Sailor Moon Neostars: What the Future Holds
Chapter 4: My Future, My Son
Author's Notes: For anyone who read this before I revised it, I'm really, really sorry. I somehow left of the entire first half of the chapter. Anyways here it is!!
Chapter 4 will follow Ami, Rei, and Makoto as they spend time getting to know their future son's. The pairs should be obvious; Antiny and Ami, Triston and Makoto, and Damien and Mars finally get the same chance Usagi and Chibiusa did. I do kind of feel sorry for Minako though . . .
Oh, in case you hadn't figured it out yet, the 20th century Senshi know Usagi and Mamoru's daughter as Chibiusa. Her friends call her Small Lady, because in the Sailor Moon R episode where Chibiusa is trapped in her dreams, she reveals that people in the future call her that. Her parents call her "Usa" short for Usagi. I simply don't think they still call her Chibiusa in the future. I hope that clears up any Chibiusa/Small Lady/Usa name confusion.
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Shortly after Chibiusa and her friends finished conversing with their parents, the group decided to split up. It was decided the Chibiusa would hypnotize Usagi's parents, as usual, and continue her charade as the Tsukino's cousin. Since Makoto had her own apartment, she insisted it would be no problem for Triston to move in for a few days. Rei felt sure she could convince Grandpa to let Damien stay at the Shrine. Ami's mother, of course, would have to be hypnotized into allowing Antiny to stay as a visiting cousin.
Makoto and Triston, Rei and Damien were the first to leave. Chibiusa left with Ami and Antiny to do her hypnotizing act, while Usagi and Minako decided to finish the forgotten shopping trip together. Michiru pulled Haruka out the door with the pretense they had some important "personal" matters to discuss. (Hmm. I wonder if that little girl counts as a "personal matter"?) Hotaru was the last to leave as of yet unsure of her plans for the day.
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*Antiny, Ami, and Chibiusa*
Exiting the apartment building, Antiny, Ami, and Chibiusa start on their way to Mitzuno residence. Ami and Antiny walk silently. Antiny looks around curiously at the primitive community, while wondering what his 20th century mother is thinking about him right now. Ami watches her future son silently unsure of what to say. Unaware of the tension between her two friends, Chibiusa grins grabbing Antiny by the arm. "Huh?" Antiny jerks startled out of his thoughts, then laughs. "Small Lady, you are such a little kid."
"Am not." She shoves him playfully.
"Why do you not act like this around, Triston?"
Chibiusa blushed. "Because, he'll think I'm just a little kid."
"Ah, I see. So, you are trying to impress him are you?" Antiny grinned teasingly. Chibiusa blushed even deeper. "I think our Princess has gotten herself a little crush."
"I - I DO NOT! I just - I just get sick of him and Damien teasing me all the time!!"
"Whatever you say, Princess. You know, there is a river in Egypt." Chibiusa looked at him curiously. Why the sudden change of subject? "It is known as DE Nile."
Chibiusa groaned. "I DO NOT like Triston!!" She yelled defensively.
"Oh, really?" Antiny challenged. "Now, what was that I heard you say last night?" He pretended to think about it, before clasping his hands together with a mockingly dreamy look. "Oh, if he's hurt, I'll - I'll just never forgive myself!!" Antiny grinned doing his best impersonation of her. He put his hand up to his forehead as if he were feeling faint.
"Antiny!!" Chibiusa groaned. "Cut it out!"
Antiny laughed. " You two are impossible." Ami smiled watching the two. It seemed that her son had inherited her quietness but not her shyness. She was glad for this, because her shyness really wasn't one of her favorite qualities about herself. She looked up. By this time, they had almost reached her house.
Turning off the sidewalk, Ami walked up to the door followed by Chibiusa and Antiny. Chibiusa pulled out her Luna - P in preparation. Pulling her house keys out of her pocket, Ami stuck the key in the lock turning it to the left and gently opened the door. "Mom, we're home!"
"I'm in the kitchen, Ami-chan!"
Ami walks in pulling her key out of the door. Chibiusa followed with a smile on her face, but Antiny hung back. Ami looked up at him. Ok. So, he hadn't inherited ALL of her shyness. "You ok?" She asked gently.
"Ah - of course. Why would I not be?" He flashed her a wary smile following Chibiusa into the house.
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Dr. Mitzuno turned around just as the three entered the kitchen. "Oh. Hi, Ami-chan. Who are your friends?"
