Enigmas
Chapter one: The Crystal Palace
A young 16 year-old woman with short brown hair and tired deep green eyes continued searching the screen in front of her. Her white-gloved fingers danced along the keyboard, pausing only to run her finger over the crystal globe that acted as a mouse and moved the pointer along the screen. She wore a sailor fuku; the main coloring was white and silver, but the bows and gems in the tiara and earrings were deep amethyst.
A small sound from behind made her turn quickly, and then smile tiredly.
"Hey Emiko." She whispered to her friend who appeared through the dark doorway.
"Hello Jean, brought you some Mountain Dew (Do the Dew!)." Emiko walked over and set the small glass on the console. "How are you doing on the last preparations for the dimensional door?" Emiko asked as she looked at the screen full of writing and equations. She wore a sailor fuku similar to Jean's. No sleeves, a sailor collar that draped over the shoulders and came to a point on the chest with a large bow, a tiny mini-skirt, high- heeled boots that reached just above the knees, and long white gloves that reached to their elbows. The outfit was then topped off with a golden V- shaped tiara on their foreheads with a sparkling gem in the center, a plain fabric choker, and earrings that hung glittering from the ears with a single colored gem as the stud. All in all, the sailor fuku resembled a gymnastics- type outfit.
Emiko's was mainly gold and white, with navy blue as her secondary color.
"Almost done Emi," Jean answered, her voice ringing with excitement, "Can you believe we're finally going to go on our first mission?"
Emiko smiled and brushed a stray blond hair that had escaped her braid, her blue eyes reflecting the glow of the computer screen. She smiled in agreement.
"You should really get to bed Jean, Sailor Pluto will check over the equations and statistics and stuff in the morning. We need to sleep for our mission." Both Jean and Emiko were scouts-in-training. Each was appointed to a Sailor Guardian to be trained, though, they were trained in many things by all the Guardian Scouts. Jean was being trained by Sailor Pluto, the Keeper of Time, as Sailor Alpha. And Emiko was being trained by Sailor Mars, the Shrine Priestess and Fire Scout, as Sailor Omega. They were both orphans, and had been adopted by their mentor scouts.
"Alright, I'll go to bed." Jean said with a huge yawn. Both girls stood up and Jean saved and shut down the monitor so as not to lose any information. Then they left the room, closing the door behind them.
Awhile later, when all was quiet in the Crystal Palace, a shadow moved silently through the halls and corridors. Sailor Uranus, doing her nightly patrol, was unknowingly heading in the direction of the shadow, which had become still as soon as it sensed the woman's presence. Uranus yawned and stretched.
"Amara?" A small voice came from the darkness. Uranus tensed and peered into the darkness.
"Michelle? Is that you?" Suddenly Uranus saw the still form of Sailor Neptune, Michelle, lying on the lush carpet floor. Her aqua green hair hid her face from Amara's view.
"Amara," the form moved as if to get up, then fell with a moan, "help....me." She gasped as if in pain and Uranus ran forward."Michelle!" Amara kneeled down beside her friend, "Michelle?" She carefully picked up her friend into her arms and leaned Sailor Neptune's upper body against her arm. The woman did not respond. "Michelle?" Suddenly Neptune's eyes shot open and Uranus screamed.
"Amara!" The voice hissed, and an agonized shout arose from Sailor Uranus's throat, as her friend became a woman wearing black leather, with long black hair that had blue highlighted bangs shoved behind the ears. But the face was that of a monster, her eyes were large and shone red, large sharp fangs overlapped her bottom lip, and scars and tattoos marked her face and body.The monster woman grabbed Uranus by her hair and bit into the side of her neck. Hisses issued as she began to drain the Sailor Guardian's power. Uranus struggled weakly, gurgling as she tried to scream.Then Uranus was dropped to the ground as the lights along the hallway came on. The Sailor lay trembling on the floor, blood slowly oozing onto the carpet.
"Down there!" Suddenly the Sailor Guardians Jupiter and Venus ran down the hallway towards the attack. They were followed closely by Mercury and her scout-in-training, Sailor Nova. The monster absently wiped the blood from her mouth, and stood up. Seeing how many were coming, she decided to run and live to fight another day. So she turned on her heel and ran down the hallway, turning and twisting in a maze of corridors.
