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Enter Obsidian, Stage Left.
The Scouts looked up towards the voice.
Eight forms stood there, standing side by side. "Who are they?" said Nephrite.
"Obsidian," snarled Sigma, crouching in her wolf form.
"The ever present thorn in our sides," snarled Anne.
"Shame it isn't a stake through your black heart," said someone from the ranks of Obsidian.
"Not everyone seems to know us, so let us introduce ourselves- we can sack our P.R agent later. I am Cosmos, the Angel of Time, and tonight, I'm gonna be kicking your ass," said Cosmos. She had a pair of pure white Angel wings sprouting from her back, and was wearing a pair of navy hotpants with small twisting clocks on it. She was also wearing a navy top that bared her mid riff and had a star set on it, surrounded by circular lines. Topping off her ensemble were a pair of thigh high white boots, with a black zigzag running down the centre of each boot.
*I know her* thought Mercury, who then said to the other Scouts, "It's Charisma. Cosmos is Charisma."
"I am Galaxia, the Spirit Princess, and you aren't gonna getaway with anything now that we're here to send you packing," said a young woman dressed in thigh high red boots with pink hearts decorating them. She too wore a pair of hotpants, this time red in colour, and a blue cross stitched onto it. She also wore a red top that again, showed her midriff, but had a large pink heart on its front. Hanging from her back was a short orange cape, which reached no further than her upper back. A flute was strapped to her leg, and a heart was tattooed upon her right cheek. She was wearing pink shades that hid her eyes, but Mercury knew that the girl was Jasmine.
"I am Infernia, the Fire Maiden! Try playing with this match and you'll get turned into toast!" shouted the shortest, a girl with aqua green hair in a bun, but had some of it let down, falling to the girl's shoulders. Black fingerless gloves reached to her upper arms, and a flame coloured strapless top covered her chest. A yellow cape covered her upper back. Her toned stomach was on display, and a flame coloured mini skirt covered the upper part of her legs. She wore a mask over her eyes, and the mask looked like flames billowing from her eyes. Finally, the girl's thigh high boots were black, yellow, orange and red, and looked as if her legs were surrounded by fire. Mercury guessed that it was Hope- Infernia had the same attitude, and was the same height.
"I am Polaris, the Mistress of the Night! Darkness holds no fear for me, and my power should make my foes quail in terror!" shouted the tallest female, who had long blonde hair complete with purple streaks. *Kalista* thought Mercury. She too wore a mask, which was pointed at the corners, and was varying shades of blue. Over her nose where the two sides met, there was a crescent moon, yellow that was orange at the tips, which was the same type of moon that adorned the foreheads of the Dark Moon Family. She was wearing a gypsy style top, baring her flat stomach, and has a small crescent moon upon it. She wore a dark purple mini skirt, and knee high blue boots that spiked at the top. On her hands were purple wrist length glove, which were also pointed at the ends. Finally, she had a long floor length midnight blue cape, again pointed at the ends.
"And I am Skye, the Mistress of the Day, and when the Sun comes out, you're going down! And hell, even if it doesn't, we're gonna beat ya anyway, after all, we always do!" said the final female, the same height as Polaris. *Catalina, definitely* thought Mercury, looking at the girls long blonde hair. A pair of light blue butterfly wings came out from her back. She was wearing a sky blue crop top with black straps. A light blue skirt with white clouds upon it covered her streamlined legs. She wore azure blue high- heeled shoes, with a small cloud at the end of each shoe. A black choker with a lightning bolt was around her neck, and a mask that was white, with a cloud adorned with a bolt of lightning at its centre where both sides met, surrounded her bright blue eyes.
"We are Obsidian!" the five shouted. "And we're gonna send you to oblivion!"
Lee and Zabadws stepped forward, into the Scouts' line of view.
"They aren't gonna do it alone either," said Lee grimly, dropping into a fighting stance, holding a wooden stake in his hand. Zabadws gripped a silver cross and a wooden stake also.
Then Jacen walked forward and stood beside Cosmos, and the Scouts gasped. Although his upper body was as they remembered it, chestnut horses' legs now replaced his human legs.