Ami smiled nervously nodding for Chibiusa to do her self. Chibiusa grinned again. "Luna - P, Henshin!!" Luna-P transformed into a familiar pink umbrella and began spinning. Dr. Mitzuno starred directly into the umbrella transfixed. As Chibiusa finished, Luna - P returned to her original form. Dr. Mitzuno stared mindlessly into space.
Ami and Antiny exchanged looks. "Are you alright, Mizuno-san?" Antiny asked waving his hand in front of her face.
"Oh, Antiny. I didn't know you were coming for a visit." Antiny smiled uncertainly. Dr. Mitzuno (anyone know her first name??) pulled him into a tight hug. Antiny just stood there at first before returning the gesture. "How long will you be with us?"
"Just a couple of days, I think. I thought I'd visit with my - cousin while I was here."
"Yes, of course. Well, why don't you just go get settled in then? You know where the spare bedroom is of course?"
"I'll show him." Ami offered. "Did you want to come up too, Chibiusa?" Ami offered, though she really didn't want her to. Antiny looked back at her.
Chibiusa shook her head. "No. I'd better go tell my "cousins" I'm here for a visit."
"Why don't you take a few cookies with you on your way?" Dr. Mitzuno offered.
"Great!!" While Chibiusa stayed behind to stock up on sweets, Ami and Antiny made their way up the stairs.
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"I guess this will be your room." Once upstairs, Ami showed Antiny the extra bedroom. There was a queen-sized bed, a nightstand with a lamp and an alarm clock, a large chest-of-drawers, a TV and VCR on a stand, and a small mirror. Antiny studied the lamp curiously. "This runs on electricity?"
"Hai. Isn't that what you use in the future?"
Antiny grinned. "Only as a last resort." Ami stared at him curiosity building, but Antiny had no intension of sharing. "You know I can not tell you about the future."
"I know, but it's so frustrating."
Antiny grinned again. "You are not so much different from my mother in the future." He looked her over curiously. "Unless my calculations are off, we should not be very far away from the battle - war rather - that brought about the creation of Crystal Tokyo."
Once again, Ami's curiosity was growing. Antiny paused considering how he could ask his next question without revealing too much. "Have you - met a woman named Galaxia yet?"
"Serenity defeated Chaos a couple of months ago." Ami replied. "That was our toughest battle yet. Are you saying there is going to be another battle?"
Antiny cursed his lips. "As long as evil exist, their will always be another battle, Ami-chan - Mercury." Antiny reached into his sub-space pocket pulling out my mini-computer. He pressed a button on the bottom of the computer, and it automatically took on the form of a normal laptop. He took a deep breath. "And you can not destroy all evil. It would disrupt the balance of things. The battle with Galaxia should have taught you that."
Ami thought this over. "That is true. I wonder why I never thought of it."
Antiny laughed. "You did. You are the one who explained it to me."
Ami paused for a moment digesting this before she too laughed. "I think we just created a paradox."
As the laughter died down, Antiny opened up his laptop clicking into a well- hidden file. "What are you doing?" Ami asked curiously.
"I was just going to check on the results of the battle we just narrowly escaped."
"Hmm. Mind if I watch?"
Antiny considered it. "Well, I guess there is no real harm in it. Ok." Ami promptly found a spot next to Antiny on the side of the bed eager to see whatever she could of the future that had yet to pass.
Clicking on a file labeled "Cameras," Antiny went through different areas of Crystal Tokyo. "It seems they were unable to reach the city." Antiny commented. He opened a new file and scanned through the local hospital records. A mere handful of men had gotten caught in the crossfire. "Looks like we definitely won this battle."
Closing the above opened files, Antiny clicked on a file labeled "Dungeon."
"Dungeon?" Ami asked.
"Dungeon. Jail. Where the crooks and POW's are being kept. I just wanted to see the new POW's before I sign off." (Author's Notes: POW's are Prisoners of War for those of you who aren't familiar with the term.) Ami stared. She had been curious as to how crime would be handled in a city like Crystal Tokyo.
The screen promptly zoomed in on a long hallway with a hard floor. On either side on the hallway was a row of steel (or it could be another type of harder metal) doors, each with a small window and crossbars. A powerful energy barrier created to keep prisoners from escaping surrounded all the doors.
Antiny and Ami scanned over the different rooms. The rooms were small, but very unlike the dank dirty cells most dungeons bring to mind. Each room held two hard beds; some of the prisoners had kept the bed stacked like bunk beds, while others separated them. A sink and toilet was set off to one side, and three shelves one above the other were stuck on the wall nearby. In most of the rooms, the shelves were empty of everything save a provided pair of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a roll or two of extra toilet paper. A handful of men had set small pocket sized pictures on the shelves as well.
