Ch.6

"Invisible? what do you mean?" Rini asked, as Faye pulled her at top speed towards a room. Faye kept her mouth shut, and just pulled Rini behind her with Thomas running behind. She stopped abruptly to activate an alert signal on the wall. "Faye--" before Rini could ask yet again another question, Faye had pulled a pencil-like microphone from the wall. "All people in the palace, please evacute, we are being invaded by an invisible spaceship. Please stay calm and don't panic. Get in your safety capsules, now." Faye returned the micropone, and started running again. She stopped in front of a door which swished open. Inside was everyone. The big screen in the room was on and Darien was touching crystal after crystal on the remote pad. "Will we be able to defeat it?" Serena was asking. Noone noticed them enter. "Yes, we will, if we attack before the thing lands," darien replied. "Alright, everyone split up! Rini, dear," Serena walked towards her daughter as everyone started running out. "Mom, what's going on?" she asked, her voice tight. "We are being invaded by an unknown spacecraft. Take position beside Sanora, and she will tell you all where to aim, while the rest of us go with Ami," she ordered. "Ok, be careful!" Rini called, as she ran. "Same with you!" Serena called back. Before Rini had turned her head, she saw her mother transform in a beam of light.

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NORTH BATTLEFEILD

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the scouts(younger version) ran towards sanora. She was looking intto the sky with her goggles on. "Serenity! Do you see that cloud?" she pointed to a certain cloud. "Uh,yeah!" Rini replied. "Aim for it!" Sanora commanded. Rini obeyed. As soon as she had shot at it, an explosion was heard. "What was that?" Rini asked. "That was you hitting the ship! Now you guys keep it up, and we'll be able to deafeat it!" Sanora shouted over the wind. "Ok!" Everyone took their positions, and started firing.

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SOUTH BATTLEFIELD

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"Ami!" Serena called. She was shooting at something she couldn't even see. "Huh?" Ami replied. "How big is this thing?" she asked. "Big! Very, very BIG." was the reply. *Somehow, that wasn't reassuring.* Serena thought. "Can you be more specific?" Raye asked. Sanora sighed as she sent a ball of ice towards the sky. "Ok, its size is half the size of earth." Everyone stopped shooting. "WHAT?? WE PEA SIZED SCOUTS ARE FIRING AT SOME HUMONGO SPACE SHIP WE CAN'T SEE?" Lita bursted. "Uh,yeah," Sanora replied. Lita turned to Serena. "And just how are we going to defeat this thing?" she asked. Serena smiled. "I asked for some...help," she pointed a hand at the sky. Neptune and Uranus were landing on the battlefield on their spacecraft. "Yeah,but---" Lita was interrupted. "lita relax, i've ordered the moon ( military to help us," serena started firing again. It was then(only then) that evryone realized that the military was helping them,and were bursting huge amounts of the enemy space ship.

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"Highness! WE are being attacked!"

"yes, i know."

"Excuse me,highness, but shouldn't we do something?"

"Relax, my dear. They are only attacking the outer shell of the ship. Prepare to land...we won't be seen won't we?"

"No, highness."

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"I think i see them," Neptune said, getting out of their transport. Uranus started running. "Hurry! We've gotta help!" she said.

Serena turned. "I am so glad you're here!" Mercury suddenly yelped, looking into the sky. "It's landing! Keep blasting all you can!" Uranus and neptune exchanged looks. *Blast what?* As if reading their thoughts, mercury explained the situation. "Oh!" They nodded slowly and started shooting. "I hope Charon* is alright!!" Pluto said over the noise. (Sailor charon is also known as Elena, pluto's daughter. It is pronounced Sharon)

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"You do know the thing is landing, right?" Sanora said. "What?" Faye turned. "It's landing? I just cannot wait! They are gonna pay!" Rini started shooting some more. Sanora turned. "Rini, revenge isn't always the answer. Justice can work in other ways, you know," she said. Rini sighed. "Just keep shooting Sanora."

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As soon as the space ship landed, a large thud was heard, and the ground shook like a terrible earthquake. "Ah!" Saturn staggered. Rini helped her up as the ground shook some more. She heard the other queens run up behind them. They heard a buzzing sound and, like a distorted tv screen, the ship was seen. Not just invisible, seen. "Oh my God, please help us," Serena whispered. Behind her, the guns stopped firing. The soldiers had stopped to see what was up too. The ramp upened and some men in dark robes decended. Then came a most suprising sight. An alien woman stepped out, her outfit nothing but black pants and a tank top. Then, a young woman with a tight silver dress and long red hair with white streaks appeared. She held in her hand a long wand with a glass globe on the end. Her blood red lips curled into a smile. "Hello," she said in a chilling voice. The sound made all of them jump, including the gunmen. "Now,now, i didn't scare you did i?" her gaze drifted until she settled on Rini. Her smile grew wider. "And you, poor little thing. I saw you crying over that old woman one of my men shot. Oh, i pity with you, dear. But i suggest you don't waste your time crying over some worthless human corpse!" her voice raising. Rini's face burned. "Why, you--" she jumped up, but Thomas a Ginny held her back. "Let me get her, i'll rip your--" The woman stepped forward and took Rini's chin in her long slender hands. "Let's not have back-biting, shall we? We have just met. Let me introduce myself." She stepped back. "I am the Silver Empress called by the name Queen Vesta of the star Pi-Si. I don't intend,that is i don't intend anymore, to invade your peaceful kingdom. I just want to take a few things and leave," she finished. "Why don't you just take what you want and go?" Rini said, anger obvious in her voice. The empress smiled. "In good time, my child, in good time. For now..." she pointed her wand towards Serena. "...i'll have to kill...you." She aimed and fired. Serena staggered, and fell to the ground. Not realizing they had released their hold on rini, Thomas and ginny rushed forward to help. The empress laughed. "I'm sorry, your highness. But you were one of the obstacles in my path to glory. Oh yes, two more to go. the next one is...You," she started to point her wand towards rini. Rini had only one second to gasp. She remembered the blast the empress shot, her mother screaming her name, everyone rushing towards her, and then...the empress' chilling laugh escorted her to blackness.