Hello everyone! Sorry that it took me over a week to get this chapter up! It's rather difficult to write battle scenes without hashing and rehashing them to make sure that they work properly. and this one was a doozy. This is actually the second version, as the first just wouldn't work no matter how much I changed it. and so I elected instead to rewrite it. This chapter is chock full of action, and is a little bit violent. just a prior warning. But hey that's why I labeled this story as PG13. I knew it'd get violent eventually; it's not your average Sailor Moon fanfic where everything is all bubbles and transformation phrases. In any case, please enjoy and hopefully the next chapter will be up soon! R & R!

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A cloud of bubbles was released from a breathing mask, and a pale albino figure seized up, her white hair flowing up around her face. She struggled against her bonds, seemingly in the throes of a seizure. Her faint screams could be heard just barely outside of the glass tank, but there was no one around to hear it. The room outside of her tube was completely dark and abandoned. A soft crackle of a tinny speaker system could be heard sounding just next to her tank.
"Empower!" was the only word that exploded from it.

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Minako's baby blue eyes shot open, suddenly feeling as if her body was being shocked by thousands of volts of energy. Her back spasmed, and she shot up on her hands and knees. She gulped in a huge breath, and leaned back, her eyes taking on a dull quality. The giant t-rex was closing in on her, thumping its way closer and closer.
A faint orange flow flickered on Minako's forehead, and she was suddenly lifted to her feet. A bright ball of energy engulfed her, wrapping her in a bright light. She felt a knitting sensation in her arms and ribs, followed by a strange tingling all over her skin. The light faded, and Minako found herself standing fully transformed directly in front of the t-rex in mid-stride. its large clawed foot missing her right ear by mere inches.
Pitching forward and hitting the dirt, Minako gasped as she realized that she just escaped being crushed by a hair's width. Her heart pounded in her chest, and she could feel adrenaline pulsing its way through her veins. She looked down at herself, panting. Her entire fuku was there: orange and yellow skirt, gloves, and boots. and quickly realized that her skin was no longer red. The cast on her arm was gone, and the singing pain of her broken ribs was completely absent. She shook her head, not understanding how she had transformed when she hadn't chosen to do so, and she hadn't said her henshin phrase.
All of that was forgotten though as the reality of the situation returned to her, and she heard the roar of the t-rex only a short distance from her. Another explosion and shower of blue erupted in the sky, and she rolled over to stand. Her muscles trembled slightly, but they seemed to be quite alright. She glanced around, noticing that strange military-like men were racing in between the tents, and then glimpsing the t-rex's head just a ways off. With a racing heart, she tore off in the direction of the rex.
Just as she rounded the corner, she found the t-rex being faced by a small group of the troops, all with strange guns in their arms. One of them fired off a round quickly, but the t-rex was already moving and grabbed the closest man in its jaws. It lifted the man into the air, allowing his body to fall farther back into the rex's mouth. The man screamed violently until the rex chomped down, effectively biting him in half. His legs and gun clattered to the ground, and Minako gasped, shocked. This. this. she had never had to deal with something like this before! This monster wasn't nearly some play toy of an evil being that stole energy, but instead something deadly. She had to save them all from being killed!
"Hey you! Big and ugly!" she squeaked, her voice not really escaping her throat as well as she had wanted it to. The rex turned its head, its beady yellow eyes focusing on her. She gulped, freezing. Now what was she going to do? Stay calm. focus.
She lifted her hands into the air, attempting to summon energy for an attack. She felt the familiar ribbons of energy pouring up her arm, and concentrating on her fingertip.
"Venus Love-Me Chain!" she screeched, throwing her arms at the rex. Nothing happened. The rex tipped its head with an almost amused look, and then started thumping towards her.
"Ohmygod! WHAT THE HELL?!" she wailed, and turned to run as fast as she could. She fumbled slightly, losing valuable seconds to escape. She scrambled along the dirt, finally getting up and sprinting quickly The ground rumbled beneath her feet, more explosions sounded in the sky, and she could hear gunfire coming from behind her. She felt tears springing to her eyes, and all she could do was pump her arms and legs as fast as humanly possible.