The POW's were almost all men under the age of 30 with rare exceptions. The ones that caught Ami's attention were the younger ones, some in their teens even. Antiny stopped his scan, on Ami's request, in a room, which held two brothers. The first looked about 19 or so; the second couldn't have been more than 14 at best. "He looks almost the same age as Triston." Antiny commented. "Why'd you have me stop?"
"Something's wrong with the younger boy. Look at him."
"Hmm?" Antiny took a second look. "Oh. I'd better warn King Endymion - sama." Typing quickly, Antiny opened an image screen, which was connected to King Endymion's communicator. *********************************************************
In the POW area at the back of Crystal Tokyo's main dungeon, two young men have recently become occupants of Room 5b, the fifth cell on the right. The first, a 19-year-old with dark purple hair and reddish-colored eyes, nervously paced the room waiting for what he knew awaited him once the Terrian Generals and their king returned.
He looked around him at the cell he and his brother had been placed in. The beds were still stacked atop one another. Basically, they hadn't touched anything since they'd arrived.
The boy's younger brother, a fourteen-year-old with purple hair and eyes, was standing next to the set of bunk beds watching his brother pace. He grimaced wiping the seat from his forehead. "Why do they have to keep it so hot in here?" He complained.
"It's not that hot." His brother stopped pacing turning to look at the younger one. "Adron, are you alright?"
Adron wiped at his forehead again. "Ye-yeah. Just hot." He shut his eyes, as the room around his grew dimmer.
"Are you sure?" Adron's older brother watched his worriedly. "You look a little pale."
"Yeah Damren, I - I." Adron grimaced again as the heat seemed to increase making him feel faint. Adron stumbled back grasping hold of the top bed. "I don't feel so good." He tried to focus, but the room only seemed to grow dimmer.
"You should lie down." Damren went over to his little brother helping him down to the lower bunk.
Adron groaned shedding his shirt in an effort to cool off. Lying back on the bed, he shut his eyes. The heat was making it hard to breath; he took in shallow rapid breaths.
Damren was at a loss for what to do but wanted to help his little brother. He knew, being a POW, he'd find no help in his capturers, and so didn't even bother calling them. Going to the sink, he can cool water over his hand. Kneeling next to the bed, he rubbed the water over his brother's forehead. "Is that better Adron?"
Adron didn't answer. His eyes were open but had a glassy look about them. The sweating had yet to cease, and his breathing seemed to come faster and shallower.
Suddenly, the door was thrown open. Damren looked up startled. It was King Endymion and two of his top generals, named Tezuku and Daverin. The first was an extremely tall, well-built brown-haired man with deep brown eyes, a stern expression, and the royal crest of Jupiter etched into his forest green armor. The second was a shorter black-haired man with intense purple eyes that locked upon their victim and seemed to pick apart their very soul. Upon his fire red armor rested the royal crest of Mars.
Rising to his feet, Damren stood protectively between his little brother and the royalty. King Endymion walked calmly foreword stopping mere feet from the boy. "Move aside." He ordered.
"Go to hell." Damren balled his fists tightly. As Endymion and his generals glared down at him, Damren came up with a daring plan. Moving forwards in a quick, swift movement, he grabbed hold of Endymion's sword. Jumping back, he held it in front of him daring them to take it from him.
King Endymion just stood there unmoved. From the bed, Adron noted the presence of the newcomer in the room, but could do nothing. HE shut his eyes as another wave of heat swept over him. General Tezuku glared dangerously at Damren getting ready to attack with his sword but General Daverin kept him back.
Endymion looked back to his generals. "Hold him back." He replied simply. Daverin looked at Tezuku.
Tezuku grinned. Drawing his sword, he came towards Damren slowly. Damren tightened his grip on the sword. Tezuku rolled his eyes; in one swift movement, he knocked the king's sword from the youth's hand. Damren numbly watched the sword as it slid across the floor.
Grabbing Damren by the wrist, General Tezuku pulled the youth's arm behind his back holding him back from the king. Gazing at Damren once more with his intense purple eyes, General Daverin walked across the room toward the fallen sword.
Picking up the sword, he tossed it to King Endymion who caught it in his right hand and recased it. Making sure the young POW was subdued, Endymion, followed by General Daverin, walked towards the boy on the bed. Adron was sweating profusely and took in shallow rapid breaths.
"No! Stay away from his, dammit!" Damren yelled trying unsuccessfully to pull away from the General's iron grip. "Leave him alone!!"
