Chapter 3: The Woman in The Fire
Just then Rei's grandfather came rushing in. He swung the door wide open, blowing in some air, making the fire die down. The face vanished.
"What's going on in here, Rei?" her grandfather demanded.
"Nothing, Grandpa." Rei looked down at her grandfather. "We have to finish our work now, Grandpa." Rei gave him little pushes toward the door.
"Alright, I'm going, Rei, but be careful in here." He looked at Rei and then slowly turned his head toward the rest of the girls. "That goes for you four too."
"Yes, Sir," they said except for Rei who was still trying to shove him out.
"I thought it was 4, 3, 2, not 4, u, 4, 2," Lita laughed a bit nervously. The others joined her and laughed just as nervously as Lita.
"Oh, haha. Very funny, Lita," Rei's Grandpa said sarcastically, missing the nervousness completely. And then he was out of the room.
"Did you all see that?" Luna asked pointing at the fire.
"Yes, it was a woman's face," Amy said looking at Luna.
"Of course we all saw it, Luna, it exploded in out faces," Rei said. Luna frowned.
"Could she be the new evil that we were all talking about?" Mina asked, ignoring Rei's comment.
"I'm gonna take a guess and say . . . Yes!" Artemis said.
"I think he's right," Luna said.
"Rei, do you think you can get a reading on that face in the fire?" Artemis asked.
"Sure." Rei walked off toward the fire, sat down in front of it, and began chanting.
During this Serena couldn't take her mind off Darien and the night before. She had to find out why he was being this way. She just needed to know. The need she felt was like needing water on a hot, dry, humid summer day. She just needed to know why. Why he didn't want to be with her. Why he was making up excuses like that. Just...why?!
Not wanting to be with me was just an excuse, she thought, getting angry. What did I do to make him break up with me? I thought we were happy together. I must've said something or done something. I must've! Oh, Darien where did I go wrong? she thought to herself. Thinking about Darien just upset her. That deep unexplainable sadness came back agin. Her eyes began to tear.
Mina turned to look at Serena. She got up and walked over to her. She put a reassuring arm around her. "Serena?" she asked.
Serena did not answer
"Everything will work out. You'll see, Serena. Things will get better." Mina gave her a heart-warming smile. Serena slowly gave her one of her own smiles.
Mina, you're such a great friend. What could I have done without you, Serena thought and wiped her tears away.
"Do you really think so?" Serena asked.
"Sure, I do." She gave her a wide smile. Then suddenly the fire grew and the woman's face was formed once more. She didn't look different from the rest of the Negaforce. If she was part of the Negaverse. She looked a little like Beryl.
"Rei! You did it!" Artemis shouted.
But before anyone could say more there was a loud scream. Everyone ran outside of the room. It was about four blocks to the right.
"Help me!" They heard a woman scream. They all ran down the temple stairs and dashed into the park.
Before transforming they made sure they were alone.
"Moon Crystal Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
As soon as they had transformed they ran toward the woman. They had seen a young woman only about 9 years older than they. She looked weak. Almost as if her energy was drained from her. Her dark hair spread around her head on the ground. She looked dead. Amy kneeled beside her. With two fingers she checked for a pulse. "She's alive. Her energy has just been drained from her body." They found four holes in her arms. Each hole had large amounts of blood sliding out onto her arm.
"That's probably how 'it' got her energy," explained Jupiter. They all agreed.
Just then a small bunny rabbit had come jumping on the street.
"Aww! What a cute bunny!" Serena shouted as she walked over to it. It was a brown rabbit with a white spot on it's forehead. The scouts had all known something wrong.
Then suddenly there was a flash of light coming directly from the rabbit, making Serena stop in her tracks. She watched in horror as she saw the rabbit float into the air and grow larger. It's teeth grew into large sharp fangs and it's nails grew into claws. It's dark black eyes turned into a bright red.
"Now I can get more energy for the princess!" It looked at Serena with a wide evil smile. It floated down to the ground and grabbed her. Serena screamed as she struggled to get free. It's claws sunk into her skin. Serena screamed in agony as the nails entered her arms.
"Sailor Moon!" the scouts shouted.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Venus threw love chain directly at the monster as a blue light orb formed around Serena. The creature held Serena up. She screamed out in pain as the nails dug in deeper. Venus's love chain hit the creature's face making it drop Sailor Moon. She fell lifelessly to the ground. And as she fell, she thought, Is this the end for me? I feel so week. Everything is so dark. Darien. I'll miss you.
