Just a plan
Author: Poly
Authors note:
Review responses.
Shane, don't worry too much. Just because I'm completing 'Just a Plan'
doesn't mean there wont be a sequel or some side story's in the future.
Dogbertcarroll, does she even own a red shirt?
ranger5, 'catty heritage' will get some more chapters in the near future.
Don't worry.
Daniel Kim, I have my pre readers to thank for that. Couldn't do this
whiteout them.
ShadowBakaSama, LOL. That would have been fun. Another time perhaps.
Adorable Akane, this is a Ranma-in-fuku fic. I realy don't want to see male
Ranma in that outfit.
Disclaimer:
What do you mean they're not mine! Are you sure?
PART XIX
End game part 1
"They are coming."
Twack!
"Auwch! What did you do that for?!"
"Would you stop quoting those 'Lord of the Rings' lines! Your driving us all
nuts."
"I like those movies. Stop bugging me."
"Grrrr. Just get going. The Senshi are coming and we have to be
prepared."
"I know. Wish me luck."
"Whatever, red. Just get going."
* * *
Six girls dressed in sailor type fuku were perched on top of a building.
They were looking at a large building across the streets. The large dark
windows stared back at them.
"It looks scary. Do we have to go in there?" Sailor Moon whined.
"How are we supposed to get in?" The neo Senshi, Sailor Sapphire, asked.
"I still have this." Moon flashed the credit card from Setsuna. The other
Senshi looked at her with trepidation.
"How is that going to help? Are you going to pay your way in?"
Mars frowned. "How did you get a hold of Setsuna's credit card anyway?"
Moon just shrugged and pointed at Sapphire. "She had it."
Sailor Sapphire raised her hands defensively. "I don't know how I got it. I
just pulled it from my subspace pocket." She looked thoughtful for a
moment. "Must be the same place where all those girls pull their mallets
from. I have to ask Akane once I'm back." She mumbled drawing
confusing stares from the others.
"Let's just go." Jupiter said and jumped down to the street. The others
followed shortly after her.
As the six of them approached one of the side doors of the building, Mars
turned to Sailor Moon. "Now what do you want to do?" She asked.
"Uhm." Moon hesitated for a moment. "I saw this in a movie once." She
started to fiddle with the lock on the door with the credit card.
Sapphire just shook her head. "That's never going to work. It only works
with simple locks. I should know." She contemplated for a moment. "This
is a mission to save the world, right? Let me handle it."
The redhead stepped forward and motioned for the others to stand back.
Calming herself she slowly pulled back her hand. A brief glow appeared
around her and then she struck forward. With a loud crack the door to the
toy store broke open.
"That was rather rash." Mercury said. "I'm not scanning any alarms going
off though. This is most peculiar."
* * *
Pluto opened her eyes. The time for action had come. The Senshi started
to emit a slight glow when she redirected her stolen energy reserve in the
direction she wanted. If everything would go according to plan, the barrier
that held her captive would collapse in a very short time.
Her escape plan was rather simple. After all, the simplest plan had the
least chance of failure. She used the energy like a 'crowbar' to start a
crack in the shield. The natural pressure of the shield would do the rest.
* * *
The six girls proceeded carefully into the dark building. Mercury had her
computer on stand by, scanning the interior for any hostilities. The hall
they entered was dark and foreboding.
"I think we're in a store hall." Venus said.
"It's scary." Sailor Moon softly whispered.
The large hall was filled with boxes of all types and sizes and racks holding
all kinds of toys. The only light sources were what light that would filter
through the small windows high up in the wall.
A soft beeping sound startled the group. "It's just me." Mercury assured
them. "I'm detecting some faint traces of energy on the far side of this
store room.
"Lets progress carefully and check it out." Sapphire proposed.
The others agreed and the six of them silently made there way between
the large store racks.
"I think I see something." Venus whispered.
At the far end of the room they could see a faint red glow. Mercury
frowned a little when she scanned the area.
"I'm detecting energy readings, but they are different from the monsters
we fought. It's as if this energy reading is only a part of the usual matrix
but far stronger than what I have detected before."
"Does anybody hear that sound?" Mars softly asked.
The others came to a halt and listened. They could faintly hear the sound
of something.
"I think its getting closer." Jupiter said.
"Eek!" Sapphire shrieked and promptly clasped her hands over her mouth
because she couldn't believe she screamed so girlishly just because she
felt something brush her foot.