Endymion gave him one quick glance before ignoring him and tuning back to Adron. Noting the symptoms as he saw them, the diagnosis was simple. " He is hypoglycemic."
"He's what?" Daverin questioned.
"Diabetic - his blood sugar is to low. "You do not have something sweet with you do you?"
Daverin thought about it. "Will these wait?" He reached into his pocket. "I took these from my daughter earlier." In his hand, he held some hard candy. Taking a piece, Endymion unwrapped it and held it up to Adron. "Eat this." He told him. Adron eyed it nervously cursing his lips together.
"Adron, don't take it!" Damren yelled to his little brother. "It's probably poison!"
"Would you shut up?" Tezuku cursed smacking Damren upside the head.
"If I was going to kill you, I would have done it on the battlefield." Daverin pointed out with annoyance. "Now, open up." Reluctantly, Adron accepted the hard candy from Endymion.
Damren pulled harder against Tezuku desperate to get the enemy away from his little brother. General Tezuku gritted his teeth. Can't we just knock him out?"
Endymion rolled his eyes. Looking at his communicator, he pressed the first blue button. "Mercury, I need your help in the dungeon, Room 5b and bring a shot of insulin with you."
"Hai."
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Less than five minutes later, a flash of blue light grew next to Endymion, and Mercury teleported in with the shot.
"What do you think your doing? Keep that away from my brother, you blue- haired freak!!" Mercury looked back questioningly.
"Ignore him." Endymion told her.
"Hmm." Turing back to the sick youth, she prepared the shot despite protest form his older brother. "This may hurt just a bit." She told Adron who looked slightly nervous. Putting her hand over his chest, she gave the shot in his stomach. Adron winced.
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A few minutes later, Adron's breathing was almost back to normal and he'd stopped sweating. Damren was still struggling against General Tezuku but most of his strength was spent. Endymion, Mercury, and Daverin got up to leave. "Adron!" He cried out in desperation.
Endymion stopped to watch Tezuku and Damren. "Let him go." He told the general. Tezuku shrugged releasing Damren's arms. Damren, who had still been struggling, stumbled foreword.
Catching his feet, he rushed over to his brother's bedside. "Are you alright, Adron? What'd they do to you?"
Adron sat up slowly. "I - I'm fine, Onii-san. That - stuff made it easier to breath. I don't feel hot anymore." Damren starred at his brother and then at the group standing in the doorway. A look of disbelief crossed his face.
Adron looked up shyly at Endymion. "Tha-Thank you." He replied quietly. Endymion nodded. Shutting the door and locking it, Endymion, Mercury, and the generals left to return to what ever they had been doing before the emergency.
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Shutting down the open file, Antiny disconnected from the Crystal Tokyo Main Computer database. Ami was silent looking thoughtfully off into space. Antiny starred at her. "Ami-san?"
Ami blinked. "Oh, sorry."
Antiny grinned. "You spaced out. What were you think about?"
"Oh, well - " Ami blushed. Antiny eyed her curiously. "I was just wandering if either of those men was your father."
Antiny got a strange look on his face before cracking up with laughter. Ami's blush grew into an even deeper shade of red. "Gomen, Ami-san." Antiny apologized. "but the idea of my mother marrying Triston's father is just too much.
"Triston's father?"
"Hai." Antiny told her. "He was really tall one wearing the Jupiter crest." Antiny bit back another fit of laughter. "Let me put it this way. When people talk about Triston, they say he got his mother's strength and his father's temper. My father is nothing like that."
"What IS he like?"
Antiny thought about it. "He's smart - he's no genius, but he knows a lot about the world. HE loves horses, and mom thinks he'd a hopeless romantic."
"Horses?"
"Hai." Antiny stuck a DVD into a slot on his laptop and started typing something.
"What are you doing, now?"
"Copying my favorite mind games onto a 20th century DVD. Wanna play?"
"Sure." Carrying the laptop under his arm, Antiny followed Ami into her room. Plugging his computer into hers, he handed her the newly copied DVD.
"Pick a game."
"Hmm. This looks interesting."
"You will never beat me. I am a master at this."
"We'll see."
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About half-an-hour later, Ami's mother knocked on the door. "Come in."
"Are you two getting hungry? Lunch is almost ready."
"Great."
"I am starving." Shutting down the game, Ami and Antiny follow Dr. Mitzuno down the stairs.
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Author's Notes: I was very busy over Christmas Vacation, but I did manage to finish this. Hope you enjoyed it!! As always, remember to REVIEW!!!!!
