Dark Side Of The Moon
A Ghostbusters/Sailor Moon Crossover
By Dan Ectodude Shannon

Chapter 29
Found

10:08

After Dan and Egon got Peter and Ray un-plastered from the wall, and Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus regained their energy, all of them walked up the stairs as they listened to Egon what has been going on with his and Mercury's findings...

Peter: Now, back up a second, Speges... Are you meaning to tell us that you haven't seen a single demon thing since you have gotten in the building because you think it has something to do with Dan and Sailor Jupiter here?

Egon: Correct. Somehow I believe that Jedite's been observing the Scouts from beyond, and collected as much data as possible so he could fight them.

Mercury: Right at this moment, they're trying to eliminate Jupiter because she is the strongest one of the Scouts, and Dan... I'm not sure why.

Dan and Egon looked at each other.

Moon: Jedite watching us from beyond the dead?! This is too creepy for me.

Peter: Story of our lives. You wouldn't know how many ghosts tried to kill us. You know the current count, Ray?

Ray: I'm not sure. I think it was about 100 or 150...

Egon: It was 137, Raymond.

That was when Egon's PKE meter started beeping. He unclipped the meter from his belt just as Mercury took out her mini-computer and switched on her VR visor. They both turned to the 49th level door, and saw indistinct, but fixed readings...

Mercury: We're getting weak readings. We need someone to go in there.

Immediately, everyone looked to Ray and Dan...

Ray: What?

Dan: Oh, you can't be serious!

Jupiter: It's ok, I'll come with you guys.

Venus: Me too.

Ray: Are you sure?

They both nodded their heads. Dan and Ray looked at each other, and shrugged...

Dan: Alright, Peter, Egon... Traps.

They unhooked their unused traps from their packs, and handed them to Dan and Ray. Both Ghostbusters and both Sailor Scouts turned to the door. They hesitantly walked to the door as Dan grabbed ahold of the handle, and opened the stairwell door into the office surroundings. Ray, being the last to enter the door, set it to stay open, then continued into the office.

Halfway across the room, Dan and Ray unhooked the throwers from the packs...

Dan: I don't know what it is with me. Do I have a sign that literally says, "Expendable" on my back?

Ray: Oh, I forgot to tell you, we take turns making sure the room's safe, and for bait when Slimer isn't around.

Dan: Thanks, that made my day.

Egon, Peter, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury watched their colleagues walked around the room through the open door...

Jupiter: It's just empty in here. I don't see anything.

Venus: Neither do I. Do you think they evaded us?

Ray: I wouldn't think so, because they were getting readings.

Dan: Wanna make a double-check?

Ray shrugged, then pulled out the PKE meter he had with him. He switched it on expecting to see some sort of a reading, instead it was quiet. He turned to Egon...

Ray: Egon, are you sure there is a reading in here?

Egon looked to his meter. He was seeing the readings...

Egon: Yes, it's right where you're standing... unless...

That was when the door slammed shut. Dan and Venus jumped and ran for the door. They pulled and pulled on the door, but it didn't open. Ray's meter readings started to rise as he and Jupiter approached the door...

Ray: They locked us in!

Dan: Why am I NOT surprised?!

Jupiter: Come on, we have to kick it down!

Venus: We can't!

Ray: She's right. It's doing the same thing as it was doing in the front of the building, and we don't have enough firepower to take it down.

Dan: But why are they locking the doors on us?

The fire alarm started sounding, and a gas started venting from the ceiling. Everyone started to have a hard time breathing...

Jupiter: What is that?!

Dan: Oh shit! That's why we're locked in here... IT'S HALON GAS!

Ray: If we don't get out of here, we're going to suffocate!

The gas caused everything in the room to get cold. The glass on the windows began to frost, and a thin layer of the gas was now covering the floor. The gas began displacing the oxygen in the room, and started to take a heavy toll on everyone, for Venus passed out from lack of oxygen. Ray caught her in time, but was starting to become weary himself. He spoke with heavy breaths...

Ray: Dan... We... need to... vent... this gas.

Dan was becoming dazed. His vision was beginning to blur, and was felling his body getting weak. A headache started to collect in the front of his head. Now he knew why they were wearing gas masks in Terminator 2.

Ray: Go... for the... window.

He now had an initiative. He tried to stay focused as long as he could as he pulled the ED pistol from its holster, and aimed for the window...

Dan: Everyone... hold onto... something.

