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

Chapter 31
The Truth Must Be Told

10:26

Upon entering the 49th level for the second time, Dan and Sailor Jupiter were greeted by the others. Sailor Venus and Ray regained consciousness shortly before they entered the room. The both of them walked directly up to Sailor Moon...

Peter: Hey, are you guys alright? We saw the holes in the ceiling, an...

Jupiter: Uh, can you guys leave me and Dan with the other Scouts?

The three veteran Ghostbusters looked at each other. Dan nodded his head, and with that, the others walked out of hearing range.

Mercury: So what is it?

Dan and Jupiter looked at them with saddened eyes.

Venus: What's wrong?

There was another hesitant, silent moment. Jupiter started talking...

Jupiter: We saw Darien.

Moon: You did?! Is he alright?!

Jupiter: Uh... Not really. You see, he's... Well, he's...

Moon: He's what?! What's wrong?! Does Jedite still have him?!

Jupiter: He's... ::begins to cry::

Dan looked up. The remorse in his eyes was piercing, and the worry in Sailor Moon's was darting. He had to pick up where Jupiter left off...

Dan: He's dead.

That was when she collapsed on the ground, with Mercury and Venus registering blank shock on there faces. Dan's voice started to quiver as he spoke...

Dan: I'm sorry.

Moon: No. Darien...

Dan hung his head in sorrow as he walked away to an office, and closed the door behind him.

Jupiter walked up to Moon, lifted her up, and tried to comfort her. Sailor Moon continued balling her eyes out as she leaned on Jupiter. Jupiter noticed that Dan was gone. She looked to Mercury...

Jupiter: Can you take her somewhere where she can recuperate?

She nodded her head, and she and Sailor Venus escorted Sailor Moon. Sailor Jupiter looked around for Dan. She found him in the first place she looked... in the office. He was standing behind the desk, looking out the window. He arm was against the window, and his head was resting on his arm.

Jupiter: Who are you?

He looked over...

Dan: I thought I knew. For 20 years, I always thought I was Daniel Patrick Shannon, and that I was always going to be just that. My whole way of thinking took a dramatic change this morning... When Luna and Artemis paid me a little visit.

Dan sat down on one edge of the desk...

Dan: Sit down.

Jupiter sat on the opposite corner.

Jupiter: What do you mean? And what did Darien mean you were my protector?

Dan: Well, I might as well start from the beginning. Up to this morning, I had no previous knowledge of this group of men know as the, "Solar Knights," and that I was one of them. And up to a couple of minuets ago, I had no previous knowledge of my past beyond my past. You remember when Darien grabbed my wrist?

Jupiter nodded.

Dan: That unlocked memories of things that happened to me back in the Silver Millennium.

She looked at him with the most unusual look.

Dan: Would you like me to tell the tail of the Solar Knights?

She nodded again while still giving him the look. Her awkward silence told him she was going to be very weirded out after this.

Dan: Long ago, about a thousand years or so ago...

::Flashback sequence begin::

"On the planet Jupiter, things were peaceful and quiet, along with every other planet within the inner belt of the solar system. The Solar Knights were the leaders of the planets' armed forces, and also the protectors of the princesses of their respective planets. There was no knight for the Moon for the princesses of the planets were her protectors.

"The Knights were quipped with the ability of ESP with their respective princess for the purpose of knowing if their ruler is in danger. More anonymous powers consisted of the using of their planets element when not in full battle mode. They consisted of Mercury freezing, Mars flash-fire ignition, Venus of healing, and Jupiter magnetism.

"It had been discovered that Princess Jupiter and Jupiter Knight were in love. They're were to be wed when Queen Beryl and the Negaforce attacked the Moon Kingdom. Sailor Jupiter had to leave the planet to protect Princess Serena, and Jupiter Knight was to assemble the armed forces to protect the planet from the evil if it were to spread."

Jupiter: ::flashback:: I must go to my princess now. Upon my return, we shall be wed.

Jupiter Knight: Take care, my love, and Godspeed on your journey... For both of our sakes.

"Although Jupiter had the biggest army, it was not the strongest. We lost all of our troops in battle on our planet. I had escaped. First, I had lost my fighters, then I discovered my fellow Knights lost to the fate I had not faced, and finally, I learned the knowledge that forever changed me..."

Jupiter Knight: We have lost the battle here on Jupiter. My friends are dead, and I fled like a babe in the woods. I am a disgrace to everything I stand for... A disgrace to my princess.

"That was when I felt it. The sudden jolt of pain, and the sight of blood, although not from me. I was seeing the battle on the Moon through your eyes. I saw it get blacker and blacker. That was when I stopped feeling all things. It was cold and empty, and then I realized what had happened."

Jupiter Knight: My princess... She's... I must aid her!

