"Crystal Tokyo will not be touched but everyone will die. Everyone that
defies him in any way." Hotaru continued to tell Rini about her vision,
"I saw the Neo Scouts and the Sailor Scouts. Everyone was dead. Then I
saw you. You were alive but you appeared to have taken over after your
mother was killed. You were queen and Matt your king."
Rini was speechless. She didn't know what to think. "Have you told anyone?"
"Only you. I don't think anyone else will believe me. Just like they didn't believe you." Hotaru said, sitting against the tree.
Rini sat next to her. "We have to figure out what they want. With or without the Neo Scouts."
"We made an agreement. We have to work with the other Neo Scouts, not against them!" Hotaru said worried.
"They attacked me twice. The first time they let me go. Why?" Rini asked Hotaru.
"What do you have that they'd want?"
"I don't know. But what will they do to get whatever they want?" Rini asked her friend, thinking about who she cared for the most.
"Your parents are too protected," Hotaru said as if she had read her friends mind, "first, by the Sailor Scouts, then by the Neo Scouts. If both of the Scouts are defeated then they have King Darien's generals." Hotaru paused. "The Neo Scouts can protect themselves. Who's left?"
"Elios!" Rini stood up and ran towards Crystal Palace. Hotaru ran after her closely.
Rini stopped when they were just outside Crystal Palace.
"Rini, if you tell your mother what happened you are going to be in even more trouble."
"I know but I have to tell someone. Who will believe me?" Rini thought for a second.
"What if we tell the Neo Scouts? We could get your brooch from your mother's room. Then set a trap for the Chaos Scouts." Hotaru suggested.
"That might work. Will they believe me though?"
"Why wouldn't they? Remember the promise. We all have to work together. If not then everyone is doomed." Hotaru looked at Rini and smiled.
"Alright, I'll go this way." Rini pointed to her left. "You go that way. Find any Neo Scout you can. Meet back at the pool."
Hotaru nodded and walked towards the right. Twenty minutes later, Hotaru sat by the pool and waited for Rini. She didn't wait long.
"Is everyone here?" Rini looked around. "Ok."
"Rini what is going on?" Ally, Sailor Neo Uranus, looked at Rini.
"It's a long story." Rini looked at the girls. Most of them were getting comfortable. "Well, do any of you believe what I say?"
The girls made sounds that told Rini yes and no.
"We all made an agreement that we would work together. Why aren't we now? Rini was attacked twice and she couldn't defend herself. Yes, twice. The second time was earlier today. The first time they let her go. Why? Rini and I think that she has something they want. What is it? I for one, don't know." Hotaru stood up.
"I didn't take the Imperial Silver Crystal. I got back late. I didn't want to wake anyone up, I had a lot on my mind, and I wasn't watching the time. Please believe me."
"We do Rini." Lara, Sailor Neo Jupiter, said truthfully as she stood up. "We talked about it after we found out that you were grounded. We believe that you didn't take the crystal and that you weren't trying to sneak back in. What we don't understand is how you could think Matt is evil."
"I was looking out the window this morning, Matt was in the garden. He touched a white rose and it died immediately. When I was sure he was gone I ran down to the garden and touched the flower. I got a vision of the future. Everyone who fought against Matt was killed. He made Rini his queen and ruled over the world." Hotaru informed the group.
The Neo Scouts looked at each other. They didn't know what to say.
"Why wouldn't have my mother sensed something evil?" Rose, Sailor Neo Mars, asked Rini.
"I don't know. Maybe she did and just thought it was the Chaos Scouts." Hotaru said when Rini couldn't come up with an answer.
Alexia, Sailor Neo Mercury, stood up. "You might be right Hotaru. Rini, if you have something they want why not just capture you?"
"That's what we can't figure out. They had me in their clutches, but let me go. Maybe it's not me they want. Maybe it's someone close to me." Rini said, looking puzzled.
"What should you have had when they captured you that you didn't?" Skylar, Sailor Neo Pluto, asked.
"I've got it!" Makayla screamed, "The first time you took the silver crystal it went inside you. If Matt tried to take it, he might think that it went inside you again. Maybe inside your brooch. Your mother always carried the Imperial Silver Crystal in her brooch or her wand. That has to be the answer."
Rini smiled. "Right, I have to get my brooch back. Then, we have to think of a plan to set a trap."
"Bait?" Maria asked, even though she didn't have to.
"Me!" Rini stood up. "We need a distraction. I have to get to my mother's room and get my brooch. Makayla, your father is the head of the guards, scream or something to get him to run to your safety. He will run faster and call more guards to save you. Rose get your mother to help you find the Chaos Scouts. I will be getting my brooch."
They girls split up. Rini went into her room with Hotaru. They sat down in Rini's pink chairs and didn't have to wait long to hear Makayla's scream and then Andrew's voice calling for all guards. Then, she heard them run down the stairs.
