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The Mystical Warriors, Part 12

***The Final Battle Takes Place***

Serena and the other 8 Mystical Warriors approached the doors to Beryl's castle cautiously.

"Be careful you guys, she could have youmas placed to surprise us," Serena whispered,

looking up at the castle that loomed over her.

"Duh, Serena," Raye said. They stopped in front of the doors and looked up. The doors by

themselves were about 20 feet tall with a picture of a skull inside a circle in the middle

of the two doors.

"Who wants to ring the doorbell?" Serena asked nervously, trying to make a joke to lighten

the situation. She put her hand to the door and suddenly the doors slowly swung open on

their own accord, like someone was expecting them. The thought of that scared the Mystical

Warriors. "Well somebody must be home," Serena said as the walked into the castle.

All of the sudden, they heard an evil laugh that rang through the castle. "Hello, Mystical

Warriors. I hope you like my castle. You'll be staying here a long time. Long enough to

die! If you can find your way to me, you can try and fight me, but I don't know how far

you'll get. Good luck . . . " Queen Beryl's laugh still echoed throughout the castle,

filling them with a sudden feeling of fear and panic. Serena stepped forward and said, "We

have to find her. I guess that won't be too. . . AHHH!" In an instant, Serena was gone,

disappeared. "SERENA!" they all called out. But, it was too late; she had disappeared.

"Oh, I knew we never should have come here!" Michelle said, "It was foolish to risk our

Princess's life like that. It should have been one of us instead."

"Michelle, there's nothing you could have done. All we can do now is look for her," Alex

said and they split up into groups of two to look for their lost leader.

***

Raye and Ami wandered down an empty corridor, looking for Serena. "Raye, do you think we'll

find her?" Ami asked.

"Yes, I do believe we'll find her."

"Why?" Ami couldn't find it in herself to be optimistic at that moment.

"Because good always conquers over evil in the end. And Serena will be found. She has to

be."

"Oh. Hey Raye, do you remember what we were talking about before Alex and Michelle showed

up?"

"Yeah, um, what was it? Oh yeah, 'King Sage' and 'King Rowen'. Yeah, see, I remember.

What about them?"

"Do you think they've been reborn?"

"I don't know. What about you?"

"I think they've been reborn. And I think we'll meet them in this lifetime."

"I hope so."

"Raye, what do you think 'King Sage' will look like?"

"I honestly don't know what he'll look like. But I had this dream that I was with him, but

I couldn't see him clearly. The only thing I could make out were his eyes."

"And what did they look like?"

"They were light purple, almost like a lavender color. They were very pretty."

"Purple, like your eyes."

"Yes, except mine are dark purple, kind of like the color of Heather's armor. You know Ami?

I can't imagine you with anyone who doesn't have blue hair like yours."

"Right, and where am I supposed to find a guy that has blue hair? I don't think that exists

anywhere else but in me."

"Maybe this 'King Rowen' has blue hair."

"Sure, Raye, whatever you say. When that happens, I'll pay you 20 bucks. (AN: remember

this bet :)"

"Do you promise?"

"Yes, I promise." Raye smiled mischievously and looked at Ami.

"Good, because I think you just may meet a guy with blue hair. Just call it a feeling. But

now we need to concentrate on finding Serena."

"Right, Raye," Ami said, not believing Raye. And they searched the rest of the time in

silence.

***

"Do you think we'll ever get out of here, Mina?" Lita asked as they turned a corner, finding

themselves in another empty hallway.

"Yeah, I hope so. There are too many things I want to do before I die, so we better get out

of here."

"Like what?"

"Huh?" Mina asked.

"What kind of things do you want to do before you die? Just to pass the time."

"Well, I want to meet my soul mate and fall madly in love with him and get married. What

about you, do you think you have a soul mate?"

"Yes, I even know who he is, even though I've never met him."

"Who is it? And how do you know who he is, even though you haven't met him?"

"Ok, remember when Celia was explaining the story about the Ronin Warriors and she named off

the 5 young kings?"

