Sean and Taiana silently ran towards the source of the crying. As they drew closer, they heard a woman's voice mixed in with the crying. Taiana and Sean exchanged glances as they ran. They were both thinking the same thing, that maybe the woman and the baby were the ones that had Taiana's Transformation Pen.
They ran down an alley next to the orphanage. The voices were getting closer. Suddenly, the woman's voice stopped and the baby's crying seemed muffled. Taiana and Sean stopped running. Then the woman's voice came again.
"Please my darling, hush. IF they hear us, they will capture us."
Taiana couldn't stand it anymore. She bolted out of the alleyway and into a small space behind the orphanage where she used to hide when she was younger. Huddled behind some boxes were the woman who had Taiana's Transformation Pen and her baby, both wrapped in a cloak. She drew in her breath as she heard someone enter the hiding place, then let it out when she saw it was Taiana. She jumped up, baby in hand and ran to Taiana's side.
"Taiana," the woman cried, "I thought you had been captured and taken to prison."
"I was, but I escaped," Taiana informed, "Listen, this is going to be kind of a shock, but I need my Pen."
"How do you know about the Pen?" the woman asked.
"It's a long story," Taiana told her, "and I don't have time to explain now, I need my Pen so I can transform and save the planet from the Negaverse." The woman pulled the Pen out of her cloak and handed it to Taiana.
"Thank you," Taiana said.
"We should go," Sean suggested.
"Yeah," Taiana agreed, "but I have one more question." She turned to the woman, "how do you know me?"
The woman started the answer but was cut off as a nearby pile of wood exploded. Taiana turned around and saw another Nega-monster standing behind her. Taiana turned back to the woman.
"Run!" she yelled. The woman turned to go, then stopped.
"Taiana, take this." The woman handed her a necklace with a single golden stone on it.
"What's it for?" Taiana asked.
"It will protect you," was the answer and with that, the woman ran, clutching her baby tightly. Taiana put the necklace on quickly and turned back to the monster.
"You're space dust, Nega-sleaze!" she shouted.
"Oooo, such big talk from such a little girl," the monster sneered.
"I'm not a little girl!" Taiana lifted her Pen to the sky. "Venus Light Power!" A bright light surrounded her and when it diminished, she had transformed into Neo Sailor Venus. Night Warrior was already beside her.
"Beautiful show kids."
At the sound of another voice, Neo Sailor Venus and Night Warrior looked up. Floating in the sky above them was another Nega-freak. She had purple hair and was wearing what most Nega-tramps do.
"Who are you?" Neo Sailor Venus asked.
"I am Amethyst," the woman announced.
"You're one of the Nega-drones I heard talking earlier!" Neo Sailor Venus exclaimed.
"So, Rhodonite did hear something," Amethyst commented, "Oh well, he doesn't need to know he was right." She turned back to Neo Sailor Venus adn NIght Warrior, "now back to business. Monster, take care of these two."
"With pleasure," the monster hissed, "Poison Rain!" Instantly the sky turned black and rain began to pour down. A drop struck Neo Sailor Venus and she fell to the ground.
"It's zapping my energy," she cried weakly. Night Warrior, who was protected by his cape, shot some rocks at the monster. He turned to Neo Sailor Venus.
"Use your powers!" Night Warrior yelled. She nodded and got up shakily.
"Venus Whirlwind..." Neo Sailor Venus began to spin and was soon engulfed in a tornado. From somewhere inside the tornado, she called "Blast!" and the whirlwind flew straight at the monster. The rain disappeared and the monster staggered a little. Neo Sailor Venus raised her arms to the sky.
"Venus Celestial Lightbeam!" A light beam fell from the sky and surrounded the monster, annihilating it.
"What?" Amethyst cried form her perch in the sky.
"Now it's your turn," Neo Sailor Venus shouted at her.
"This isn't over," Amethyst cried and disappeared.
"Venus power diminish." Taiana returned to her jeans and shirt.
"Night power diminish." Night Warrior turned back into Sean.
"Well, now what?" Taiana asked
"We have to find the Negaverse headquarters," Sean informed.
"How are we gonna do that?" Taiana questioned.
"We find some monsters and follow them," Sean answered.
"Okay," Taiana agreed, "we better start looking." They left the alley where they had found the woman and headed back toward the prison.
"It's the most likely place to find monsters," Sean said.
When they arrived just outside the prison, they were dismayed to find that there wasn't any monsters or Nega-nerds in sight.
"Well, now what?" Taiana inquired.
Sean shrugged. "We wait," he told her, "someone has to be guarding the prison."
"Well, if it isn't the little Sailor brat and her boyfriend."
Taiana and Sean looked up to see Amethyst and another Nega-creep hovering in the air above them. They slowly floated to the ground.
"Queen Chrysoberyl requests your audience," the other Nega-creep announced.
"Too bad," Taiana told him. She lifted her Pen to the sky. "Venus Light..."
"Stop her Rhodonite!" Amethyst shouted.
Rhodonite pointed his finger at Taiana. A stream of water spewed out and knocked the Pen from her hand. The Pen hit the ground and skidded under a nearby bush. What happened next seemed to take hours but was only seconds. Taiana dove for her pen and at the same moment Amethyst threw a ball of fire at Sean, sending him to the ground. Taiana snatched her Pen and stood up. She was immediately hit by a fireball. She fell to the ground, the wind knocked out of her. She slipped her Pen into her pocket. She was yanked to her feet roughly. She saw Sean next to her, his hands bound behind him. Her hands were jerked behind her back as well and were tied together.
"Now, as I said before," Rhodonite repeated, giving Taiana's wrist restraints an extra jerk, "Queen Chrysoberyl requests your audience. Taiana winced as the restraints bit into her wrists. "Let's go," Rhodonite ordered.
"Whatever you say, Rhodonite," Amethyst said sarcastically. As Taiana watched, everything around her except Amethyst, Sean. Rhodonite and the monster holding Sean disappeared. Everything went white for a second, then another scene came into focus.
It was a throne room.