He pulled the trigger. Upon the proton blast hitting the window, it blew up sucking all the glass and halon out of the room. The intense vacuum pulled everyone to the ground. After a couple of minuets of laying on the floor, Dan, Ray and Jupiter started breathing easier, and stood up. Venus was still out, but Ray said she would be fine in a couple of minuets.

Jupiter: What was that stuff?

Ray: It was a Halon fire extermination system. In computer rooms and business buildings, much like this, they use Halon to extinguish fires so it doesn't destroy the computers.

Dan: The Halon itself isn't harmful, but it pushes all the oxygen out of the room, and makes the air thin. A couple more seconds... Kobayashi Maru.

Dan walked to the door. He knocked on it...

Dan: Hello? Housekeeping?

From over the other side of the door, someone spoke...

Peter: Dan! Is that you?!

Dan: No, it's Homer Simpson!

Moon: What happened? We heard the fire alarm go off!

Dan: Yeah, those assholes tried to suffocate us with the gas extinguishing system. I blew out a window to get rid of it. Me, Ray and Sailor Jupiter are ok, but Sailor Venus passed out. She should be fine in a couple of minuets, so there's nothing to worry about.

Jupiter: Uh, Dan? I don't think that's entirely true!

Dan turned around to find Jupiter looking over Ray's shoulder at the meter. The detection needles were all the way up on the meter, and metallic screech was extremely loud.

Dan: What is it?

Ray: The needle's going right off the top of the scale! It looks to be right above...

He was cut off by the ceiling being caved in, and a single figure landed on top of him. Jupiter jumped back, and Dan charged up his thrower. The figure was crouched down. He had black hair, was wearing black pants, and a lime green fleece pullover. He stood up on top of Ray, who was now unconscious, and faced Sailor Jupiter.

Figure: Hello, Lita.

Jupiter looked his face. She couldn't believe who it was that was facing her...

Jupiter: DARIEN?!

Darien: Not exactly, for you see...

When he blinked, his eyes came back all white; he had no pupils. His face became pail blue, and his skin started to peel flake on his body, but still stuck to him. His teeth started to manipulate and became sharpened to a point. His nails grew out, and also became sharpened.

Evil Darien: ...I'm just using his body to TAKE YOURS!

He lunged forward. She punched him in the face as hard as she could. He took in the blow, but it didn't affect him. He continued lurching forward. He grabbed Jupiter by the shoulders. She screamed, but was let go by him when Dan shot him in the back with the pistol...

Dan: Hey, ass wipe! How about me as your main course?! Or can you handle all of this?!

Evil Darien turned around and walked towards Dan while cackling in his unearthly voice...

ED: You shouldn't have interfered...You shouldn't have interfered... You shouldn... UH!

Dan threw a punch across his face, then in the stomach. Strange enough, he had effected him...

Dan: I do a lot of things I shouldn't have done, so what difference would THIS MAKE?!

He was about to upper-cut, when Evil Darien threw open both of this hands, and sent out a force that knocked Dan all the way back into the wall on the other side of the room. He peeled off the wall, and fell to the floor...

Dan: ::groans:: Now that sucked.

Evil Darien walked slowly back to Sailor Jupiter, who was frightened because she didn't know what to do about him. Three quarters across the room, his walking started to slow, then for no apparent reason, he grabbed his head, threw it back, and screamed. It was a bone-chilling scream of agony. Evil Darien plummeted forward, and grabbed ahold of Jupiter.

Jupiter stood in shock as he stood before holding her by the shoulders. His face was covered with sweat and expressions of pain. He threw his head back again, but when he threw his head forward, he split into 2 different versions of himself...

The Real version, and the Deadite version.

Still joined at the waist, the real Darien held onto Jupiter's shoulders, and spoke to her...

Real Darien: Lita! Jedite's trying to open a portal! You have to stop it! You and Dan are the only ones that have the power to battle him!

Jupiter: Dan?! What power does he have?!

Before the real Darien could answer, the Deadite version of himself grabbed ahold of his head, and joined them back together. The Deadite version was the dominant half once again as he spoke in his deep, possessed voice...

Evil Darien: He has the power to die, as well as YOU!

Dan came around from a side, and tackled Darien from a side. He didn't want to take the risk of shooting it while it was holding Jupiter. They rolled on the ground as they fought. After a couple of rolls, Darien threw another force, and sent Dan through the ceiling... up to the next floor, that is.

He stood up, and was about to peruse, when Sailor Jupiter jumped, and twirl-kicked him in the side of the head. He just turned around, grabbed her by the arm, and hit her over the head. His inhuman strength knocked her out. He threw her body up into the hole, then he followed along with all of them.

To Be Continued...