"Um, yeah? What about it?"

"Well, when she mentioned 'King Kento of the Hardrock', I got this tingle through out my

body. It's like I knew that I would meet this guy. You must think that's silly."

"Actually I had the same thing happen when she mentioned 'King Cye of the Torrent'. It's

like I knew too. It's weird, huh?"

"Yeah, all I can say is this 'King Kento' better like food, because that's my thing."

"Lita, I'm sure he does." They walked for a few moments in silence before Lita said, "I

want to get out of here."

"So do I, but we have to find Serena. Who knows what could have happened to her."

"I hate to think about what could have happened to her. She must be scared," Lita said.

"Yeah, I hope she's alright." Then a worried silence fell over the two.

***

"Do you ever wish that you hadn't become a Mystical Warrior, Alex?" Michelle asked Alex as

they took a break from searching the castle, both of them leaning against the walls of a

hallway.

"What? No. I like it. I like the action."

"But did you ever stop to think of the damage we could do?"

"Michelle, I think you worry too much."

"I'm not worrying, just speculating."

"Do you regret ever becoming a Mystical Warrior, Michelle?"

"No, actually I don't. I like knowing that we can save people using our powers and that we

destroy evil, making the world a safe place to live."

"That sounded like an ending to a cheesy superhero show."

"So what if it sounded cheesy? It's true! Don't you like saving the world from the forces

of darkness?"

"Yeah, I do. Hey Michelle, do you think we'll be able to save Serena?"

"For the sake of this planet, I hope we do." Giving each other looks, they started walking

again, searching for their fallen princess, knowing that if they didn't find her, that the

world, even the universe, didn't have a chance.

***

"Come on, where is she?" Heather whined as she and Celia searched the castle.

"Heather, calm down. We'll find her soon."

"Celia, I can feel her pain. It's not physical. Or at least not yet. Her soul is in some

kind of torment."

"Well complaining won't let you help her any faster."

"Why is it that you always treat me like a child? I may be 12, but I have the power to help

people, heal people. If anything, I'm not a child," Heather said annoyed, scowling up at

Celia, who wasn't looking at her. Celia turned around and gave Heather a stern look.

"Because, when you pull temper-tantrums like that, you let everyone know how old you are.

You may look older, but sometimes when you speak, you let everyone know you're not as old as

you look."

"Yeah, but I still wish you wouldn't treat me like a child"

"I only treat you like what you are. The older you get, the more I'll treat you like an

adult."

***

Serena woke up in a cold, dark room on her stomach. In her right hand was her staff. She

groaned as she slowly sat up. Her head felt like it was going to explode and she felt like

she could sleep for a month. "So, you finally decided to wake up. I was wondering if I was

going to have to do it myself."

"What do you want Beryl?" Serena had never seen Beryl, but she knew that the woman standing

in front of her with fiery red hair and an evil smirk was indeed the queen of the Negaverse

that they had been fighting.

"Your life of course. Now, SHUT UP!" Serena screamed as energy flooded through her body.

It felt like every nerve in her body was on fire and she couldn't breathe; it was like her

body wouldn't listen to her and would only concentrate on the pain. When the torture

stopped, she was holding her arm to her stomach, trying desperately to breathe. Queen Beryl

walked up to her and said, "Had enough? Well too bad!" Serena only had enough time to take

a deep breath before she screamed once more as the pain flooded her body again.

***

Raye and Ami were walking along when suddenly they heard a distant scream. They looked at

each other and whispered, "Serena!" both of them knowing that the scream came from Serena.

"We have to do something, Raye!"

"I know Ami, but what can we do to help her? I don't think we can get to her in time."

"We can send her our power to help her make the armor of the Cosmos, okay?" The Mystical

Warriors all agreed that in the event that something should happen, that they were give

their power to Serena to form the Armor of the Cosmos. Raye and Ami figured that if they

could hear the scream, then everyone else could too and they would send their power to

Serena as well.

