud was destroyed in a second. The other clouds crouded around the palace,shooting deadly lightning bolts at the palace. Fortunately, Trista's and her daughter's sheild prevented the bolts to cause more damage. As she shot more pink flashes at every cloud she saw, she wondered where Rini was.
Rini grabbed her wand from her back pocket. She took position beside Elena. Elena's dark green hair blew in different directions, sweat visible on her forehead. "Thank goodness you're here!" she cried. Trista turned. "Come help, Rini! We can't hold this sheild forever!" she shouted over the noise. Rini realized Trista had transformed into her scout costume. Rini cried out her transforming words, and transformed in a second. Like her mother, she shot down every cloud she saw, trying desperately not to get tired.
"Mercury aqua illusion!" mercury kept her palms aimed towards the raging fire, trying to prevent the flames from doing more harm. She looked to her right and was proud to see her daughter do the same.
"Mother, how long will this be?" Nita asked, as she shot bolt after bolt at the multiplying clouds. "I don't know, dear,the clouds are too numerous! I hope Pluto stands strong! Meanwhile,destroy as many dark clouds as you can!" Lita(jupiter) replied, as she shot another bolt.
"Mars flame sniper!" Mars(Raye-duh-) shot another arrow at a cloud. Her daughter did the same. "Mom, i'm getting tired! When will this end?" Faye asked, as Nita did before. "To tell the truth i don't know," Mars shout back, as she shot another arrow. "Just don't use up your strength, or we'll lose this fight!" Faye nodded as she released a flaming ball from her hand,straight into a cloud.
When finally the fire had gone out, Mercury and Sanora ran outside to help. "What's the situation?" Sanora asked. Mercury pressed an earring and her goggles appeared. "Show weaknesses," she commanded. The goggles pointed an arrow towards the largest clouds, where a silver light was blinking. "That's it!" she said. She pressed her communicator and shouted into it. "Guys, shoot on the biggest cloud you can see! Look for a blinking light and aim for it!" The scouts responded and searched the skies. Then they all combined their powers into serena's pink beam and she shot it towards the light. The clouds immediately disappeared....and the sky was clear again.
The scouts collapsed after all was well. "I thought that would never end!" Hotaru cried. She had been positioned behind the palace, helping.
But Rini didn't respond. A change had occured in her face, Hotaru noted worridly. "something wrong?" Elena asked. Thomas appeared in his knight suit, sweaty. Since Rini didn't respond, Elena asked Thomas. Thomas frowned and reluctantly told them what happened. Serena broke into sobs and hugged her daughter. "My poor baby! Oh, it can't be true," Serena cried. Rini was grateful forher mother's presence. "Oh, Rini, let us help you," Hotaru said, not knowing what else to say. "There is no help for me," Rini said tightly. Then she said the words which stunned them all. "Only revenge."
"Zuleika!!!NO!" Rini screamed. She grabbed her long skirt up and started running towards her nanny. Blood dripped from Zuleika's side. "No, Zuleika...why didn't you stay inside?" Rini took Zuleika's hand. "I had...to..warn..you..." she managed to whisper. "Oh, Zuleika, you didn't have to warn me, i would have known what to do!" Rini was now openly sobbing. Thomas checked her pulse, looked at rini,and shook his head. Rini looked from him to her friend and started crying loudly. "No! I won't let you die! You can't, Zuleika! You can't die..." Rini cried. "Oh, Rini..." Zuleika said. For the first time, she had called Rini by her nickname. "You know...i have to die...it's my time...i'm old anyways..." she whispered. "No! Who's going to wake me up in the morning, who's gonna pu-push me into studying,who's going to nurse my child when i get married? Oh, Zuleika, you can't leave me now!" Rini sobbed. Zuleika smiled faintly. "I have to go, dear. You can't stop it,i can't stop it...please let me go..." she said. "Oh, Zuleika," Rini smoothed out the old woman's white hair. With one last smile, Zuleika said, "Go help your friends..." Then released her last breath. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!" Rini screamed. Zuleika's head lay limp in her hands. Thomas professionally closed her eyes and beckoned to two medics nearby. As they moved Zuleika on a mat, Rini was silent. All the screaming, she didn't hear. She didn't notice Elena and her mother Trista rapidly forming a protective sheild around the palace. She didn't see Sanora and her mother Ami shooting water at the fire,she didn't see Faye and Raye shooting at the sky, nor did she see Nita and her mother shooting thunderbolts trying to scare their enemy away. She didn't even hear her mother screaming her name. All she knew was that Zuleika was dead. Lost to her forever. "Rini! Please, you must help them!" Thomas shouted over all the screaming and chaos. Rini snapped back to attention and finally noticed what was going on. She nodded and ran to the aid of her friends.
"Cosmic Moon Power!" Serena shouted. PInk light rose from her wand and blasted at her target. The dark cloud was destroyed in a second. The other clouds crouded around the palace,shooting deadly lightning bolts at the palace. Fortunately, Trista's and her daughter's sheild prevented the bolts to cause more damage. As she shot more pink flashes at every cloud she saw, she wondered where Rini was.
Rini grabbed her wand from her back pocket. She took position beside Elena. Elena's dark green hair blew in different directions, sweat visible on her forehead. "Thank goodness you're here!" she cried. Trista turned. "Come help, Rini! We can't hold this sheild forever!" she shouted over the noise. Rini realized Trista had transformed into her scout costume. Rini cried out her transforming words, and transformed in a second. Like her mother, she shot down every cloud she saw, trying desperately not to get tired.
"Mercury aqua illusion!" mercury kept her palms aimed towards the raging fire, trying to prevent the flames from doing more harm. She looked to her right and was proud to see her daughter do the same.
"Mother, how long will this be?" Nita asked, as she shot bolt after bolt at the multiplying clouds. "I don't know, dear,the clouds are too numerous! I hope Pluto stands strong! Meanwhile,destroy as many dark clouds as you can!" Lita(jupiter) replied, as she shot another bolt.
"Mars flame sniper!" Mars(Raye-duh-) shot another arrow at a cloud. Her daughter did the same. "Mom, i'm getting tired! When will this end?" Faye asked, as Nita did before. "To tell the truth i don't know," Mars shout back, as she shot another arrow. "Just don't use up your strength, or we'll lose this fight!" Faye nodded as she released a flaming ball from her hand,straight into a cloud.
When finally the fire had gone out, Mercury and Sanora ran outside to help. "What's the situation?" Sanora asked. Mercury pressed an earring and her goggles appeared. "Show weaknesses," she commanded. The goggles pointed an arrow towards the largest clouds, where a silver light was blinking. "That's it!" she said. She pressed her communicator and shouted into it. "Guys, shoot on the biggest cloud you can see! Look for a blinking light and aim for it!" The scouts responded and searched the skies. Then they all combined their powers into serena's pink beam and she shot it towards the light. The clouds immediately disappeared....and the sky was clear again.
The scouts collapsed after all was well. "I thought that would never end!" Hotaru cried. She had been positioned behind the palace, helping.
But Rini didn't respond. A change had occured in her face, Hotaru noted worridly. "something wrong?" Elena asked. Thomas appeared in his knight suit, sweaty. Since Rini didn't respond, Elena asked Thomas. Thomas frowned and reluctantly told them what happened. Serena broke into sobs and hugged her daughter. "My poor baby! Oh, it can't be true," Serena cried. Rini was grateful forher mother's presence. "Oh, Rini, let us help you," Hotaru said, not knowing what else to say. "There is no help for me," Rini said tightly. Then she said the words which stunned them all. "Only revenge."