"A centaur," said Neptune. "They're just a myth, aren't they?" she whispered.
Suddenly aware that the air in the bubble was being drained, Obsidian leapt into action.
"Hey Nephrite," said Galaxia. "Did the Negaverse have gym classes? 'Cos if I were you, I'd pray that I was good at balancing," jumping high into the air, Galaxia waved her arms and the ground beneath Nephrites feet shook, and he fell. The bubble broke as soon as he hit the floor, and the Scouts and Tuxedo Mask ran free.
"Cosmos!" screamed Sigma. "Die!" and she leapt towards her. Cosmos disappeared in a flash of white light, and reappeared behind her. "Missed me dog face!" she laughed at Sigma. "Let's see how good you are at begging," and with that she created a beam of light that hit Sigma full on, and pushed her to the other side of the school's yard.
The forces of the Negaverse were in disarray.
Lee and Zabadws were fighting vampires, standing back to back. Every other minute or so, Lee or Zabadws would drive a stake into the heart of one of the vampires, and the vile creature would explode in a haze of dust.
Infernia aimed a low kick at one of the demons, and tripped it up. Then she created a cage of fire that surrounded the demon, and increased the intensity of the fire. The demon screamed but Infernia did not relent. Suddenly, the creature incinerated, leaving nothing behind but charred bones.
Taking to the air, Infernia began throwing fireballs towards the werewolves, who yelped whenever she hit them.
Jacen was armed with a stake, and he would never stray far from Cosmos, and would protect her, kicking down and then staking any vampires that got in her way.
Meanwhile, Polaris and Skye were teaming up on the youma. Skye summoned a powerful wind that lifted the youma high into the air, and Polaris summoned bolts of lightning to strike them down.
Stamping her foot, Anne hastily created another dark portal, and youma streamed out. "All vampires retreat immediately!" she ordered. Jordan held her sword menacingly, and lunged at Sailor Neptune, who just managed to dodge the blade.
"Neptune!" screamed Sailor Uranus, and ran toward her.
"You bitch," she said to Jordan. "You're gonna pay for that," and she lunged at Jordan with the Space Sword. The two weapons collided, and the two women were engaged in a ferocious sword fight.
Saffire looked around the remains of the school. The attacks of the Scouts and Obsidian had weakened the troops greatly. Anne had recalled the vampires and had replaced them with youma. *More expendable," he thought inwardly. He caught a glimpse of Sailor Venus attacking a demon, and he rushed to confront her.
"Venus Meteor Shower!" screamed Venus, and a hail of light pelted the demon, hurting it. "Why don't these demon guys die on the first go?" she moaned.
"Need a hand?" asked a familiar voice. Polaris floated next to Venus, and with a wave of her hand, icy cold wind circled the demon. She increased the coldness, and in a few minutes, the creature was nothing more than a gruesome ice statue.
"Thanks," smiled Venus.
"Venus, I believe we have a score to settle," said Saffire. He stood about a metre away from her, hatred reflecting in his eyes.
"Who's he?" asked Polaris.
"Long story," sighed Venus.
Then, the two girls were winded as Sailor Jupiter was flung into them.
"Sorry," gasped Jupiter.
"Give us a warning next time," said Polaris.
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"Pluto Dead Scream!" said Sailor Pluto, aiming for a demon that was creeping up on Infernia.
"Thanks, Pluto," said Infernia. "Now let me return the favour, duck!" and from her outstretched hand, a thin line of fire blazed towards a vampire behind Pluto.
"That makes us even," said Pluto.
"So it does," said Infernia, grinning.
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"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" shouted Sailor Mercury. The vampire that had been pursuing her stopped, unable to see her in the mist the attack created.
The creature stumbled forward, blindly, and was staked by Zabadws.
"Amy," he said quietly. "Take this," and he handed her a stake.
"So you know who I am then?" she asked.
"Yes, it was our intention to find the Scouts. We have information that you'll find useful. And, I'm guessing you know who Obsidian are, yes?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"Stay close, don't use your full range of attacks, and try not to get killed," he said.