Chapter 4: My Future, My Son
Author's Notes: For anyone who read this before I revised it, I'm really, really sorry. I somehow left of the entire first half of the chapter. Anyways here it is!!
Chapter 4 will follow Ami, Rei, and Makoto as they spend time getting to know their future son's. The pairs should be obvious; Antiny and Ami, Triston and Makoto, and Damien and Mars finally get the same chance Usagi and Chibiusa did. I do kind of feel sorry for Minako though . . .
Oh, in case you hadn't figured it out yet, the 20th century Senshi know Usagi and Mamoru's daughter as Chibiusa. Her friends call her Small Lady, because in the Sailor Moon R episode where Chibiusa is trapped in her dreams, she reveals that people in the future call her that. Her parents call her "Usa" short for Usagi. I simply don't think they still call her Chibiusa in the future. I hope that clears up any Chibiusa/Small Lady/Usa name confusion.
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Shortly after Chibiusa and her friends finished conversing with their parents, the group decided to split up. It was decided the Chibiusa would hypnotize Usagi's parents, as usual, and continue her charade as the Tsukino's cousin. Since Makoto had her own apartment, she insisted it would be no problem for Triston to move in for a few days. Rei felt sure she could convince Grandpa to let Damien stay at the Shrine. Ami's mother, of course, would have to be hypnotized into allowing Antiny to stay as a visiting cousin.
Makoto and Triston, Rei and Damien were the first to leave. Chibiusa left with Ami and Antiny to do her hypnotizing act, while Usagi and Minako decided to finish the forgotten shopping trip together. Michiru pulled Haruka out the door with the pretense they had some important "personal" matters to discuss. (Hmm. I wonder if that little girl counts as a "personal matter"?) Hotaru was the last to leave as of yet unsure of her plans for the day.
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*Antiny, Ami, and Chibiusa*
Exiting the apartment building, Antiny, Ami, and Chibiusa start on their way to Mitzuno residence. Ami and Antiny walk silently. Antiny looks around curiously at the primitive community, while wondering what his 20th century mother is thinking about him right now. Ami watches her future son silently unsure of what to say. Unaware of the tension between her two friends, Chibiusa grins grabbing Antiny by the arm. "Huh?" Antiny jerks startled out of his thoughts, then laughs. "Small Lady, you are such a little kid."
"Am not." She shoves him playfully.
"Why do you not act like this around, Triston?"
Chibiusa blushed. "Because, he'll think I'm just a little kid."
"Ah, I see. So, you are trying to impress him are you?" Antiny grinned teasingly. Chibiusa blushed even deeper. "I think our Princess has gotten herself a little crush."
"I - I DO NOT! I just - I just get sick of him and Damien teasing me all the time!!"
"Whatever you say, Princess. You know, there is a river in Egypt." Chibiusa looked at him curiously. Why the sudden change of subject? "It is known as DE Nile."
Chibiusa groaned. "I DO NOT like Triston!!" She yelled defensively.
"Oh, really?" Antiny challenged. "Now, what was that I heard you say last night?" He pretended to think about it, before clasping his hands together with a mockingly dreamy look. "Oh, if he's hurt, I'll - I'll just never forgive myself!!" Antiny grinned doing his best impersonation of her. He put his hand up to his forehead as if he were feeling faint.
"Antiny!!" Chibiusa groaned. "Cut it out!"
Antiny laughed. " You two are impossible." Ami smiled watching the two. It seemed that her son had inherited her quietness but not her shyness. She was glad for this, because her shyness really wasn't one of her favorite qualities about herself. She looked up. By this time, they had almost reached her house.
Turning off the sidewalk, Ami walked up to the door followed by Chibiusa and Antiny. Chibiusa pulled out her Luna - P in preparation. Pulling her house keys out of her pocket, Ami stuck the key in the lock turning it to the left and gently opened the door. "Mom, we're home!"
"I'm in the kitchen, Ami-chan!"
Ami walks in pulling her key out of the door. Chibiusa followed with a smile on her face, but Antiny hung back. Ami looked up at him. Ok. So, he hadn't inherited ALL of her shyness. "You ok?" She asked gently.
"Ah - of course. Why would I not be?" He flashed her a wary smile following Chibiusa into the house.
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Dr. Mitzuno turned around just as the three entered the kitchen. "Oh. Hi, Ami-chan. Who are your friends?"