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The pale figure's neck stiffened, causing her head to snap backwards. She lashed from side to side, causing small lacerations on her skin from her restraints. The crackly voice from the speaker sounded again.
"Flee!" it cried in earnest.

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Minako screeched her way around a corner, nearly falling in the process. She knew that the rex was closing in on her, but she didn't bother to look over her shoulder. Up ahead she noticed a line of army tanks backed up by a large amount of troops with guns. They started firing at the rex, but Minako kept up her forward motion. She missed the bullets and raced straight up to the tanks, jumping at the last moment. She touched her toes onto the front of one tank, and propelled herself high into the air.
She felt the wind in her air as she took a graceful leap up and over everyone. As she flipped upside down, she noticed the troops abandoning the tanks in fear as the rex tore through them. It completely smashed its way through them, crushing them under its massive feet and claws. Minako landed with a thud some amazing amount of feet away and quickly spun to see what was going on. Apparently the troops had engaged the rex in battle, as it had given up its chase after her. She knelt in the barren soil, heaving for breath as if she had never before contained air in her lungs. Sweat poured down her face, and her bangs hung limply in her eyes.
I don't know what to do. She clutched at her pounding heart, knowing that her magical attacks were not working for some reason. What is this? First I transform without wanting to, and now my attacks won't work. what the hell can I do? I have to save those troops! She had been in battle plenty of times before; she was trained for this type of thing. She just needed to get ahold of herself. She scanned the area, looking for something that she could use against the rex. She spotted a small bundle of aluminum poles and canvas; it was an incompletely built tent. Her mind whirred, and strange alien thoughts flooded through it. Almost as if she was moving under someone else's direction, she raced towards the pile of tent supplies, and grabbed one of the long poles.
Minako spun on her heels, and raced for the middle of the battle, pole in hand. The rex has already taken out quite a few of the troops, but the others were still faithfully opening their rounds upon the behemoth. Her breath was still coming fast; she could hear her pulse in her ears as she moved the pole from in front of her, and raced up the side of one of the crushed tanks. Using its mangled gun turret for leverage, she leapt from it, soaring high into the air. With a voracious scream, she whipped the pole back in front of her again, and threw all of her weight behind it as she began to fall towards the rex.
In an almost slow-motion like quality, it turned to look at her. She noticed that its vividly yellow eyes had a strange bit of intelligence behind them. She also noticed that it had blood trickling down its face from bullet holes that peppered it in random places. It seemed as thought it came to a realization as to what she was doing, and almost took on a pleading look. Then she heard its soft whimper of pain as her pole plunged into its chest, tearing through soft flesh and crunching through its bones.
The rex then roared loudly, nearly bursting her eardrums. She clung to the pole, feeling the rex's warm blood spill onto her fuku and down the front of her body.

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The figure screamed. It was loud enough to hear even without the speaker. Her body lurched a final time, creating a fresh wave of bubbles to escape from her breathing mask.

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A surge of energy tore through Minako, jolting her entire body down to its cells. An explosion of orange electricity crackled through the air, blotting out the strangely bright sun and the starry sky. The rex fell forward, hitting the ground so hard that it shook the entire complex. It groaned loudly, and whuffed for breath. Minako landed just beside it, soaked in blood and feeling so drained that she could hardly move. She brushed some of her blonde bangs from her eyes, effectively smearing the monster's blood across her face. She then turned her head, and gazed into the rex's giant gold eyes. It looked at her with a strange lachrymose glance, filling Minako's heart with sorrow. Was it sad that she had ended its life? She hardly had time to contemplate this though, as the rex's life faded, and the it huffed its final breath. The troops seemed to back away from her; fear betraying them. Minako raised an eyebrow, and struggled to stand.
Dr. White raced up, his eyes wide in a mixed look of shock, wonder, and alarm. He turned his head to the side then, as if trying not to look her directly in the eyes.
"M-minako. I need you to come with me, please," he stated, his voice shaking slightly. Minako just stared at him, wondering what in the world he wanted.
"Please. just come. there is someone who wants to speak with you."