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"Round and round the werewolves go," sang Skye, as the small whirlwind she had created picked up werewolves and tossed them out randomly.
"One by one they fall down low," she carried on.
"Their girls are bitches but they act like whores,"
"Standing on the corner by the high street stores," she finished.
Sailor Mars stared at the girl.
"Interesting, - Mars Fire Ignite! - song," she said.
"Thanks," said Skye, and then she stopped the whirlwind. She grimaced as the werewolves fell to the floor. Mars watched them too.
"Ouch," she commented, brushing back her raven hair.
"Hell yeah," agreed Skye.
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"Who's leading them?" asked Sailor Moon. "Is Anne their leader?"
Cosmos hovered a few feet off the ground.
"If you mean of this attack, then, yeah, it's most likely Anne," she said.
"Where is she?" asked Tuxedo Mask.
"Don't know," said Jacen. "If you're gonna try to kill her, good luck," he added.
"Why?" asked Sailor Moon.
"We've tried god knows how many times," said Cosmos. "And they've all failed."
"Oh," said Sailor Moon.
A large demon, not Vespen, this one was slightly smaller, leapt at Sailor Moon and Cosmos.
The two girls let loose their attacks, Cosmos, the beam of light she had used before, and Sailor Moon,
"Moon Sceptre, Elimination!"
The demon crumbled into nothingness.
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"We need to regroup," said Sigma to Nephrite, nursing her arm.
"How can we? The only one of us that has access to the portals is Anne," he answered her. He moaned and rubbed his head.
"That Galaxia really took the fight out of me," he said.
"Everything was going so well until Obsidian showed up," grumbled Sigma.
"Do you think we should find the others?" asked Nephrite.
"Let's go. I ain't waiting for them, or even worse, Obsidian or the Sailor Shits to find me," and Sigma set off, holding her arm close to her body. Nephrite followed.
"Vespen!" screamed Sigma. "Get over here now!"
"What?" he asked, eyes darting around, making sure none of the Scouts or Obsidian were approaching.
"Have you seen Anne? We need to get outta here fast!" said Sigma.
"No, not since she ordered the vampires to retreat and replaced them with these youma," he answered. "You don't think she's left us here to die, do you?" he asked.
"Would she Sigma?" said Nephrite.
"Under any other circumstance, she would, but she's had orders not to leave any of us behind," said Sigma. "Where's Jordan?"
"Fighting the one called Sailor Uranus," said Vespen.
"And Saffire?"
"Seeking the one called Venus, to get revenge," answered Vespen.
"We have to find them, make sure they're alive, and then we need Anne or else we'll all die," said Sigma.
"Should we split up?" asked Nephrite.
"No, it'll be too easy for Obsidian and the Scouts to corner us," said Sigma.
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Venus and Saffire were engaged in a vicious war of their own. Polaris did her best to help Venus by destroying anything that tried to attack her, but let Venus face Saffire alone.
"This is for Emerald!" Saffire shouted, and shot a beam of pure negative energy towards Venus. There was no way she could dodge it in time.
However, Polaris summoned a wind powerful enough to push Venus away from the beam, and also to divert the beam itself into a group of demons, who were vaporised.
"Polaris, behind you!" screamed Venus. Polaris turned around and was kicked backwards by Anne.
Anne stood over Polaris, smiling.
"I've waited for a moment like this ever since I first saw Obsidian rise again," she said. She raised her sword, but before she could kill Polaris, Saffire stopped her.
"What?!?" said Anne.
"Don't kill her, she knows Prince Diamond, and anyway our orders were to take them alive if possible," said Saffire.
"Our orders were to take them dead or alive, and in this case I feel that it's impossible. And remember, your brother is also working for our ruler, not the other way round," hissed Anne.
"I don't know anyone called Diamond, or even a Prince, but if you don't wanna kill me, that's fine by me! On the other hand, I don't really give a damn whether I hurt you or not," said Polaris, who kicked Anne's legs and made her fall.
Venus ran to help her up, and then the two stood side by side.