Mars was about to ask what was wrong when she felt something strange
touch her ankle. "Ack!" She exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Sapphire had summoned a small ball of Ki hovering above an
outstretched palm to illuminate the area. "What the.?" She said baffled as
she looked at what had caused the commotion. Walking on the floor
around their feet were dozens of toy soldiers.
Sailor Moon blinked and then smiled. "They are cute!" She gushed. She
picked one up and looked at it closer. When she looked at the face
though, she shrieked and dropped the toy. "They have scary eyes!" She
wailed.
As if that was a signal, all the toy soldiers suddenly stopped moving and
turned to stare at them. "This is getting scary." Venus said.
"I think we should just stomp them." Sapphire suggested. "They're
obviously possessed or something, although I can't see why they would be
a threat though."
At those words the eyes of the toy soldiers began to glow red and all
around them in the dark, glowing eyes began to appear until there were
hundreds and hundreds of them.
"I think you made them mad." Jupiter said.
"I think a strategic retreat is in order." Mercury suggested.
The others slowly nodded and inched away slowly. The toy soldiers
seemed to have other ideas though. As if an inaudible command was
issued, they surged forward and the girls were swarmed by the little toys.
Moon was dodging like crazy but it was no use: there were just too many.
A dozen toy soldiers had grabbed her long ponytails and were pulling her
down. The others were not fairing better either.
Venus was jumping around because she got constantly poked in her legs
by the little buggers. Mars and Jupiter were trying to swat away and
stomp as many soldiers as they could. Sapphire wasn't fairing better
either. She was currently helping up Mercury who was almost dog-piled by
the incoming swarm.
"This is not good." Jupiter shouted while stomping on a toy soldier while
swatting away a couple of soldiers that were clinging to her bow.
"Keep them busy for a moment!" Mars replied. "I have an idea." She
quickly took a couple of steps back giving her some room to maneuver.
"Mars, flame sniper!" A bow and arrow made of flames appeared in her
hands. She did not fire it, just held it at the ready. She grinned when she
noticed the reaction of the toy soldiers. They were slowly backing away.
The others sighed in relief when the assault seemed to back off. They
regrouped around Mars.
"Why are they backing away now?" Sapphire asked.
Mars grinned triumphantly in return. "They are toy soldiers made out of
plastic. Heat melts plastic. The rest of you better get going. I'll hold them
off."
"Are you sure Mars?" Moon asked, concerned.
Sailor mars nodded. "Don't worry. I'll be fine."
The others made their way to a nearby door while Mars coffered covered
their retreat. When everybody had gone through, Mars closed it behind
them and turned towards the enemy with determination in her eyes.
* * *
Kraboom!
With one last thunderous sound the prison finally collapsed. With her eyes
closed, Pluto draws a deep breath as if breathing free for the first time. In
a way she was. She laughed loudly and free when she once again had
access to her guardian powers.
Taking a firm grasp on the time staff, she walked briskly towards the time
gate.
"Let's see where this nuisance originated." She muttered to herself. Her
eyes seemed to glow with determination as she watched events unfold.
Then she smiled. The smile would have sent any living soul running for its
life.
"Your mine now." The guardian of time said with a cold voice. Summoning
a portal, she stepped through.
* * *
Five girls looked around nervously. They had emerged in the display hall
of the toy store.
"Do you think Mars will be alright?" Sailor Moon asked softly.
"She'll be fine." Jupiter assured her. "She can handle herself."
Sapphire nodded in agreement. "Let's get going. The sooner that we
defeat this enemy, the sooner Mars will be safe."
"I'm detecting two signatures in that direction." Mercury pointed into the
dark bowels of the store isles.
Hesitantly, the five of them sneaked forward, every one of them on alert
for anything unusual.
"Ack!" Sapphire exclaimed.
This made the others almost jump in the air. Looking around, they
searched for an enemy and were somewhat puzzled when they didn't see
anything.
"What was that all about?" Jupiter asked.
With some dismay, Sapphire pointed to a display stand nearby while
mumbling to herself. "This is not good. No. Not good at all."
" They're cute!" Venus gushed and promptly grabbed one of the dolls on
display.
Sapphire hung her head and groaned. "I can't believe they turned me into
an action figure."
"I think it's cute" Venus squealed.
