The Princess Who Fell to Earth (Part 8) – By DS Wynne
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Disclaimer: "Sailor Moon" and the characters from DC Comics belong to their respective creators.
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"The Princess of Two Destinies"
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"Get ready!" Sailor Venus said, as she began to whip her Magic Lasso around. Tied up was the one called "Sailor Moon", the champion of Love and of Justice.
"I think I'm gonna hurl!!!" yelled Sailor Moon.
Near them, Sailor Mercury was "lending" her speed. On the other side of her, Sailor Jupiter was using her Green Lantern ring to create a warp field.
"You're all set!" Jupiter said
"IdonealIcando!" Mercury replied.
The reason why this arrangement has been made: Sailor Mars has slipped into the lair of a certain "wolf" named Queen Beryl of the Negaverse. She had successfully disguised herself as the Negaverse General Zoicite (using Moon's disguise pen). Thanks to her, the Scouts were able to locate a "jump gate" in the Artic region. Unfortunately, upon arrival, The Hive ambushed them!
Earlier, that day...
"Well, well, well," Mammoth said, as he pounded his fist into his palm. "The girlies actually showed up!"
"It will be interesting to see how the Hive Academy rates us after this!" Gizmo replied, as he started up his equipment.
"Let's just get this over with!" Jinx smirked, as Chaos Magic flared up.
"Wait a minute," Sailor Moon said. "I know these guys!"
"Yeah, you should," Sailor Venus replied. "These are the clowns my friend Cassie told me about!"
"Care to elaborate?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"OhmaygoshthisisthatteengroupcalledTheHive!" Sailor Mercury said quickly.
"So what?" Moon said. "It's four against three. What could they possibly do to us?"
A few minutes later…
"Me and my big-"
POW!
The feral Mammoth was fighting Moon and Venus, while Jupiter fought Gizmo, and Mercury fought Jinx.
Venus used her Amazonian strength to tackle Mammoth, while Moon was down. Unfortunately, Mammoth reversed his throw, causing Venus fly over.
"Yikes!" Venus yelped.
"I got you now, girl!" Mammoth said, as he was about to slam his fists into the girl…
"Venus Crescent BEAM!"
"AHHHHHH!"
As Mammoth flew up, Moon, who recovered, wound up her fist…
POW!
…Thus sending the beastly giant miles away.
Meanwhile, Gizmo, after finding the right weakness, was using yellow-based energy to tear into Jupiter. Anything yellow was a weakness to the Green Lantern. However, Jupiter, being raised to be a warrior by Ganthet, as well as a scholar, did not back down from the fight.
"You rely on the pretty ring too much, pretty girl!" Gizmo said, as he let loose a volley of yellow blades. While Jupiter jumped about, she avoided being wounded, at least, without getting nicked too badly.
"Ugh!" Jupiter said, as the blade sliced into her leg.
"I win!" Gizmo said triumphantly.
Jupiter then realized something.
"You know? I forgot something."
"And what is that, girl?!"
"I had forgotten that I could do THIS. Jupiter Thunder CRASH!"
ZAP!
"ARGH!"
And down Gizmo went.
Meanwhile, Sailor Mercury was speeding about, avoiding whatever "accidents" that Jinx wanted to cause…
RUMBLE!
"Yip!" Mercury said, as the ice field she was on gave way.
SPLASH!
"Ah-Ha!" Jinx said, as she clapped her hands with glee.
So cold! Mercury thought, as she tried to swim towards the surface. Then, she got an idea…
RUMBLE!
"What the-?" Jinx began.
FWOOSH!
A waterspout forced a chunk of the ice shelf to shoot up, knocking the teenaged villainess off kilter.
"Why that little-!"
POW!
Once Mercury was able to find a stable surface, she quickly ran towards Jinx, and cold cocked her.
"BrrrrrI'mgoingtocatchacold!" Mercury said, as she shivered.
With the villains trounced, our heroines decided to interrogate the Hive members.
"Okay, what's up?" Sailor Moon asked.
Hive, at the moment, was tied in Sailor Venus' magic lasso.
"We ain't telling you nothin'!" Mammoth replied.
"Okay, if that's what you want…Venus!"
"Tell me the truth about your association with the Negaverse," Venus commanded.
The magic lasso allows Venus to force people to tell the truth. In this case…
"Yeah, these guys from 'The Negaverse', hired us to make sure that you guys don't get their way," Jinx replied.
"So, how do we meet the bosses of bosses?" Moon asked.
"That's just it," Gizmo said. "We just received the money, no questions asked."
"Great, just great. Is there anything else?"
"Um, no."
"Good. Jupiter, Venus- Show them the way out."
"Right," Venus and Jupiter said in unison.
Venus began pulling her lasso, picked up, and began spinning Hive around in a circle. Then when she released them, Jupiter created a force field around the trio. The result?
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-!"
And away they go.
"So, if the Negaverse is here, how can we find them?" Moon asked.
"Maybe there's a way," Jupiter began, as she used her Green Lantern ring to analyze the spatial area around her teammates.
"Well?" Venus asked.
"Mercury? Can you confirm this?" Jupiter said.
"Let'slinkupmyMercurycomputertoyourringJupiter," Mercury replied, as she activated her computer and visor. Sure enough…
"Well?" Moon asked.
"There is a nexus here, but my ring can't seem to pinpoint the entry point," Jupiter said.
"Butthere'sawaytogetin," Mercury said. "Ifanobjectreachessupraleminalspeedthenthebarriercanbebreached."
"Okay, so how are we going to breach the barrier?" Moon asked.
And now…
Me and my big mouth, thought Moon, as she prepared herself.
"Webuiltupenoughspeednow!" Mercury said.
"NOW!" Jupiter replied.
"WAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO-!" Moon yelled, as she was let loose…
WHOOSH!
BOOM!
CRACK!
"Well, she's in," Jupiter said.
"I just hope that she remembers NOT to fight alone," Venus replied.
Mercury merely nodded.
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WOOSH!
Between the real and the unreal, Sailor Moon sped…SPED…
…To a stand still.
Where am I? Moon said.
Moon appeared to be in some sort of white room. Then, she looked at herself.
"Why am I wearing this outfit?" Moon asked.
Moon appeared to be wearing an all-whites robe with the stylized "S" on the front, which was not unlike the one on her "special" broach.
"Hello, my daughter," said a voice from behind.
Moon turned around to see a woman, dressed in some sort of queenly gown. Strangely, the woman appeared to have the same hairstyle Moon had.
"Who are you, lady?" Moon asked.
The woman smiled, as she went to hug Moon.
"Hey!"
"Oh, my beautiful daughter…"
"You ain't my Mom," Moon said, as she tried to break from the woman's grasp.
"Oh, but you are…Serena Tsukino."
This gave Moon pause.
"How…how do you know my name?" Moon asked.
"I know much about you, Serena. I know of your past, particularly why you are so blessed as 'Sailor Moon'."
Moon did wonder why she had powers far beyond those of mortal men…and then some.
"Alright, but promise me that I will get back from…wherever this place is. After all, Queen Beryl needs to be stopped from…whatever she's doing."
"Ah, Beryl. Or, should I say…Ber-El? Your father's sister has much to account for."
Tbc.
Author's note: How should I end this story? Let me know ASAP. Thanks!
Next time: Just who is this mysterious woman? And what is Beryl's role in all this? Find out as we conclude "The Princess Who Fell to Earth". See you then!
