Chapter 3.
Return of the Rhymes
"Mistress Meridia, how would you like us to conduct our conquering the sailor senshi?" Umbriel asked.
"Be patient. One doesn't make sudden moves if they wish to approach a deer." A woman dressed in green replied. "Continue attacking, keep up scheduled confrontations."
"Yes." Proteus and Umbriel bowed.
...
"Alright. Ready Neptune?" Uranus asked.
"Hope so." Neptune said uneasily. They stood atop a telephone pole near the place where Amy and Raye had been attacked the day before.
"There they are." Neptune pointed. Sure enough, there were Amy and Raye, this time with Lita as well, walking from school to the temple.
"Look Neptune." Uranus said and pointed to the tree the other girls were about to pass. Neptune looked in time to see a flash of blond hair.
"They're here."
"Get ready."
"Right."
..
"So anyway, Haruna practically bit Serena's head off for falling asleep." Lita was saying.
"But Serena hardly noticed a thing, still being half asleep, and kept on mumbling random things." Amy added with a laugh.
"Must've been real funny." Raye grinned.
"It was hilarious."
"So are your senses of amusement." A voice laughed coldly from the large tree on their right.
"Maybe you should start up a movement." Another suggested.
"Not again." Raye groaned. Proteus and Umbriel jumped out of the tree into the air.
"Dark Ring Descend!" Umbriel shouted. Amy, Raye, and Lita jumped out of the way as the rings crashed into the ground.
"Don't try to run!" Umbriel said scoldingly.
"Time for some fun!" Proteus shouted. "Regulation Circus, Act One!"
A hoop appeared in front of Amy as a pen dropped down around Raye and Lita.
"Jump through the ring little kitty." Proteus coaxed. Amy scratched her head, confused.
"She said jump!" Umbriel pointed behind Amy. "Black Comet Shot!" Large, black balls of hail-like rocks smashed into the ground behind Amy. She screamed and ran through the hoop.
"Good kitty. Now do it again." Umbriel said. "Black Comet Shot!" Amy ran through the hoop again and again as Umbriel chased her with the rocks. Proteus turned to Raye and Lita.
"Regulation Circus, Act Two!" Both appeared outside of the pen with Raye on Lita's shoulders and a foot-high tight-rope in front of them. "Now be a good girl and walk the rope."
"Are you crazy? Get off, Raye!" Lita shouted.
"I said walk!" Proteus pointed behind Lita. "Super Mega Spring!" A black, coiled spring appeared. "Fire!" The spring uncoiled and pushed Lita on to the tight-rope.
"Ahh!" Raye shouted. "Lita, don't fall!"
"I'm trying not to!" Lita stumbled across the rope.
"And again!" Proteus yelled and the spring moved behind Lita and uncoiled, pushing her and Raye back on the rope. "Good girl, and walk."
"I'm walking!"
"Good." She turned to her friend. "Ready Umbriel?"
"Waiting." Umbriel grinned evilly.
"Regulation Circus, Act Three!" The hoop and tight-rope vanished and Amy, Raye, and Lita appeared standing on a giant ball. Amy was standing on Raye's shoulders, Raye on Lita's, and Lita was trying to balance on the ball.
"Ahh!" They all screamed.
"Good girls!" Proteus said.
"What a performance!" Umbriel clapped.
"Too bad it's over!" Someone yelled. Sailor Moon and Venus appeared and stood back to back.
"Oh no, it's only just begun." Umbriel smiled wickedly.
"Regulation Circus, Act Five!" Proteus shouted. Sailor Moon and Venus appeared standing with the others. Lita was still on the bottom with both Raye and Amy on her shoulders, who were holding up Venus, who was holding up Sailor Moon, who was posing on one foot.
"Ahh!" Sailor Moon Serena-screamed.
"Stop moving, or we'll all fall!" Lita shouted.
"Perfect!" Umbriel congradulated Proteus.
"I'll call it the Sailor Tower." Proteus smiled and clapped.
"Such a shame.." someone yelled.
"We'll stop your game..." another added.
"Who's there?" Proteus and Umbriel shouted.
"Up here little sisters..."