Rini walked quietly to her mother's room. She opened the door and stood in her mother's room trying to think. Where would she put my brooch? Rini thought to herself and then saw where her mother put her crown when she goes to bed and the box that contained her brooch when she first got it.
Rini opened the box. Her silver crescent moon brooch was sitting in it. Rini took it out of the box and walked quietly out the door. She saw Makayla sitting in a chair with her father and the other generals around her. Giving Makayla a nod, she left for her room.
"I think I am going to go to sleep. Thank you for saving me. I won't be swimming for a long time." Makayla finished, stood up, hugged her father and then walked upstairs.
After everyone went to sleep, Rini and the other Neo Scouts snuck out of the palace and met under the tree were Rini was attacked the second time.
After everyone was there, Rini started to tell them what they were doing. "Elios taught me how to open the gateway to Illusion. I think if we go there everything will be ok. If what I think is right, the Chaos Scouts have Elios, so, my parents can't call on him to let them into Illusion. When we are there, we can sleep until morning, make our plan, and come back here to execute it." Rini opened the gateway to Illusion and the Neo Scouts walked through it.
*******Crystal Palace the next morning*******
"Darien, do you think we should give Rini back her brooch? The Neo Scouts need a leader." Serena sat in her vanity chair and brushed her hair.
"I don't think we should have taken it from her to begin with. If we do give it back to her it needs to be immediately." Darien was dressed and ready for the day.
"I agree. Let me get dressed and we can give it to her then." Serena walked into her closet.
After Serena was dressed, she put on her crown. Then she opened the box that contained Rini's brooch.
"It's gone." Serena looked at Darien. "The brooch is gone."
Serena and Darien ran out of their room and into Rini's. "Rini is gone too."
"What about the other girls?" Serena looked terrified.
"Andrew!" Darien yelled for his head guard.
Andrew came running from down stairs, half asleep.
"Where is Makayla?"
"In her bed." Andrew rubbed his eyes.
"Look and make sure." Darien commanded. Andrew ran back down stairs. "Serena go look in the other bedrooms. I'll look downstairs. Ask everyone if they have seen any of the girls." Darien ran down stairs.
Andrew found Darien checking in an empty bedroom. "Sir, Makayla is not anywhere to be found. Mina says that none of the girls are in their beds."
"Thank you." Darien dismissed Andrew. "Serena!" Darien ran upstairs to find Serena on the floor. She was crying.
"There is no sign of the girls anywhere." Serena was sobbing hysterically.
Rini was speechless. She didn't know what to think. "Have you told anyone?"
"Only you. I don't think anyone else will believe me. Just like they didn't believe you." Hotaru said, sitting against the tree.
Rini sat next to her. "We have to figure out what they want. With or without the Neo Scouts."
"We made an agreement. We have to work with the other Neo Scouts, not against them!" Hotaru said worried.
"They attacked me twice. The first time they let me go. Why?" Rini asked Hotaru.
"What do you have that they'd want?"
"I don't know. But what will they do to get whatever they want?" Rini asked her friend, thinking about who she cared for the most.
"Your parents are too protected," Hotaru said as if she had read her friends mind, "first, by the Sailor Scouts, then by the Neo Scouts. If both of the Scouts are defeated then they have King Darien's generals." Hotaru paused. "The Neo Scouts can protect themselves. Who's left?"
"Elios!" Rini stood up and ran towards Crystal Palace. Hotaru ran after her closely.
Rini stopped when they were just outside Crystal Palace.
"Rini, if you tell your mother what happened you are going to be in even more trouble."
"I know but I have to tell someone. Who will believe me?" Rini thought for a second.
"What if we tell the Neo Scouts? We could get your brooch from your mother's room. Then set a trap for the Chaos Scouts." Hotaru suggested.
"That might work. Will they believe me though?"
"Why wouldn't they? Remember the promise. We all have to work together. If not then everyone is doomed." Hotaru looked at Rini and smiled.
"Alright, I'll go this way." Rini pointed to her left. "You go that way. Find any Neo Scout you can. Meet back at the pool."
Hotaru nodded and walked towards the right. Twenty minutes later, Hotaru sat by the pool and waited for Rini. She didn't wait long.
"Is everyone here?" Rini looked around. "Ok."
"Rini what is going on?" Ally, Sailor Neo Uranus, looked at Rini.
"It's a long story." Rini looked at the girls. Most of them were getting comfortable. "Well, do any of you believe what I say?"
The girls made sounds that told Rini yes and no.
"We all made an agreement that we would work together. Why aren't we now? Rini was attacked twice and she couldn't defend herself. Yes, twice. The second time was earlier today. The first time they let her go. Why? Rini and I think that she has something they want. What is it? I for one, don't know." Hotaru stood up.
