Adventure 7: Prelude to Sailor Stars
From our last adventure........
We were at Raye's house trying to come up with an idea to get rid of the Amazon Quartet. As we all tried to come up with something Rini had the best idea of all, to challenge the Quartet to a final showdown the next night.
"We should all go home and get some sleep for our big battle.", said Amy.
"Darien you've been quiet. Anything wrong?", asked Lita.
"No. I have to be getting home myself. See all of you guys tomorrow night here.", answered Darien leaving.
"Maria, want to head home?", asked Lita.
"Yeah. Where did I put my coat?"
"It's by the door. See you later.", said Raye.
So Lita and I headed out the door and started walking home. As we were walking home I grew very concerned of Rini. The Quartet was looking for someone with a golden mirror and since Rini always talked to Pegasus she might be the one who had the golden mirror. I wanted to keep an eye on her but it was Serena's responsibility to watch her while she was here in Tokyo and to watch her as a mother.
"Lita...."
"Yeah."
"Do you think we can get rid of all four of them? And what if they have a boss that oversees them we'll have to get of that person, too."
"Don't worry about things so much. You know how strong we are as a team. We should be concentrating on entrance exams for the time being not the Quartet. Tomorrow is when you should be worried about that. When we get home you want me to fix you anything?"
"No. I'm taking a shower and going to bed."
For the rest of the way home both of us were silent. When we got home the communicators went off.
"What is it?", asked Lita.
"Looks like we'll have the chance to fight them tonight. Get to the park right away.", said Amy over the communicator.
Both of us ran out the door and ran as fast as we could to the park. When we got there the battle was already under way.
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!"
"PHEBOS CRYSTAL POWER!"
"JUPITER.....OAK EVOLUTION!"
"PHEBOS FIRE ATTACK!"
"Phebos, Jupiter you guys made it.", said Sailor Moon.
"Who's the target this time?", I asked.
"We don't know. We haven't found anyone yet.", answered Mars.
"You Sailor Pumpkins haven't figured it out yet. It's one of you who were after.", said CereCere.
"What does that mean?", asked Venus.
"Won't you stay for our show? Gremlist tie up the scouts except for the little one.", commanded CereCere.
"Oh, no it's Mini Moon! Guys we have to stop her.", I yelled.
As all of us tried to dodge the attacks but got caught anyway. All we could was watch Rini tried to get away from the CereCere.
"Now dream ball. Dream mirror corner pocket."
As Rini's mirror was coming out she saw that it indeed the golden mirror they had been looking for and grabbed it and pulled it back in.
"What?! How could she pull that mirror back in? They're not suppose to be able to do that!"
"Guys we have to get untied somehow and protect Mini Moon.", said Venus trying to break the ropes.
"Phebos staff I call upon your power."
"Great idea, Phebos. Cut the rest of us down.", said Mercury.
So I cut the scouts out. We all got in front of Rini to make sure that they wouldn't go after her again.
"Oh now isn't that cute. Girls want to help me get rid of the pumpkins?", asked CereCere.
"Alright we'll help you.", answered VesVes.
"But if you fail....", added JunJun.
"We're outta here.", finished PallaPalla.
"We're up for a final showdown. Whadda ya say?", asked Jupiter.
The battle got underway. Serena kept by Rini and the rest of us went up against the Quartet. Mars and Mercury went up against VesVes, Jupiter against CereCere, PallaPalla against Venus, and me against JunJun. As the battle got underway Serena and Rini watched from a safe distance.
"Come Phebos are you afraid to fight me?", asked JunJun.
"No, why should I be afraid of a bozo in a circus costume?"
"You're going to pay for that and for what you did back in your world!"
"Bring it on!"
"Gem Vine!"
"PHEBOS FIRE SURROUND!"
As the battles went on us scouts were getting our butts kicked. We had to recover some of our energy to attack again but the Quartet kept throwing things at us.
"You guys we don't stand a chance unless we do a combined attack.", said Venus.
"We know that but we have to find a way to get them together.", said Mercury.
"I know how to get them together. Mercury use your bubbles to confuse them a bit then each of us go after one of them.", said Mars.
"MERCURY BUBBLES........BLAST!"
"Great now we fog to deal with.", said JunJun.
It was time to get our plan underway. We each took one person to attack. We knew that we did not have much time to attack because Mercury's fog doesn't last for more than a few minutes.
"Ready scouts?", asked Jupiter.
"Yeah. MARS.........FLAME SNIPER!"
"VENUS.........LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"PHEBOS FIRE ATTACK!"
"JUPITER.......OAK EVOLUTION!"
"Where did those attacks come from?", asked CereCere.
"They cut my arm and now it hurts.", whined PallaPalla.
"We other things to worry about than a little cut.", yelled JunJun.
"Had enough?", asked Mars to the Quartet.
"Amazon Quartet.", said some strange voice.
"Oh no it's Zirconia.", said VesVes looking up.