Sapphire sighed. "Let's just go."
The five of them continued their progress between the various display
stands full of toys. They walked passed the stuffed bunnies and the Barbie
doll collection, and through the techno toys section and around the
coloring contest display the store apparently set up.
Squish.
"Yuck." Venus said. "I think I stepped in something nasty." She lifted her
boot to see what she had stepped in. There was some slimy green
florescent substance hanging from her heel.
"Eeeeuhw. What is that stuff?" Venus asked, disgusted.
"Monster vomit." Moon said with a flat voice.
"You mean some monster got sick here?" Venus said with huge eyes. "We
must be getting closer to the enemy."
The rest of the group just groaned. "It's not real monster vomit." Moon
explained. "They sell the stuff in tin cans for kids to play with. Believe me.
I know. Just be glad you don't have a younger brother."
Venus just sweatdropped and laughed awkwardly. " Heh-heh. I knew
that."
The sound of something falling drew their attention to one of the nearby
displays. A single can of monster vomit had dropped to the ground and
was rolling towards them. It stopped as it hit Sailor Moon's boot. She
picked it up and looked at the bright green wrap around the can.
"You see Venus. It's just…" She trailed off when she turned around to
speak to the blonde.
"Where did she go?" Sapphire said, puzzled as she and the others looked
around for the Senshi of love. Sapphire was a little irked that Venus could
have disappeared so suddenly when her attention had been drawn away
only for a second.
"Help! Can any anybody down there give me a hand?" A small voice came
from above.
The four girls looked up higher and higher and were startled to see a big
blob of green ooze sticking to the ceiling. There seemed to be a dozen
tentacles of the same substance sticking out of the blob. They were
swaying lazily through the air without making a sound.
Venus was squarely in the middle of this. A couple of tentacles had
rendered her helpless. She struggled in vain to loosen their grip.
"That is one disgusting looking blob." Sapphire commented.
The blob probably took offence at that comment and its tentacles lashed
out, traight for the remaining girls.
* * *
END PART XIX
Additional authors note:
The next chapter should arrive as fast as this one. I know a lot of people
are going to be disappointed when I have posted all the remaining
chapters. All good things come to an end though.
Author: Poly
Authors note:
Review responses.
Shane, don't worry too much. Just because I'm completing 'Just a Plan'
doesn't mean there wont be a sequel or some side story's in the future.
Dogbertcarroll, does she even own a red shirt?
ranger5, 'catty heritage' will get some more chapters in the near future.
Don't worry.
Daniel Kim, I have my pre readers to thank for that. Couldn't do this
whiteout them.
ShadowBakaSama, LOL. That would have been fun. Another time perhaps.
Adorable Akane, this is a Ranma-in-fuku fic. I realy don't want to see male
Ranma in that outfit.
Disclaimer:
What do you mean they're not mine! Are you sure?
PART XIX
End game part 1
"They are coming."
Twack!
"Auwch! What did you do that for?!"
"Would you stop quoting those 'Lord of the Rings' lines! Your driving us all
nuts."
"I like those movies. Stop bugging me."
"Grrrr. Just get going. The Senshi are coming and we have to be
prepared."
"I know. Wish me luck."
"Whatever, red. Just get going."
* * *
Six girls dressed in sailor type fuku were perched on top of a building.
They were looking at a large building across the streets. The large dark
windows stared back at them.
"It looks scary. Do we have to go in there?" Sailor Moon whined.
"How are we supposed to get in?" The neo Senshi, Sailor Sapphire, asked.
"I still have this." Moon flashed the credit card from Setsuna. The other
Senshi looked at her with trepidation.
"How is that going to help? Are you going to pay your way in?"
Mars frowned. "How did you get a hold of Setsuna's credit card anyway?"
Moon just shrugged and pointed at Sapphire. "She had it."
Sailor Sapphire raised her hands defensively. "I don't know how I got it. I
just pulled it from my subspace pocket." She looked thoughtful for a
moment. "Must be the same place where all those girls pull their mallets
from. I have to ask Akane once I'm back." She mumbled drawing
confusing stares from the others.
"Let's just go." Jupiter said and jumped down to the street. The others
followed shortly after her.
As the six of them approached one of the side doors of the building, Mars
turned to Sailor Moon. "Now what do you want to do?" She asked.