"Anne! Saffire!" shouted Sigma.
The two looked at each other, then Anne said, "We will deal with them another time, let's go!"
The two ran towards Sigma, Nephrite and Vespen.
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"What?" demanded Anne.
"We need to get outta here!" said Sigma.
"Unless you really want all of us to die," added Nephrite.
"Fine," said Anne. "Get Jordan."
"We can't," answered Nephrite. "She's fighting Sailor Uranus."
"She'll come when I'm through with her," said Anne. Anne closed her eyes, and telepathically ordered Jordan to find her other compatriots.
"How can she do that?" asked Nephrite.
"All vampires have limited telepathic powers, some can even wipe peoples' memories," said Sigma. "And they can change into bats, wolves and mist at will. Still don't like the sunshine though," she smirked.
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Jordan parried another of Sailor Uranus's blows, then she spun around and leapt away.
"We'll finish this next time," she called back.
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"Yes Anne?" Jordan asked.
"We're leaving, now," said Anne.
Anne opened another portal, and motioned for the others to go through it. Looking behind her before she stepped through, she issued an order of retreat for the werewolves and demons. She commanded the youma to attack. *After all, no one will miss them,* she thought, and then she walked through the portal, followed by werewolves and demons.
When the last one stepped through, the portal closed, leaving the youma to face certain death.
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"C'mon, there's only youma left!" shouted Sailor Moon, rallying the Scouts.
They regrouped as did Obsidian, and demolished the rest of the youma within several minutes.
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The last youma died at the hands of Sailor Jupiter. Then, the Scouts and Obsidian detransformed, and Jacen resumed his human appearance then they stood in silence, for a few moments.
"We have some explaining to do," said Zabadws, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
"Come back to the Temple," said Raye. "You can all stay there tonight, including you guys," she said to the Scouts.
They walked quietly, leaving the school behind.
"Guess we won't have school tomorrow," said Serena.
"Guess not," agreed Lita.
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From a distance, the man watched, his face hidden by shadows. He smiled, and left for his hotel.
Enter Obsidian, Stage Left.
The Scouts looked up towards the voice.
Eight forms stood there, standing side by side. "Who are they?" said Nephrite.
"Obsidian," snarled Sigma, crouching in her wolf form.
"The ever present thorn in our sides," snarled Anne.
"Shame it isn't a stake through your black heart," said someone from the ranks of Obsidian.
"Not everyone seems to know us, so let us introduce ourselves- we can sack our P.R agent later. I am Cosmos, the Angel of Time, and tonight, I'm gonna be kicking your ass," said Cosmos. She had a pair of pure white Angel wings sprouting from her back, and was wearing a pair of navy hotpants with small twisting clocks on it. She was also wearing a navy top that bared her mid riff and had a star set on it, surrounded by circular lines. Topping off her ensemble were a pair of thigh high white boots, with a black zigzag running down the centre of each boot.
*I know her* thought Mercury, who then said to the other Scouts, "It's Charisma. Cosmos is Charisma."
"I am Galaxia, the Spirit Princess, and you aren't gonna getaway with anything now that we're here to send you packing," said a young woman dressed in thigh high red boots with pink hearts decorating them. She too wore a pair of hotpants, this time red in colour, and a blue cross stitched onto it. She also wore a red top that again, showed her midriff, but had a large pink heart on its front. Hanging from her back was a short orange cape, which reached no further than her upper back. A flute was strapped to her leg, and a heart was tattooed upon her right cheek. She was wearing pink shades that hid her eyes, but Mercury knew that the girl was Jasmine.
"I am Infernia, the Fire Maiden! Try playing with this match and you'll get turned into toast!" shouted the shortest, a girl with aqua green hair in a bun, but had some of it let down, falling to the girl's shoulders. Black fingerless gloves reached to her upper arms, and a flame coloured strapless top covered her chest. A yellow cape covered her upper back. Her toned stomach was on display, and a flame coloured mini skirt covered the upper part of her legs. She wore a mask over her eyes, and the mask looked like flames billowing from her eyes. Finally, the girl's thigh high boots were black, yellow, orange and red, and looked as if her legs were surrounded by fire. Mercury guessed that it was Hope- Infernia had the same attitude, and was the same height.