....
Return of the Rhymes
"Mistress Meridia, how would you like us to conduct our conquering the sailor senshi?" Umbriel asked.
"Be patient. One doesn't make sudden moves if they wish to approach a deer." A woman dressed in green replied. "Continue attacking, keep up scheduled confrontations."
"Yes." Proteus and Umbriel bowed.
...
"Alright. Ready Neptune?" Uranus asked.
"Hope so." Neptune said uneasily. They stood atop a telephone pole near the place where Amy and Raye had been attacked the day before.
"There they are." Neptune pointed. Sure enough, there were Amy and Raye, this time with Lita as well, walking from school to the temple.
"Look Neptune." Uranus said and pointed to the tree the other girls were about to pass. Neptune looked in time to see a flash of blond hair.
"They're here."
"Get ready."
"Right."
..
"So anyway, Haruna practically bit Serena's head off for falling asleep." Lita was saying.
"But Serena hardly noticed a thing, still being half asleep, and kept on mumbling random things." Amy added with a laugh.
"Must've been real funny." Raye grinned.
"It was hilarious."
"So are your senses of amusement." A voice laughed coldly from the large tree on their right.
"Maybe you should start up a movement." Another suggested.
"Not again." Raye groaned. Proteus and Umbriel jumped out of the tree into the air.
"Dark Ring Descend!" Umbriel shouted. Amy, Raye, and Lita jumped out of the way as the rings crashed into the ground.
"Don't try to run!" Umbriel said scoldingly.
"Time for some fun!" Proteus shouted. "Regulation Circus, Act One!"
A hoop appeared in front of Amy as a pen dropped down around Raye and Lita.
"Jump through the ring little kitty." Proteus coaxed. Amy scratched her head, confused.
"She said jump!" Umbriel pointed behind Amy. "Black Comet Shot!" Large, black balls of hail-like rocks smashed into the ground behind Amy. She screamed and ran through the hoop.
"Good kitty. Now do it again." Umbriel said. "Black Comet Shot!" Amy ran through the hoop again and again as Umbriel chased her with the rocks. Proteus turned to Raye and Lita.
"Regulation Circus, Act Two!" Both appeared outside of the pen with Raye on Lita's shoulders and a foot-high tight-rope in front of them. "Now be a good girl and walk the rope."
"Are you crazy? Get off, Raye!" Lita shouted.
"I said walk!" Proteus pointed behind Lita. "Super Mega Spring!" A black, coiled spring appeared. "Fire!" The spring uncoiled and pushed Lita on to the tight-rope.
"Ahh!" Raye shouted. "Lita, don't fall!"
"I'm trying not to!" Lita stumbled across the rope.
"And again!" Proteus yelled and the spring moved behind Lita and uncoiled, pushing her and Raye back on the rope. "Good girl, and walk."
"I'm walking!"
"Good." She turned to her friend. "Ready Umbriel?"
"Waiting." Umbriel grinned evilly.
"Regulation Circus, Act Three!" The hoop and tight-rope vanished and Amy, Raye, and Lita appeared standing on a giant ball. Amy was standing on Raye's shoulders, Raye on Lita's, and Lita was trying to balance on the ball.
"Ahh!" They all screamed.
"Good girls!" Proteus said.
"What a performance!" Umbriel clapped.
"Too bad it's over!" Someone yelled. Sailor Moon and Venus appeared and stood back to back.
"Oh no, it's only just begun." Umbriel smiled wickedly.
"Regulation Circus, Act Five!" Proteus shouted. Sailor Moon and Venus appeared standing with the others. Lita was still on the bottom with both Raye and Amy on her shoulders, who were holding up Venus, who was holding up Sailor Moon, who was posing on one foot.
"Ahh!" Sailor Moon Serena-screamed.
"Stop moving, or we'll all fall!" Lita shouted.
"Perfect!" Umbriel congradulated Proteus.
"I'll call it the Sailor Tower." Proteus smiled and clapped.
"Such a shame.." someone yelled.
"We'll stop your game..." another added.
"Who's there?" Proteus and Umbriel shouted.
"Up here little sisters..."
....