A shout from ahead made her stop and hide in a shadowed corner. From in front of her the sailor scouts Mars and Saturn came running with Neo-Queen Serenity behind them. Upon seeing the Queen, the monster's blood turned cold. This was a being with enough power to destroy her, or turn her back into the weakling human she had once been. 'I won't let that happen!' The monster thought. She saw a door, just beyond the advancing enemies, and decided to make for it. Shouts from behind told her that she still had not lost her pursuers.
"Hiss! I will destroy you!" She jumped out from the shadows and launched her attack on the surprised Guardians. "Soul Crusher!" She shouted, black energy exploded from her fingertips and it struck Sailor Saturn full force. The scout shouted in pain and crashed through the wall.
The monster woman continued running, hoping to make it past her enemies and hide inside the door."Moon Silver Cosmos Power!" Suddenly the monster stopped in her tracks in fear. She saw a brilliant white light envelope the Queen, and suddenly Sailor Cosmos was standing there, wrapped in a heavenly light, radiating power and strength. Her eyes were fierce, yet strangely kind. "Torami." she whispered the monster's name quietly, "Please let me help you." A tall staff appeared in Cosmos' hands. "I can heal you little one." A glow appeared on the top of her staff. The white rainbow scout smiled kindly, reassuringly.
The intense longing to run into the older woman's arms was strong, but Torami resisted. "No! You're evil and weak! All humans are," she spat the word 'humans' as if it was disgusting just to say it, "I will not become a weakling human again!" She ran in a panic for the door. Fire enveloped her, sending waves of pain along her body, but she crashed through the door before the white light reached her, and she slammed it closed, feeling the impact shake the ground.
She thanked the darkness for the energy she had sucked from that stupid weakling Sailor Uranus. She closed her eyes as she used the energy to heal her burns. Then she looked at the room she was in with one glance. It was fairly large and dark, a console of computers, flashing lights and buttons sat in a semi-circle around the center of the room. In the very center was a tiled area, a circle-shaped gateway sat there, a strange energy radiated from it, and Torami's sensitive senses felt it dimly. "What is this?" she thought to herself.
A blast from behind made the door explode and sent her crashing forward into the console. A small glass of liquid spilled over the computers, sending sparks into the air. The lights in the room came on and the computers bleeped into life. Torami did not notice all this happening, though, as she fearfully jumped over the console and hid behind it. The scouts walked in cautiously, three new arrivals entered as well, Sailors Pluto, Alpha, and Omega. The two scouts-in- training quickly stood beside their mentors, and guiltily took in the spilt soda.
Suddenly a loud roar started in the center of the room and all eyes turned to the gateway. The metal circle stated spinning quickly, so quickly that it soon disappeared and looked as if it wasn't moving at all. A shimmering light appeared and the energy in the room increased. Torami stared at the light in wonder. The energy she had felt grew tenfold. She now realized what was in the circle; another world! The sweet smell of prey seemed to beckon her.
"We have to stop her from entering the portal!" Sailor Pluto's voice rose above the roar as she tried to brace against the eruption of wind that threatened to knock her over. Alpha and Omega looked at each other with a nod, and leapt over the computers; right in front of Torami as she started heading for the portal.
"No you don't, you ugly Negaverse slime-ball!" Alpha shouted as she braced against the stronger winds inside the tiled area, closer to the circle.
"How dare you call me ugly!" Torami hissed. She leapt at the two girls as they jumped out of the way.
"Silver Arrow Assault!" Alpha pointed at the monster as she ran for the portal and a hail of glowing silver arrows smashed into Torami's backside. She stumbled, but continued running. Then Omega hurled herself into Torami's side and sent them both toppling to the ground. When Omega opened her eyes, Torami's face was inches from her own. The smell of blood invaded her senses as the monster woman hissed and tried to bite her. She used her arms to try and push the monster away, but the blow had knocked the air out of her and she was momentarily weakened. So, she went with her instincts.
"Phoenix Flame Tornado!" Golden flames erupted from her hand in a brilliant spiraling torrent. Torami was flung around through the air. She smashed into the wall, the ceiling, then the floor. As the golden light faded, Omega realized her mistake to late. Her attack had landed the Negaverse monster right next to the portal. The monster realized this too, and she crawled toward the spinning circle.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" The attack barely missed Torami as she flattened herself onto the floor. Then, using the last of her strength that she had stolen from Sailor Uranus, she launched herself into the portal
Chapter one: The Crystal Palace
A young 16 year-old woman with short brown hair and tired deep green eyes continued searching the screen in front of her. Her white-gloved fingers danced along the keyboard, pausing only to run her finger over the crystal globe that acted as a mouse and moved the pointer along the screen. She wore a sailor fuku; the main coloring was white and silver, but the bows and gems in the tiara and earrings were deep amethyst.