"I am Polaris, the Mistress of the Night! Darkness holds no fear for me, and my power should make my foes quail in terror!" shouted the tallest female, who had long blonde hair complete with purple streaks. *Kalista* thought Mercury. She too wore a mask, which was pointed at the corners, and was varying shades of blue. Over her nose where the two sides met, there was a crescent moon, yellow that was orange at the tips, which was the same type of moon that adorned the foreheads of the Dark Moon Family. She was wearing a gypsy style top, baring her flat stomach, and has a small crescent moon upon it. She wore a dark purple mini skirt, and knee high blue boots that spiked at the top. On her hands were purple wrist length glove, which were also pointed at the ends. Finally, she had a long floor length midnight blue cape, again pointed at the ends.
"And I am Skye, the Mistress of the Day, and when the Sun comes out, you're going down! And hell, even if it doesn't, we're gonna beat ya anyway, after all, we always do!" said the final female, the same height as Polaris. *Catalina, definitely* thought Mercury, looking at the girls long blonde hair. A pair of light blue butterfly wings came out from her back. She was wearing a sky blue crop top with black straps. A light blue skirt with white clouds upon it covered her streamlined legs. She wore azure blue high- heeled shoes, with a small cloud at the end of each shoe. A black choker with a lightning bolt was around her neck, and a mask that was white, with a cloud adorned with a bolt of lightning at its centre where both sides met, surrounded her bright blue eyes.
"We are Obsidian!" the five shouted. "And we're gonna send you to oblivion!"
Lee and Zabadws stepped forward, into the Scouts' line of view.
"They aren't gonna do it alone either," said Lee grimly, dropping into a fighting stance, holding a wooden stake in his hand. Zabadws gripped a silver cross and a wooden stake also.
Then Jacen walked forward and stood beside Cosmos, and the Scouts gasped. Although his upper body was as they remembered it, chestnut horses' legs now replaced his human legs.
"A centaur," said Neptune. "They're just a myth, aren't they?" she whispered.
Suddenly aware that the air in the bubble was being drained, Obsidian leapt into action.
"Hey Nephrite," said Galaxia. "Did the Negaverse have gym classes? 'Cos if I were you, I'd pray that I was good at balancing," jumping high into the air, Galaxia waved her arms and the ground beneath Nephrites feet shook, and he fell. The bubble broke as soon as he hit the floor, and the Scouts and Tuxedo Mask ran free.
"Cosmos!" screamed Sigma. "Die!" and she leapt towards her. Cosmos disappeared in a flash of white light, and reappeared behind her. "Missed me dog face!" she laughed at Sigma. "Let's see how good you are at begging," and with that she created a beam of light that hit Sigma full on, and pushed her to the other side of the school's yard.
The forces of the Negaverse were in disarray.
Lee and Zabadws were fighting vampires, standing back to back. Every other minute or so, Lee or Zabadws would drive a stake into the heart of one of the vampires, and the vile creature would explode in a haze of dust.
Infernia aimed a low kick at one of the demons, and tripped it up. Then she created a cage of fire that surrounded the demon, and increased the intensity of the fire. The demon screamed but Infernia did not relent. Suddenly, the creature incinerated, leaving nothing behind but charred bones.
Taking to the air, Infernia began throwing fireballs towards the werewolves, who yelped whenever she hit them.
Jacen was armed with a stake, and he would never stray far from Cosmos, and would protect her, kicking down and then staking any vampires that got in her way.
Meanwhile, Polaris and Skye were teaming up on the youma. Skye summoned a powerful wind that lifted the youma high into the air, and Polaris summoned bolts of lightning to strike them down.
Stamping her foot, Anne hastily created another dark portal, and youma streamed out. "All vampires retreat immediately!" she ordered. Jordan held her sword menacingly, and lunged at Sailor Neptune, who just managed to dodge the blade.