"I've had it with your failures. Queen Nehelenia has had it with all four of you. You are no longer needed so don't bother coming back to headquarters. I'm going to get rid of you guys right now so I don't have hear about any failures."
"Who was that?", asked Sailor Moon.
"And who was that other name that person mentioned?", asked Venus.
"Mercury did you get a scan on where that transmission came from?", asked Jupiter.
"I did. It's coming from somewhere downtown. I don't know what building it's in but I'm sure we can spot it."
"Could it be that circus tent? When the circus came isn't that about the time when they appeared?", I asked.
"Yeah. Actually the problems started right after that solar eclipse a few months back. They've been here longer than we thought. How come we've never noticed that before?", asked Raye.
"We've been to preoccupied with our enemies to notice it.", added Jupiter.
"What are we going to do?", I asked.
"Maybe we should check on them. They did take a a bad blow.", answered Mercury.
"You know this is all your fault, VesVes.", yelled JunJun.
"What?! How is it my fault?"
"You're the one who got on his bad side which got him so mad in the first place.", answered CereCere.
"Will all of you be quiet because you're giving me a headache.", yelled out PallaPalla.
"About you be quiet. You didn't help in anyway of finding the golden mirror or Pegasus one bit so stay out of this.", yelled JunJun.
"What do you scouts want? We're failures just like the Trio, you happy now?", asked VesVes.
"No we're not. Who was that person in the hologram?", asked Sailor Moon.
"It's was our boss. His name is Grand Zirconia. He finally had it with all our failures because of all you scouts ruined every single plan we had.", answered CereCere.
"We didn't have a choice but to fight you because you involved innocent people which isn't fair."
"Phebos is right. You went after people who should not have been brought into this fight but you did. If you had stopped there would have been no reason to continue fighting.", added Tuxedo Mask.
"We're all willing to give you another chance but you have to trust us.", said Sailor Moon leading a hand to VesVes.
"Alright."
"Want to come over so we can talk?", asked Jupiter.
"Okay, but we must hurry. I don't think Zirconia realized he didn't kill us because he'll come back to finish this job off.", answered CereCere.
We had to undo our transformations and hurry to Lita's and my place. When we got home we all sat down in the living room. Lita, Amy, and I prepared drinks for everyone. After we passed the drinks out the room was silent for a few minutes.
"Do you think we have a chance against your boss?", I asked to break the silence.
"You guys might if you stick together. If you don't you don't really have a chance.", answered CereCere.
"Who was the lady he mentioned? Queen something or other?", asked Mina.
"Her name is Queen Nehelenia and from what us four know she is suppose to be the queen of a moon kingdom but we are not totally sure about this.", answered VesVes.
"Queen of a moon kingdom? You mean like Queen Serenity?", asked Raye.
"Well if she is a queen of a moon kingdom then she has to be pretty powerful if she is a queen, right? So we have to extra careful.", said Amy.
"Yeah of course we do but we also have Zirconia to deal with besides her. When should we leave to fight?", I asked.
"We should leave now. We can do this as a team.", answered Lita.
"You guys are better off if you transform now then when you get there.", said Luna.
"Right. JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!"
"MARS CRYSTAL POWER!"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"
"PHEBOS CRYSTAL POWER!"
"MOON COSMIC DREAM ACTION!"
"Be careful, Scouts."
"We will Artemis. You don't have to worry about us.", said Venus.
"Good luck, Small Lady.", said Diana.
"I will. You just wait here and you'll see everything will be alright.", answered Rini.
We walked downtown wondering what laid ahead in our path. When we reached the circus tent a cold wind blew. A wind that was cold and evil. We all knew that this was going to be our greatest battle we had ever had.
The Quartet unlocked the door and cautioned us to be as quiet so that we would need to battle before we got to Zirconia. We walked through the circus tent it was like a maze. We reached a room with a door and VesVes carefully opened the door. When we walked in it was the main ring of the circus but above one end.
"You guys should go hide behind the poles along the edge. Go quickly.", said VesVes.
"I don't believe you four have come back after what you did.", Zirconia said a top the pedestal
The rest of us watched from behind the poles. Who would have known that the circus was nothing but a cover up for the Quartet to invade Tokyo? We had to watch where we stood because of the torches all around the ring and should it cast any of our shadows we would be caught.
"I can't hear anything. How are we supposed to know when to attack if we're back here?", Jupiter asked over the communicator.
"Don't know but who wants to come with me to check it out at a closer distance?", I asked everyone.
"I'll come with.", answered Jupiter.
So Jupiter and I headed over closer to where the Quartet was standing. We had to be quiet because where we were if we made one wrong move Zirconia would start the fight. As we got closer both of us had to watch watch where we stepped. The rest of the scouts followed close behind us. While trying to seek up I accidentally stepped on stick that was leftover from the previous show.
"What was that?", yelled Zirconia.