A small sound from behind made her turn quickly, and then smile tiredly.
"Hey Emiko." She whispered to her friend who appeared through the dark doorway.
"Hello Jean, brought you some Mountain Dew (Do the Dew!)." Emiko walked over and set the small glass on the console. "How are you doing on the last preparations for the dimensional door?" Emiko asked as she looked at the screen full of writing and equations. She wore a sailor fuku similar to Jean's. No sleeves, a sailor collar that draped over the shoulders and came to a point on the chest with a large bow, a tiny mini-skirt, high- heeled boots that reached just above the knees, and long white gloves that reached to their elbows. The outfit was then topped off with a golden V- shaped tiara on their foreheads with a sparkling gem in the center, a plain fabric choker, and earrings that hung glittering from the ears with a single colored gem as the stud. All in all, the sailor fuku resembled a gymnastics- type outfit.
Emiko's was mainly gold and white, with navy blue as her secondary color.
"Almost done Emi," Jean answered, her voice ringing with excitement, "Can you believe we're finally going to go on our first mission?"
Emiko smiled and brushed a stray blond hair that had escaped her braid, her blue eyes reflecting the glow of the computer screen. She smiled in agreement.
"You should really get to bed Jean, Sailor Pluto will check over the equations and statistics and stuff in the morning. We need to sleep for our mission." Both Jean and Emiko were scouts-in-training. Each was appointed to a Sailor Guardian to be trained, though, they were trained in many things by all the Guardian Scouts. Jean was being trained by Sailor Pluto, the Keeper of Time, as Sailor Alpha. And Emiko was being trained by Sailor Mars, the Shrine Priestess and Fire Scout, as Sailor Omega. They were both orphans, and had been adopted by their mentor scouts.
"Alright, I'll go to bed." Jean said with a huge yawn. Both girls stood up and Jean saved and shut down the monitor so as not to lose any information. Then they left the room, closing the door behind them.
Awhile later, when all was quiet in the Crystal Palace, a shadow moved silently through the halls and corridors. Sailor Uranus, doing her nightly patrol, was unknowingly heading in the direction of the shadow, which had become still as soon as it sensed the woman's presence. Uranus yawned and stretched.
"Amara?" A small voice came from the darkness. Uranus tensed and peered into the darkness.
"Michelle? Is that you?" Suddenly Uranus saw the still form of Sailor Neptune, Michelle, lying on the lush carpet floor. Her aqua green hair hid her face from Amara's view.
"Amara," the form moved as if to get up, then fell with a moan, "help....me." She gasped as if in pain and Uranus ran forward."Michelle!" Amara kneeled down beside her friend, "Michelle?" She carefully picked up her friend into her arms and leaned Sailor Neptune's upper body against her arm. The woman did not respond. "Michelle?" Suddenly Neptune's eyes shot open and Uranus screamed.
"Amara!" The voice hissed, and an agonized shout arose from Sailor Uranus's throat, as her friend became a woman wearing black leather, with long black hair that had blue highlighted bangs shoved behind the ears. But the face was that of a monster, her eyes were large and shone red, large sharp fangs overlapped her bottom lip, and scars and tattoos marked her face and body.The monster woman grabbed Uranus by her hair and bit into the side of her neck. Hisses issued as she began to drain the Sailor Guardian's power. Uranus struggled weakly, gurgling as she tried to scream.Then Uranus was dropped to the ground as the lights along the hallway came on. The Sailor lay trembling on the floor, blood slowly oozing onto the carpet.
"Down there!" Suddenly the Sailor Guardians Jupiter and Venus ran down the hallway towards the attack. They were followed closely by Mercury and her scout-in-training, Sailor Nova. The monster absently wiped the blood from her mouth, and stood up. Seeing how many were coming, she decided to run and live to fight another day. So she turned on her heel and ran down the hallway, turning and twisting in a maze of corridors.