"Neptune!" screamed Sailor Uranus, and ran toward her.
"You bitch," she said to Jordan. "You're gonna pay for that," and she lunged at Jordan with the Space Sword. The two weapons collided, and the two women were engaged in a ferocious sword fight.
Saffire looked around the remains of the school. The attacks of the Scouts and Obsidian had weakened the troops greatly. Anne had recalled the vampires and had replaced them with youma. *More expendable," he thought inwardly. He caught a glimpse of Sailor Venus attacking a demon, and he rushed to confront her.
"Venus Meteor Shower!" screamed Venus, and a hail of light pelted the demon, hurting it. "Why don't these demon guys die on the first go?" she moaned.
"Need a hand?" asked a familiar voice. Polaris floated next to Venus, and with a wave of her hand, icy cold wind circled the demon. She increased the coldness, and in a few minutes, the creature was nothing more than a gruesome ice statue.
"Thanks," smiled Venus.
"Venus, I believe we have a score to settle," said Saffire. He stood about a metre away from her, hatred reflecting in his eyes.
"Who's he?" asked Polaris.
"Long story," sighed Venus.
Then, the two girls were winded as Sailor Jupiter was flung into them.
"Sorry," gasped Jupiter.
"Give us a warning next time," said Polaris.
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"Pluto Dead Scream!" said Sailor Pluto, aiming for a demon that was creeping up on Infernia.
"Thanks, Pluto," said Infernia. "Now let me return the favour, duck!" and from her outstretched hand, a thin line of fire blazed towards a vampire behind Pluto.
"That makes us even," said Pluto.
"So it does," said Infernia, grinning.
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"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" shouted Sailor Mercury. The vampire that had been pursuing her stopped, unable to see her in the mist the attack created.
The creature stumbled forward, blindly, and was staked by Zabadws.
"Amy," he said quietly. "Take this," and he handed her a stake.
"So you know who I am then?" she asked.
"Yes, it was our intention to find the Scouts. We have information that you'll find useful. And, I'm guessing you know who Obsidian are, yes?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"Stay close, don't use your full range of attacks, and try not to get killed," he said.
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"Round and round the werewolves go," sang Skye, as the small whirlwind she had created picked up werewolves and tossed them out randomly.
"One by one they fall down low," she carried on.
"Their girls are bitches but they act like whores,"
"Standing on the corner by the high street stores," she finished.
Sailor Mars stared at the girl.
"Interesting, - Mars Fire Ignite! - song," she said.
"Thanks," said Skye, and then she stopped the whirlwind. She grimaced as the werewolves fell to the floor. Mars watched them too.
"Ouch," she commented, brushing back her raven hair.
"Hell yeah," agreed Skye.
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"Who's leading them?" asked Sailor Moon. "Is Anne their leader?"
Cosmos hovered a few feet off the ground.
"If you mean of this attack, then, yeah, it's most likely Anne," she said.
"Where is she?" asked Tuxedo Mask.
"Don't know," said Jacen. "If you're gonna try to kill her, good luck," he added.
"Why?" asked Sailor Moon.
"We've tried god knows how many times," said Cosmos. "And they've all failed."
"Oh," said Sailor Moon.
A large demon, not Vespen, this one was slightly smaller, leapt at Sailor Moon and Cosmos.
The two girls let loose their attacks, Cosmos, the beam of light she had used before, and Sailor Moon,
"Moon Sceptre, Elimination!"
The demon crumbled into nothingness.
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"We need to regroup," said Sigma to Nephrite, nursing her arm.
"How can we? The only one of us that has access to the portals is Anne," he answered her. He moaned and rubbed his head.
"That Galaxia really took the fight out of me," he said.
"Everything was going so well until Obsidian showed up," grumbled Sigma.
"Do you think we should find the others?" asked Nephrite.
"Let's go. I ain't waiting for them, or even worse, Obsidian or the Sailor Shits to find me," and Sigma set off, holding her arm close to her body. Nephrite followed.
"Vespen!" screamed Sigma. "Get over here now!"
"What?" he asked, eyes darting around, making sure none of the Scouts or Obsidian were approaching.