"Uhm." Moon hesitated for a moment. "I saw this in a movie once." She
started to fiddle with the lock on the door with the credit card.
Sapphire just shook her head. "That's never going to work. It only works
with simple locks. I should know." She contemplated for a moment. "This
is a mission to save the world, right? Let me handle it."
The redhead stepped forward and motioned for the others to stand back.
Calming herself she slowly pulled back her hand. A brief glow appeared
around her and then she struck forward. With a loud crack the door to the
toy store broke open.
"That was rather rash." Mercury said. "I'm not scanning any alarms going
off though. This is most peculiar."
* * *
Pluto opened her eyes. The time for action had come. The Senshi started
to emit a slight glow when she redirected her stolen energy reserve in the
direction she wanted. If everything would go according to plan, the barrier
that held her captive would collapse in a very short time.
Her escape plan was rather simple. After all, the simplest plan had the
least chance of failure. She used the energy like a 'crowbar' to start a
crack in the shield. The natural pressure of the shield would do the rest.
* * *
The six girls proceeded carefully into the dark building. Mercury had her
computer on stand by, scanning the interior for any hostilities. The hall
they entered was dark and foreboding.
"I think we're in a store hall." Venus said.
"It's scary." Sailor Moon softly whispered.
The large hall was filled with boxes of all types and sizes and racks holding
all kinds of toys. The only light sources were what light that would filter
through the small windows high up in the wall.
A soft beeping sound startled the group. "It's just me." Mercury assured
them. "I'm detecting some faint traces of energy on the far side of this
store room.
"Lets progress carefully and check it out." Sapphire proposed.
The others agreed and the six of them silently made there way between
the large store racks.
"I think I see something." Venus whispered.
At the far end of the room they could see a faint red glow. Mercury
frowned a little when she scanned the area.
"I'm detecting energy readings, but they are different from the monsters
we fought. It's as if this energy reading is only a part of the usual matrix
but far stronger than what I have detected before."
"Does anybody hear that sound?" Mars softly asked.
The others came to a halt and listened. They could faintly hear the sound
of something.
"I think its getting closer." Jupiter said.
"Eek!" Sapphire shrieked and promptly clasped her hands over her mouth
because she couldn't believe she screamed so girlishly just because she
felt something brush her foot.
Mars was about to ask what was wrong when she felt something strange
touch her ankle. "Ack!" She exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Sapphire had summoned a small ball of Ki hovering above an
outstretched palm to illuminate the area. "What the.?" She said baffled as
she looked at what had caused the commotion. Walking on the floor
around their feet were dozens of toy soldiers.
Sailor Moon blinked and then smiled. "They are cute!" She gushed. She
picked one up and looked at it closer. When she looked at the face
though, she shrieked and dropped the toy. "They have scary eyes!" She
wailed.
As if that was a signal, all the toy soldiers suddenly stopped moving and
turned to stare at them. "This is getting scary." Venus said.
"I think we should just stomp them." Sapphire suggested. "They're
obviously possessed or something, although I can't see why they would be
a threat though."
At those words the eyes of the toy soldiers began to glow red and all
around them in the dark, glowing eyes began to appear until there were
hundreds and hundreds of them.
"I think you made them mad." Jupiter said.
"I think a strategic retreat is in order." Mercury suggested.
The others slowly nodded and inched away slowly. The toy soldiers
seemed to have other ideas though. As if an inaudible command was
issued, they surged forward and the girls were swarmed by the little toys.
Moon was dodging like crazy but it was no use: there were just too many.
A dozen toy soldiers had grabbed her long ponytails and were pulling her
down. The others were not fairing better either.
Venus was jumping around because she got constantly poked in her legs
by the little buggers. Mars and Jupiter were trying to swat away and
stomp as many soldiers as they could. Sapphire wasn't fairing better
either. She was currently helping up Mercury who was almost dog-piled by
the incoming swarm.
"This is not good." Jupiter shouted while stomping on a toy soldier while
swatting away a couple of soldiers that were clinging to her bow.
"Keep them busy for a moment!" Mars replied. "I have an idea." She
quickly took a couple of steps back giving her some room to maneuver.
"Mars, flame sniper!" A bow and arrow made of flames appeared in her
hands. She did not fire it, just held it at the ready. She grinned when she
noticed the reaction of the toy soldiers. They were slowly backing away.