"That was when I embarked on to the Moon Kingdom to get you, but was stopped on Mars by one of Beryl's Generals...

"Jedite."

Jedite: Well, if it isn't one of the Solar Knights. Sorry about what happened to the others, and all.

Jupiter Knight: Jedite, you cursed piece of burden! What have you done to the Princess of Jupiter?!

Jedite: Why, what ever do you mean?

Jupiter Knight: You know precisely what, you damned snake!

Jedite: You're right, I do. ::evil laugh::

Jupiter: You shall be Damned to Hell!

"That was when the rage overflowed within me, and I went into full battle mode. I was transformed from conventional armor to wearing a long green trench coat with heavy battle armor underneath. I pulled out my sword, and we battled to the death. I was the last alive, and I was fatigued from the war on the planet, so the battle was short.

"I wasn't strong enough to fight him. As I laid on the grounds of Mars dying, he stood over me, and spoke to me."

Jedite: I need to ask you something: Were you trying to reach the Moon to save your princess? Well, it would have been a failed attempt because... I was the one that shot her in the back. Tell me, Kid? Have you been a Knight in the moonlight?

"He laughed at me. I could still hear that laughter. It cut through my mind like a razorblade. After that, he vanished. I died, but my fate soon ended up like yours, and I was reborn on Earth 1000 years later..."

::End Flashback::

Dan: So you see, those dreams of ours were not warnings, at least not entirely.

Jupiter: Why didn't you tell me you were Jupiter Knight?!

Dan: I didn't know how I could tell you. I tried to do it once, but that was right before we reunited with Egon and Mercury. Besides, I had my reasons for not telling you before that. But now that that's out of the way, I have something else I wanted to tell you.

Jupiter: What's that?

A smirk came across his face...

Dan: That I'm madly in love with you?

She started to scowl. Dan suddenly thought he said something wrong...

Jupiter: Well, guess what, buster?!

Dan: ::worried:: What?!

That was when she jumped from her position, and tackled Dan, knocking him to the floor. She had him pinned to the floor...

Jupiter: You're my Knight in shining armor now!

She started kissing him passionately. He undid her hair, started running his fingers through it.

***

About 20 minuets passed. The door to the office opened, and Sailor Jupiter steps out while putting her hair back into a ponytail. About a moment later, Dan is seen walking out the same door with his hat turned sideways and his jumpsuit halfway unzipped. He walks over to the other Ghostbusters with a shit-eating grin on his face. He comes up and whacks Peter in the arm...

Dan: Whaddup, dawg?

Peter: ::grabs arm:: Ow!

Ray: Dan, are you alright? Did you join a gang, or something?

Dan: What?

Egon: I think he's talking about the rotational positioning on your hat.

Dan: You mean were the bill of my hat is placed?

Egon: That's what I said.

Dan: Oops.

He fixed his hat were the bill was backwards again. On the other side of the room, Sailor Jupiter explained to the others, who were now recuperated from Darien's death, about Dan being Jupiter Knight...

Jupiter: ...So, it ends up he's one of us. It looks like were not that alone after all.

Venus: Where are the other Solar Knights?

Jupiter: Not with us, that's for sure.

Moon: I don't get it, if he's one of the Knights, why isn't he transformed like we are?

Mercury: He's doing his job while doing his job: Protecting Sailor Jupiter and fighting ghosts.

Jupiter turned around, and started yelling at the Ghostbusters...

Jupiter: Hey, are we ready to go?

That was when the wall blew up behind them, and 2 sub-demons emerged. One demon grabbed Jupiter around the waist, and hauled her out of the hole as the other one began firing at them. The other Scouts ran for cover, but Dan screamed out for her...

Dan: LITA!

He started to charge for the hole, which lead to the stairwell. The demon ceased fire, and ran with it's counterpart. Just as Dan passed through the wall, the wall itself reappeared as if nothing happened. Everyone else went for the door to find it sealed off again...

Peter: What the hell?! I can't open it!

Venus: Not again!

Dan ran up the stairs after the two demons. At the end on one flight, he saw both demons standing on the top of it with another hole leading into another wall that had an eerie green glow. Jupiter tried her hardest to resist getting into the hole. Dan bolted up the stairs, and started attacking the purple-scaled demon.

The ghost grabbed Dan's arm in mid-swing, and twisted it behind his back. He slammed the back of his head in the ghost's face. It finally let go, and he upper-cut it. The ghost then looked up, and punched him in the stomach. It then grabbed his head, and kneed him right between the eyes. Dan was sent flying into a wall on the other side of the stairwell. He bounced off the wall, and started tumbling down on the other flight of stairs, then hit his head hard on the wall.

Everything was starting to get black. He tried to keep his eyes open, but they were rapidly getting heavy. He heard Jupiter's screams, but were becoming more and more faint. And then...

Blackness.

To Be Continued...