"Right." Raye and Ami centered themselves and sent their power to Serena, hoping that it

would get to her time.

***

When Serena's scream reached Lita and Mina, Lita was so mad that she punched the corridor

wall. "We need to find her!" Lita exclaimed.

"But we don't know how to get her, Lita!"

"Then what do we do?"

"I think that we should give her our power to make the armor of the Cosmos."

"That's a great idea!" Mina and Lita concentrated and sent their power to Serena, feeling a

loss as their power left them.

***

Serena's scream reached Michelle and Alex and Michelle gasped. "Michelle, we have to

something! That was Serena!" Alex yelled.

"I know, but there's no way to find her or get to her, but I know what we can do."

"What?"

"We can send her our power so she can make the Armor of the Cosmos."

"Ok, I'll do it," Alex said, ready to give up her power for Serena. Michelle and Alex

calmed down and gave up their power for Serena, silently praying for her safety.

***

Heather felt Serena's pain, even before she heard the scream. "Celia! They're hurting

her!"

"Who's hurting Serena, Heather!" Celia demanded; she needed to know what was happening to

Serena.

"Queen Beryl! She's torturing her! We have to help her."

"Calm down. Let's send her the power of our armors." Heather nodded and together, they let

their powers go so they could aid Serena. "Let's just hope that the others did the same

thing," Celia said sadly.

***

Serena felt the pain stop for a second time and spent her time during the absence of pain

trying to breathe. "I hope you're enjoying this as much as I am. I… What?" Beryl stopped

speaking as different colored lights flew into Serena's crystal and engulfed her in a ball

of light. "What's going on?" Beryl asked sounding almost scared. The light faded and

Serena was there in front of her, standing up, and wearing the armor of the Cosmos.

When Serena felt the power of her friends rush into her, she couldn't have been more

relieved. The power of the Armor of the Cosmos rejuvenated her and made her feel strong

again. She picked up her staff and looked Beryl straight in the eye. "You are going to

die, you bitch!" Serena stood the staff on the ground and extracted the crystal out of it's

holding. Light began to gather inside of it as she raised her arms above her head, the

crystal floating between her two hands.

The light that had gathered inside the crystal shot towards Beryl, surrounding her in a ball

of light, steadily growing brighter and brighter. Serena suddenly cried "SUPERNOVA STRIKE!"

and the light surrounding Queen Beryl exploded, killing Beryl instantly, and destroying the

castle as well. Beryl never even had time to scream. When the light died down, there was

nothing left but rubble. Serena stood there, breathing heavily. "I got you. I finally got

you. And now, it's over," she said weakly. Then suddenly, everything went black.

***

Serena woke up in her bed in Celia's house. As soon as she opened her eyes, she found 8

very worried people hovering over her. Her eyes opened wide and she shot up, only to

realize that her head hurt and she had to lie back down again. "What happened? Why am I

back at home?" she croaked. Her voice sounded like it hadn't been used in a week. "Take it

easy, you've been sleeping for three days," Raye said.

"Yeah, I guess using the armor of the Cosmos twice in one day was too much for you, huh?"

Lita said.

"You mean, I've been sleeping for three days? How did I get back here?"

"Well," Celia started, "After you used you power on Beryl and destroyed the castle, all we

had to do to find you was walk in the direction of the light that destroyed the castle. We

all found you at about the same time. You were in your sub-armor and you had fainted. Ami

easily found another portal back into our world and we all took turns carrying you back. It

only took us a few hours to get back.

"When we arrived home, we put you straight to bed, even though we couldn't get you to

detransform out of your sub-armor. You've been sleeping for three days and now you're

awake. You must be hungry and thirsty. Let me go get you something to eat. I'll be right

back." The other girls talked to her while Celia went and got her food. When Celia came

back she shooed everyone out, saying that Serena needed her rest. Serena smiled at Celia as

she closed the door behind her. Looking at the tray of food Celia brought her, Serena

gobbled it down without even tasting it. She laid herself back down on her pillow and fell

promptly asleep, happy to still be alive.