Ami smiled nervously nodding for Chibiusa to do her self. Chibiusa grinned again. "Luna - P, Henshin!!" Luna-P transformed into a familiar pink umbrella and began spinning. Dr. Mitzuno starred directly into the umbrella transfixed. As Chibiusa finished, Luna - P returned to her original form. Dr. Mitzuno stared mindlessly into space.
Ami and Antiny exchanged looks. "Are you alright, Mizuno-san?" Antiny asked waving his hand in front of her face.
"Oh, Antiny. I didn't know you were coming for a visit." Antiny smiled uncertainly. Dr. Mitzuno (anyone know her first name??) pulled him into a tight hug. Antiny just stood there at first before returning the gesture. "How long will you be with us?"
"Just a couple of days, I think. I thought I'd visit with my - cousin while I was here."
"Yes, of course. Well, why don't you just go get settled in then? You know where the spare bedroom is of course?"
"I'll show him." Ami offered. "Did you want to come up too, Chibiusa?" Ami offered, though she really didn't want her to. Antiny looked back at her.
Chibiusa shook her head. "No. I'd better go tell my "cousins" I'm here for a visit."
"Why don't you take a few cookies with you on your way?" Dr. Mitzuno offered.
"Great!!" While Chibiusa stayed behind to stock up on sweets, Ami and Antiny made their way up the stairs.
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"I guess this will be your room." Once upstairs, Ami showed Antiny the extra bedroom. There was a queen-sized bed, a nightstand with a lamp and an alarm clock, a large chest-of-drawers, a TV and VCR on a stand, and a small mirror. Antiny studied the lamp curiously. "This runs on electricity?"
"Hai. Isn't that what you use in the future?"
Antiny grinned. "Only as a last resort." Ami stared at him curiosity building, but Antiny had no intension of sharing. "You know I can not tell you about the future."
"I know, but it's so frustrating."
Antiny grinned again. "You are not so much different from my mother in the future." He looked her over curiously. "Unless my calculations are off, we should not be very far away from the battle - war rather - that brought about the creation of Crystal Tokyo."
Once again, Ami's curiosity was growing. Antiny paused considering how he could ask his next question without revealing too much. "Have you - met a woman named Galaxia yet?"
"Serenity defeated Chaos a couple of months ago." Ami replied. "That was our toughest battle yet. Are you saying there is going to be another battle?"
Antiny cursed his lips. "As long as evil exist, their will always be another battle, Ami-chan - Mercury." Antiny reached into his sub-space pocket pulling out my mini-computer. He pressed a button on the bottom of the computer, and it automatically took on the form of a normal laptop. He took a deep breath. "And you can not destroy all evil. It would disrupt the balance of things. The battle with Galaxia should have taught you that."
Ami thought this over. "That is true. I wonder why I never thought of it."
Antiny laughed. "You did. You are the one who explained it to me."
Ami paused for a moment digesting this before she too laughed. "I think we just created a paradox."
As the laughter died down, Antiny opened up his laptop clicking into a well- hidden file. "What are you doing?" Ami asked curiously.
"I was just going to check on the results of the battle we just narrowly escaped."
"Hmm. Mind if I watch?"
Antiny considered it. "Well, I guess there is no real harm in it. Ok." Ami promptly found a spot next to Antiny on the side of the bed eager to see whatever she could of the future that had yet to pass.
Clicking on a file labeled "Cameras," Antiny went through different areas of Crystal Tokyo. "It seems they were unable to reach the city." Antiny commented. He opened a new file and scanned through the local hospital records. A mere handful of men had gotten caught in the crossfire. "Looks like we definitely won this battle."
Closing the above opened files, Antiny clicked on a file labeled "Dungeon."
"Dungeon?" Ami asked.
"Dungeon. Jail. Where the crooks and POW's are being kept. I just wanted to see the new POW's before I sign off." (Author's Notes: POW's are Prisoners of War for those of you who aren't familiar with the term.) Ami stared. She had been curious as to how crime would be handled in a city like Crystal Tokyo.
The screen promptly zoomed in on a long hallway with a hard floor. On either side on the hallway was a row of steel (or it could be another type of harder metal) doors, each with a small window and crossbars. A powerful energy barrier created to keep prisoners from escaping surrounded all the doors.
Antiny and Ami scanned over the different rooms. The rooms were small, but very unlike the dank dirty cells most dungeons bring to mind. Each room held two hard beds; some of the prisoners had kept the bed stacked like bunk beds, while others separated them. A sink and toilet was set off to one side, and three shelves one above the other were stuck on the wall nearby. In most of the rooms, the shelves were empty of everything save a provided pair of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a roll or two of extra toilet paper. A handful of men had set small pocket sized pictures on the shelves as well.