"Have you seen Anne? We need to get outta here fast!" said Sigma.
"No, not since she ordered the vampires to retreat and replaced them with these youma," he answered. "You don't think she's left us here to die, do you?" he asked.
"Would she Sigma?" said Nephrite.
"Under any other circumstance, she would, but she's had orders not to leave any of us behind," said Sigma. "Where's Jordan?"
"Fighting the one called Sailor Uranus," said Vespen.
"And Saffire?"
"Seeking the one called Venus, to get revenge," answered Vespen.
"We have to find them, make sure they're alive, and then we need Anne or else we'll all die," said Sigma.
"Should we split up?" asked Nephrite.
"No, it'll be too easy for Obsidian and the Scouts to corner us," said Sigma.
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Venus and Saffire were engaged in a vicious war of their own. Polaris did her best to help Venus by destroying anything that tried to attack her, but let Venus face Saffire alone.
"This is for Emerald!" Saffire shouted, and shot a beam of pure negative energy towards Venus. There was no way she could dodge it in time.
However, Polaris summoned a wind powerful enough to push Venus away from the beam, and also to divert the beam itself into a group of demons, who were vaporised.
"Polaris, behind you!" screamed Venus. Polaris turned around and was kicked backwards by Anne.
Anne stood over Polaris, smiling.
"I've waited for a moment like this ever since I first saw Obsidian rise again," she said. She raised her sword, but before she could kill Polaris, Saffire stopped her.
"What?!?" said Anne.
"Don't kill her, she knows Prince Diamond, and anyway our orders were to take them alive if possible," said Saffire.
"Our orders were to take them dead or alive, and in this case I feel that it's impossible. And remember, your brother is also working for our ruler, not the other way round," hissed Anne.
"I don't know anyone called Diamond, or even a Prince, but if you don't wanna kill me, that's fine by me! On the other hand, I don't really give a damn whether I hurt you or not," said Polaris, who kicked Anne's legs and made her fall.
Venus ran to help her up, and then the two stood side by side.
"Anne! Saffire!" shouted Sigma.
The two looked at each other, then Anne said, "We will deal with them another time, let's go!"
The two ran towards Sigma, Nephrite and Vespen.
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"What?" demanded Anne.
"We need to get outta here!" said Sigma.
"Unless you really want all of us to die," added Nephrite.
"Fine," said Anne. "Get Jordan."
"We can't," answered Nephrite. "She's fighting Sailor Uranus."
"She'll come when I'm through with her," said Anne. Anne closed her eyes, and telepathically ordered Jordan to find her other compatriots.
"How can she do that?" asked Nephrite.
"All vampires have limited telepathic powers, some can even wipe peoples' memories," said Sigma. "And they can change into bats, wolves and mist at will. Still don't like the sunshine though," she smirked.
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Jordan parried another of Sailor Uranus's blows, then she spun around and leapt away.
"We'll finish this next time," she called back.
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"Yes Anne?" Jordan asked.
"We're leaving, now," said Anne.
Anne opened another portal, and motioned for the others to go through it. Looking behind her before she stepped through, she issued an order of retreat for the werewolves and demons. She commanded the youma to attack. *After all, no one will miss them,* she thought, and then she walked through the portal, followed by werewolves and demons.
When the last one stepped through, the portal closed, leaving the youma to face certain death.
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"C'mon, there's only youma left!" shouted Sailor Moon, rallying the Scouts.
They regrouped as did Obsidian, and demolished the rest of the youma within several minutes.
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The last youma died at the hands of Sailor Jupiter. Then, the Scouts and Obsidian detransformed, and Jacen resumed his human appearance then they stood in silence, for a few moments.
"We have some explaining to do," said Zabadws, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
"Come back to the Temple," said Raye. "You can all stay there tonight, including you guys," she said to the Scouts.
They walked quietly, leaving the school behind.
"Guess we won't have school tomorrow," said Serena.
"Guess not," agreed Lita.
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From a distance, the man watched, his face hidden by shadows. He smiled, and left for his hotel.