A shout from ahead made her stop and hide in a shadowed corner. From in front of her the sailor scouts Mars and Saturn came running with Neo-Queen Serenity behind them. Upon seeing the Queen, the monster's blood turned cold. This was a being with enough power to destroy her, or turn her back into the weakling human she had once been. 'I won't let that happen!' The monster thought. She saw a door, just beyond the advancing enemies, and decided to make for it. Shouts from behind told her that she still had not lost her pursuers.
"Hiss! I will destroy you!" She jumped out from the shadows and launched her attack on the surprised Guardians. "Soul Crusher!" She shouted, black energy exploded from her fingertips and it struck Sailor Saturn full force. The scout shouted in pain and crashed through the wall.
The monster woman continued running, hoping to make it past her enemies and hide inside the door."Moon Silver Cosmos Power!" Suddenly the monster stopped in her tracks in fear. She saw a brilliant white light envelope the Queen, and suddenly Sailor Cosmos was standing there, wrapped in a heavenly light, radiating power and strength. Her eyes were fierce, yet strangely kind. "Torami." she whispered the monster's name quietly, "Please let me help you." A tall staff appeared in Cosmos' hands. "I can heal you little one." A glow appeared on the top of her staff. The white rainbow scout smiled kindly, reassuringly.
The intense longing to run into the older woman's arms was strong, but Torami resisted. "No! You're evil and weak! All humans are," she spat the word 'humans' as if it was disgusting just to say it, "I will not become a weakling human again!" She ran in a panic for the door. Fire enveloped her, sending waves of pain along her body, but she crashed through the door before the white light reached her, and she slammed it closed, feeling the impact shake the ground.
She thanked the darkness for the energy she had sucked from that stupid weakling Sailor Uranus. She closed her eyes as she used the energy to heal her burns. Then she looked at the room she was in with one glance. It was fairly large and dark, a console of computers, flashing lights and buttons sat in a semi-circle around the center of the room. In the very center was a tiled area, a circle-shaped gateway sat there, a strange energy radiated from it, and Torami's sensitive senses felt it dimly. "What is this?" she thought to herself.
A blast from behind made the door explode and sent her crashing forward into the console. A small glass of liquid spilled over the computers, sending sparks into the air. The lights in the room came on and the computers bleeped into life. Torami did not notice all this happening, though, as she fearfully jumped over the console and hid behind it. The scouts walked in cautiously, three new arrivals entered as well, Sailors Pluto, Alpha, and Omega. The two scouts-in- training quickly stood beside their mentors, and guiltily took in the spilt soda.
Suddenly a loud roar started in the center of the room and all eyes turned to the gateway. The metal circle stated spinning quickly, so quickly that it soon disappeared and looked as if it wasn't moving at all. A shimmering light appeared and the energy in the room increased. Torami stared at the light in wonder. The energy she had felt grew tenfold. She now realized what was in the circle; another world! The sweet smell of prey seemed to beckon her.
"We have to stop her from entering the portal!" Sailor Pluto's voice rose above the roar as she tried to brace against the eruption of wind that threatened to knock her over. Alpha and Omega looked at each other with a nod, and leapt over the computers; right in front of Torami as she started heading for the portal.
"No you don't, you ugly Negaverse slime-ball!" Alpha shouted as she braced against the stronger winds inside the tiled area, closer to the circle.
"How dare you call me ugly!" Torami hissed. She leapt at the two girls as they jumped out of the way.
"Silver Arrow Assault!" Alpha pointed at the monster as she ran for the portal and a hail of glowing silver arrows smashed into Torami's backside. She stumbled, but continued running. Then Omega hurled herself into Torami's side and sent them both toppling to the ground. When Omega opened her eyes, Torami's face was inches from her own. The smell of blood invaded her senses as the monster woman hissed and tried to bite her. She used her arms to try and push the monster away, but the blow had knocked the air out of her and she was momentarily weakened. So, she went with her instincts.
"Phoenix Flame Tornado!" Golden flames erupted from her hand in a brilliant spiraling torrent. Torami was flung around through the air. She smashed into the wall, the ceiling, then the floor. As the golden light faded, Omega realized her mistake to late. Her attack had landed the Negaverse monster right next to the portal. The monster realized this too, and she crawled toward the spinning circle.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" The attack barely missed Torami as she flattened herself onto the floor. Then, using the last of her strength that she had stolen from Sailor Uranus, she launched herself into the portal