"It might have just been a mouse or something like that.", answered CereCere.
"Ah mouse. I hate mice.......", Serena started to scream.
After Rini heard what Serena said they knew that she would start to scream if they didn't cover their mouths up. So Mina and Raye covered Rini and Darien and Amy got Serena. Both Lita and I looked back with some concern for us because we would be the ones who got caught first. When Jupiter and I got close enough to listen in we had a lot of concern over whether we could be seen or not.
"Jupiter, we have to attack sometime soon but what happens if we injure the quartet in some way?"
"That's a risk we have to take inn order to ensure a bright future for this world."
"I heard voices that time. Amazon Quartet are you hiding something from me?"
"Of course not Zircee.", answered PallaPalla.
Over the communicator we heard, "Jupiter, Phebos watch your moves. Also watch where your shadows land because that'll give you away as well."
"Okay, Mercury.", answered Jupiter.
I wanted to get even closer than I already was so I started to get a bit closer to Zirconia.
"Phebos, what are you doing?", asked Jupiter.
"I'm getting ready for my attack."
"There is someone behind me and I think I should capture that person.", said Zirconia sending a rope after me.
"What?! Let go of me. If only I hand my staff."
"Darn it. MARS.........FLAME SNIPER!"
"Thanks Mars."
"You're almost as big of a ditz as Sailor Moon is.", said Mars.
"What does that mean, Mars?", asked Sailor Moon.
"Will you two settle this later? In case you don't remember we're in the middle of our biggest battle.", Venus yelled.
"How dare you pick on fellow scouts and the Quartet. We're the Sailor Scouts."
"And we stand for love and justice."
"I'm Sailor Moon."
"And I'm Sailor Mini Moon."
"And in the name of the moon we'll punish you."
"So you Sailor Scouts found the hideout. Quartet did you know about the other scouts begin here? Well, did you?", asked Zirconia.
"Well, what if we did?", asked back VesVes.
"If you did, all of you are going to be destroyed.", answered Zirconia.
"Come on Quartet, if we're going down we're not going down without a fight.", said CereCere.
"You're right, come on.", added VesVes.
"Let's pay the Zirc back for what he's done.", added JunJun.
"You don't know what you're getting yourselves into."
"That doesn't matter to us. We'll die with honor.", said JunJun.
All of us watch from a distance at the battle which had unfolded before our eyes. WE knew that the Quartet would not make it because Zirconia was so much stronger than the four of them put together. The battle was no more than 15 minutes long before the Quartet was on the ground with barely enough strength to get up.
"We have to help them. Even if they do die we'll know that at least we tried to help.", I said.
"Alright. Come on let's go help.", said Venus leading everyone into battle.
"We won't allow you to hurt them anymore.", said Mini Moon jumping in front of the Quartet.
"So you think you're a big shot? You scouts should not interfere with us.", said Zirconia sending blasts at all of us.
When we looked up Zirconia had finished off the Quartet. He also managed to destroy the circus tent and turned it into a chasm without a bottom.
"Now for you. The one with the golden mirror it's time to finish you off.", said Zirconia with an evil laugh.
"Rini, watch it!", yelled out Mars.
"Rini, duck down! Hurry!", I yelled.
But Rini was blasted off the cliff. Serena went to the edge, turned around and said, "I have to save my daughter from an untimely death. Even if it means my own life."
"Why would you do that?", asked Zirconia.
Serena did not answer and jumped off the cliff after Rini. We all got up and watched Serena and Rini fall and we could not do anything to help. Then from out of no where Pegasus came flying towards Serena, in her princess gown, and clashed with her to give her angel wings to save Rini. Everyone was surprised. Serena flew back up with Rini and we all went to greet them.
"I see. I will go back to the mirror never to bother you brave souls again.", said a battle worn Zirconia.
After he walked into the mirror he was destroyed and a new person came out of the mirror.
"Who is that?", asked Venus.
"I am the queen of the dark kingdom, Queen Nehelenia. There you are White Moon Princess. I've been looking for you."
"What do you mean by 'looking for'?", I asked.
"There is the other White Moon Princess. The two of you have not changed one bit since the last time I saw you."
"We have to seal her away now. If we don't who knows what she can do.", said Mercury.
"Right. Sailor Moon we have to use the Silver Crystal to seal her away. Are you up for this?", asked Darien.
"Sure. Great power of the Silver Crystal, I call upon your power to help us seal this evil away. Seal her into the darkness from which she came from. Everyone concrete your power to the Silver crystal to help seal her away."
We all consecrated our power to Sailor Moon who successfully sealed Nehelenia away for good. The solar eclipse that had started this nightmare was now over and we were free to enjoy our lives in peace once again.
"Great job Sailor Moon. Hopefully she'll stay sealed so we can get back to our normal lives.", I said walking up to Serena.
End of Sailor Moon Super S.
To be continued in Adventure 8 Sailor Stars.