"I didn't take the Imperial Silver Crystal. I got back late. I didn't want to wake anyone up, I had a lot on my mind, and I wasn't watching the time. Please believe me."
"We do Rini." Lara, Sailor Neo Jupiter, said truthfully as she stood up. "We talked about it after we found out that you were grounded. We believe that you didn't take the crystal and that you weren't trying to sneak back in. What we don't understand is how you could think Matt is evil."
"I was looking out the window this morning, Matt was in the garden. He touched a white rose and it died immediately. When I was sure he was gone I ran down to the garden and touched the flower. I got a vision of the future. Everyone who fought against Matt was killed. He made Rini his queen and ruled over the world." Hotaru informed the group.
The Neo Scouts looked at each other. They didn't know what to say.
"Why wouldn't have my mother sensed something evil?" Rose, Sailor Neo Mars, asked Rini.
"I don't know. Maybe she did and just thought it was the Chaos Scouts." Hotaru said when Rini couldn't come up with an answer.
Alexia, Sailor Neo Mercury, stood up. "You might be right Hotaru. Rini, if you have something they want why not just capture you?"
"That's what we can't figure out. They had me in their clutches, but let me go. Maybe it's not me they want. Maybe it's someone close to me." Rini said, looking puzzled.
"What should you have had when they captured you that you didn't?" Skylar, Sailor Neo Pluto, asked.
"I've got it!" Makayla screamed, "The first time you took the silver crystal it went inside you. If Matt tried to take it, he might think that it went inside you again. Maybe inside your brooch. Your mother always carried the Imperial Silver Crystal in her brooch or her wand. That has to be the answer."
Rini smiled. "Right, I have to get my brooch back. Then, we have to think of a plan to set a trap."
"Bait?" Maria asked, even though she didn't have to.
"Me!" Rini stood up. "We need a distraction. I have to get to my mother's room and get my brooch. Makayla, your father is the head of the guards, scream or something to get him to run to your safety. He will run faster and call more guards to save you. Rose get your mother to help you find the Chaos Scouts. I will be getting my brooch."
They girls split up. Rini went into her room with Hotaru. They sat down in Rini's pink chairs and didn't have to wait long to hear Makayla's scream and then Andrew's voice calling for all guards. Then, she heard them run down the stairs.
Rini walked quietly to her mother's room. She opened the door and stood in her mother's room trying to think. Where would she put my brooch? Rini thought to herself and then saw where her mother put her crown when she goes to bed and the box that contained her brooch when she first got it.
Rini opened the box. Her silver crescent moon brooch was sitting in it. Rini took it out of the box and walked quietly out the door. She saw Makayla sitting in a chair with her father and the other generals around her. Giving Makayla a nod, she left for her room.
"I think I am going to go to sleep. Thank you for saving me. I won't be swimming for a long time." Makayla finished, stood up, hugged her father and then walked upstairs.
After everyone went to sleep, Rini and the other Neo Scouts snuck out of the palace and met under the tree were Rini was attacked the second time.
After everyone was there, Rini started to tell them what they were doing. "Elios taught me how to open the gateway to Illusion. I think if we go there everything will be ok. If what I think is right, the Chaos Scouts have Elios, so, my parents can't call on him to let them into Illusion. When we are there, we can sleep until morning, make our plan, and come back here to execute it." Rini opened the gateway to Illusion and the Neo Scouts walked through it.
*******Crystal Palace the next morning*******
"Darien, do you think we should give Rini back her brooch? The Neo Scouts need a leader." Serena sat in her vanity chair and brushed her hair.
"I don't think we should have taken it from her to begin with. If we do give it back to her it needs to be immediately." Darien was dressed and ready for the day.
"I agree. Let me get dressed and we can give it to her then." Serena walked into her closet.
After Serena was dressed, she put on her crown. Then she opened the box that contained Rini's brooch.
"It's gone." Serena looked at Darien. "The brooch is gone."
Serena and Darien ran out of their room and into Rini's. "Rini is gone too."
"What about the other girls?" Serena looked terrified.
"Andrew!" Darien yelled for his head guard.
Andrew came running from down stairs, half asleep.
"Where is Makayla?"
"In her bed." Andrew rubbed his eyes.
"Look and make sure." Darien commanded. Andrew ran back down stairs. "Serena go look in the other bedrooms. I'll look downstairs. Ask everyone if they have seen any of the girls." Darien ran down stairs.
Andrew found Darien checking in an empty bedroom. "Sir, Makayla is not anywhere to be found. Mina says that none of the girls are in their beds."
"Thank you." Darien dismissed Andrew. "Serena!" Darien ran upstairs to find Serena on the floor. She was crying.
"There is no sign of the girls anywhere." Serena was sobbing hysterically.