The POW's were almost all men under the age of 30 with rare exceptions. The ones that caught Ami's attention were the younger ones, some in their teens even. Antiny stopped his scan, on Ami's request, in a room, which held two brothers. The first looked about 19 or so; the second couldn't have been more than 14 at best. "He looks almost the same age as Triston." Antiny commented. "Why'd you have me stop?"
"Something's wrong with the younger boy. Look at him."
"Hmm?" Antiny took a second look. "Oh. I'd better warn King Endymion - sama." Typing quickly, Antiny opened an image screen, which was connected to King Endymion's communicator. *********************************************************
In the POW area at the back of Crystal Tokyo's main dungeon, two young men have recently become occupants of Room 5b, the fifth cell on the right. The first, a 19-year-old with dark purple hair and reddish-colored eyes, nervously paced the room waiting for what he knew awaited him once the Terrian Generals and their king returned.
He looked around him at the cell he and his brother had been placed in. The beds were still stacked atop one another. Basically, they hadn't touched anything since they'd arrived.
The boy's younger brother, a fourteen-year-old with purple hair and eyes, was standing next to the set of bunk beds watching his brother pace. He grimaced wiping the seat from his forehead. "Why do they have to keep it so hot in here?" He complained.
"It's not that hot." His brother stopped pacing turning to look at the younger one. "Adron, are you alright?"
Adron wiped at his forehead again. "Ye-yeah. Just hot." He shut his eyes, as the room around his grew dimmer.
"Are you sure?" Adron's older brother watched his worriedly. "You look a little pale."
"Yeah Damren, I - I." Adron grimaced again as the heat seemed to increase making him feel faint. Adron stumbled back grasping hold of the top bed. "I don't feel so good." He tried to focus, but the room only seemed to grow dimmer.
"You should lie down." Damren went over to his little brother helping him down to the lower bunk.
Adron groaned shedding his shirt in an effort to cool off. Lying back on the bed, he shut his eyes. The heat was making it hard to breath; he took in shallow rapid breaths.
Damren was at a loss for what to do but wanted to help his little brother. He knew, being a POW, he'd find no help in his capturers, and so didn't even bother calling them. Going to the sink, he can cool water over his hand. Kneeling next to the bed, he rubbed the water over his brother's forehead. "Is that better Adron?"
Adron didn't answer. His eyes were open but had a glassy look about them. The sweating had yet to cease, and his breathing seemed to come faster and shallower.
Suddenly, the door was thrown open. Damren looked up startled. It was King Endymion and two of his top generals, named Tezuku and Daverin. The first was an extremely tall, well-built brown-haired man with deep brown eyes, a stern expression, and the royal crest of Jupiter etched into his forest green armor. The second was a shorter black-haired man with intense purple eyes that locked upon their victim and seemed to pick apart their very soul. Upon his fire red armor rested the royal crest of Mars.
Rising to his feet, Damren stood protectively between his little brother and the royalty. King Endymion walked calmly foreword stopping mere feet from the boy. "Move aside." He ordered.
"Go to hell." Damren balled his fists tightly. As Endymion and his generals glared down at him, Damren came up with a daring plan. Moving forwards in a quick, swift movement, he grabbed hold of Endymion's sword. Jumping back, he held it in front of him daring them to take it from him.
King Endymion just stood there unmoved. From the bed, Adron noted the presence of the newcomer in the room, but could do nothing. HE shut his eyes as another wave of heat swept over him. General Tezuku glared dangerously at Damren getting ready to attack with his sword but General Daverin kept him back.
Endymion looked back to his generals. "Hold him back." He replied simply. Daverin looked at Tezuku.
Tezuku grinned. Drawing his sword, he came towards Damren slowly. Damren tightened his grip on the sword. Tezuku rolled his eyes; in one swift movement, he knocked the king's sword from the youth's hand. Damren numbly watched the sword as it slid across the floor.
Grabbing Damren by the wrist, General Tezuku pulled the youth's arm behind his back holding him back from the king. Gazing at Damren once more with his intense purple eyes, General Daverin walked across the room toward the fallen sword.
Picking up the sword, he tossed it to King Endymion who caught it in his right hand and recased it. Making sure the young POW was subdued, Endymion, followed by General Daverin, walked towards the boy on the bed. Adron was sweating profusely and took in shallow rapid breaths.
"No! Stay away from his, dammit!" Damren yelled trying unsuccessfully to pull away from the General's iron grip. "Leave him alone!!"