The others sighed in relief when the assault seemed to back off. They
regrouped around Mars.
"Why are they backing away now?" Sapphire asked.
Mars grinned triumphantly in return. "They are toy soldiers made out of
plastic. Heat melts plastic. The rest of you better get going. I'll hold them
off."
"Are you sure Mars?" Moon asked, concerned.
Sailor mars nodded. "Don't worry. I'll be fine."
The others made their way to a nearby door while Mars coffered covered
their retreat. When everybody had gone through, Mars closed it behind
them and turned towards the enemy with determination in her eyes.
* * *
Kraboom!
With one last thunderous sound the prison finally collapsed. With her eyes
closed, Pluto draws a deep breath as if breathing free for the first time. In
a way she was. She laughed loudly and free when she once again had
access to her guardian powers.
Taking a firm grasp on the time staff, she walked briskly towards the time
gate.
"Let's see where this nuisance originated." She muttered to herself. Her
eyes seemed to glow with determination as she watched events unfold.
Then she smiled. The smile would have sent any living soul running for its
life.
"Your mine now." The guardian of time said with a cold voice. Summoning
a portal, she stepped through.
* * *
Five girls looked around nervously. They had emerged in the display hall
of the toy store.
"Do you think Mars will be alright?" Sailor Moon asked softly.
"She'll be fine." Jupiter assured her. "She can handle herself."
Sapphire nodded in agreement. "Let's get going. The sooner that we
defeat this enemy, the sooner Mars will be safe."
"I'm detecting two signatures in that direction." Mercury pointed into the
dark bowels of the store isles.
Hesitantly, the five of them sneaked forward, every one of them on alert
for anything unusual.
"Ack!" Sapphire exclaimed.
This made the others almost jump in the air. Looking around, they
searched for an enemy and were somewhat puzzled when they didn't see
anything.
"What was that all about?" Jupiter asked.
With some dismay, Sapphire pointed to a display stand nearby while
mumbling to herself. "This is not good. No. Not good at all."
" They're cute!" Venus gushed and promptly grabbed one of the dolls on
display.
Sapphire hung her head and groaned. "I can't believe they turned me into
an action figure."
"I think it's cute" Venus squealed.
Sapphire sighed. "Let's just go."
The five of them continued their progress between the various display
stands full of toys. They walked passed the stuffed bunnies and the Barbie
doll collection, and through the techno toys section and around the
coloring contest display the store apparently set up.
Squish.
"Yuck." Venus said. "I think I stepped in something nasty." She lifted her
boot to see what she had stepped in. There was some slimy green
florescent substance hanging from her heel.
"Eeeeuhw. What is that stuff?" Venus asked, disgusted.
"Monster vomit." Moon said with a flat voice.
"You mean some monster got sick here?" Venus said with huge eyes. "We
must be getting closer to the enemy."
The rest of the group just groaned. "It's not real monster vomit." Moon
explained. "They sell the stuff in tin cans for kids to play with. Believe me.
I know. Just be glad you don't have a younger brother."
Venus just sweatdropped and laughed awkwardly. " Heh-heh. I knew
that."
The sound of something falling drew their attention to one of the nearby
displays. A single can of monster vomit had dropped to the ground and
was rolling towards them. It stopped as it hit Sailor Moon's boot. She
picked it up and looked at the bright green wrap around the can.
"You see Venus. It's just…" She trailed off when she turned around to
speak to the blonde.
"Where did she go?" Sapphire said, puzzled as she and the others looked
around for the Senshi of love. Sapphire was a little irked that Venus could
have disappeared so suddenly when her attention had been drawn away
only for a second.
"Help! Can any anybody down there give me a hand?" A small voice came
from above.
The four girls looked up higher and higher and were startled to see a big
blob of green ooze sticking to the ceiling. There seemed to be a dozen
tentacles of the same substance sticking out of the blob. They were
swaying lazily through the air without making a sound.
Venus was squarely in the middle of this. A couple of tentacles had
rendered her helpless. She struggled in vain to loosen their grip.
"That is one disgusting looking blob." Sapphire commented.
The blob probably took offence at that comment and its tentacles lashed
out, traight for the remaining girls.
* * *
END PART XIX
Additional authors note:
The next chapter should arrive as fast as this one. I know a lot of people
are going to be disappointed when I have posted all the remaining
chapters. All good things come to an end though.