Endymion gave him one quick glance before ignoring him and tuning back to Adron. Noting the symptoms as he saw them, the diagnosis was simple. " He is hypoglycemic."
"He's what?" Daverin questioned.
"Diabetic - his blood sugar is to low. "You do not have something sweet with you do you?"
Daverin thought about it. "Will these wait?" He reached into his pocket. "I took these from my daughter earlier." In his hand, he held some hard candy. Taking a piece, Endymion unwrapped it and held it up to Adron. "Eat this." He told him. Adron eyed it nervously cursing his lips together.
"Adron, don't take it!" Damren yelled to his little brother. "It's probably poison!"
"Would you shut up?" Tezuku cursed smacking Damren upside the head.
"If I was going to kill you, I would have done it on the battlefield." Daverin pointed out with annoyance. "Now, open up." Reluctantly, Adron accepted the hard candy from Endymion.
Damren pulled harder against Tezuku desperate to get the enemy away from his little brother. General Tezuku gritted his teeth. Can't we just knock him out?"
Endymion rolled his eyes. Looking at his communicator, he pressed the first blue button. "Mercury, I need your help in the dungeon, Room 5b and bring a shot of insulin with you."
"Hai."
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Less than five minutes later, a flash of blue light grew next to Endymion, and Mercury teleported in with the shot.
"What do you think your doing? Keep that away from my brother, you blue- haired freak!!" Mercury looked back questioningly.
"Ignore him." Endymion told her.
"Hmm." Turing back to the sick youth, she prepared the shot despite protest form his older brother. "This may hurt just a bit." She told Adron who looked slightly nervous. Putting her hand over his chest, she gave the shot in his stomach. Adron winced.
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A few minutes later, Adron's breathing was almost back to normal and he'd stopped sweating. Damren was still struggling against General Tezuku but most of his strength was spent. Endymion, Mercury, and Daverin got up to leave. "Adron!" He cried out in desperation.
Endymion stopped to watch Tezuku and Damren. "Let him go." He told the general. Tezuku shrugged releasing Damren's arms. Damren, who had still been struggling, stumbled foreword.
Catching his feet, he rushed over to his brother's bedside. "Are you alright, Adron? What'd they do to you?"
Adron sat up slowly. "I - I'm fine, Onii-san. That - stuff made it easier to breath. I don't feel hot anymore." Damren starred at his brother and then at the group standing in the doorway. A look of disbelief crossed his face.
Adron looked up shyly at Endymion. "Tha-Thank you." He replied quietly. Endymion nodded. Shutting the door and locking it, Endymion, Mercury, and the generals left to return to what ever they had been doing before the emergency.
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Shutting down the open file, Antiny disconnected from the Crystal Tokyo Main Computer database. Ami was silent looking thoughtfully off into space. Antiny starred at her. "Ami-san?"
Ami blinked. "Oh, sorry."
Antiny grinned. "You spaced out. What were you think about?"
"Oh, well - " Ami blushed. Antiny eyed her curiously. "I was just wandering if either of those men was your father."
Antiny got a strange look on his face before cracking up with laughter. Ami's blush grew into an even deeper shade of red. "Gomen, Ami-san." Antiny apologized. "but the idea of my mother marrying Triston's father is just too much.
"Triston's father?"
"Hai." Antiny told her. "He was really tall one wearing the Jupiter crest." Antiny bit back another fit of laughter. "Let me put it this way. When people talk about Triston, they say he got his mother's strength and his father's temper. My father is nothing like that."
"What IS he like?"
Antiny thought about it. "He's smart - he's no genius, but he knows a lot about the world. HE loves horses, and mom thinks he'd a hopeless romantic."
"Horses?"
"Hai." Antiny stuck a DVD into a slot on his laptop and started typing something.
"What are you doing, now?"
"Copying my favorite mind games onto a 20th century DVD. Wanna play?"
"Sure." Carrying the laptop under his arm, Antiny followed Ami into her room. Plugging his computer into hers, he handed her the newly copied DVD.
"Pick a game."
"Hmm. This looks interesting."
"You will never beat me. I am a master at this."
"We'll see."
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About half-an-hour later, Ami's mother knocked on the door. "Come in."
"Are you two getting hungry? Lunch is almost ready."
"Great."
"I am starving." Shutting down the game, Ami and Antiny follow Dr. Mitzuno down the stairs.
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Author's Notes: I was very busy over Christmas Vacation, but I did manage to finish this. Hope you enjoyed it!! As always, remember to REVIEW!!!!!