"Sailor Moon!" All of them knelt down next to her.
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Darien had a bad feeling. He knew something was wrong. He could feel that Serena was in trouble. He transformed into Tuxedo Mask and was off.
Running from roof top to roof top Darien hoped that he wasn't too late. Hoped with all his heart that it was only a false alarm. He wanted Serena safe. He didn't want her to die. What would the future be like without her? The future? He had forgotten! If he and Serena were no longer together, what would that mean for the future? Rini? She would cease to exist. He hadn't realized it until that very moment.
Suddenly, he had finally made it to the park. He knew Serena was here. Please let her be alright, he pleaded to himself. He then saw Sailor Mercury and Venus kneeling down over Sailor Moon. Luna and Artemis were with them. Sailor Mars and Jupiter fought the huge monstrosity. He ran to Sailor Moon, Venus, Mercury, Luna, and Artemis.
"Is she...all right?" He asked looking and sounding worried.
"I don't think so," answered Luna.
Tuxedo Mask looked down at Sailor Moon. He could see four holes in each arm. They bled. And they were very deep. He became furious. He turned around and looked at the monster who had thrown an energy bomb at Mars and Jupiter throwing them back.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH WHAT YOU DID!" he yelled out as loud as he could. He began to fight the monster.
Mars and Jupiter got up. "We have to help him!" Mars yelled. Just as they were going to get up and help there was a huge bright, blinding light that filled the sky and a huge black space ship appeared. The door to the huge flying saucer opened as soon as it had landed in the park. Out came a young woman with long black hair. She had a black upside-down crescent moon on her forehead and coiled around her arms were two black snakes. One on each arm. The snakes looked so real, but they were not. Her dress was long and black with drawings of animals outlined in white.
The monster kneeled down as the woman came out of the space ship. "My Princess," said the monster. "I'm fighting these weak humans for you, your Highness," it said with a quivering voice.
"Yes, I can see that. And I can also see that you're losing!" She pronounced the last word with rage.
"You're the woman from the fire!" Rei suddenly exclaimed. The woman put a hand to her mouth and laughed a little.
"My name is Anima. I am the princess of all -," she was cut off bye Jupiter
"Zoos," Jupiter joked.
"No, I'm princess of all the Animals of the Negaverse." She smiled an evil smile. "I'm the Negavers's Amazon Princess." She bowed. She then waited patiently for someone, anyone to say something.
"So you're the one we saw in that fire," said a familiar but weak voice.
It was Sailor Moon. She sat up shutting her eyes as she felt the pain from her arms shoot all through her body.
"Lay back, Sailor Moon," Tuxedo Mask said gently. She could see through the mask and she could see his eyes well up with tears. She smiled. She was too weak and then just suddenly everything went black again and she fell into Venus's arms.
"Don't do this!" Venus shouted.
"Sailor Moon!" everyone shouted.
"One down and five more to go," Anima had said. "Ooh, pardon I meant seven, if you count the cats, but I could use those two for my experiments. So now we really do only have to worry about five," she finished. She had been speaking to herself or her servant.
Everyone had felt both fury and sadness at that moment. Fury toward the woman who called herself Anima. It was her fault Serena was the way she was at the moment, weak and deprived of her energy. They also felt sadness because of Sailor Moon. She was either dead or close to it.
They finally met the new evil and the woman in the fire.
Just then Rei's grandfather came rushing in. He swung the door wide open, blowing in some air, making the fire die down. The face vanished.
"What's going on in here, Rei?" her grandfather demanded.
"Nothing, Grandpa." Rei looked down at her grandfather. "We have to finish our work now, Grandpa." Rei gave him little pushes toward the door.
"Alright, I'm going, Rei, but be careful in here." He looked at Rei and then slowly turned his head toward the rest of the girls. "That goes for you four too."
"Yes, Sir," they said except for Rei who was still trying to shove him out.
"I thought it was 4, 3, 2, not 4, u, 4, 2," Lita laughed a bit nervously. The others joined her and laughed just as nervously as Lita.
"Oh, haha. Very funny, Lita," Rei's Grandpa said sarcastically, missing the nervousness completely. And then he was out of the room.
"Did you all see that?" Luna asked pointing at the fire.
"Yes, it was a woman's face," Amy said looking at Luna.
"Of course we all saw it, Luna, it exploded in out faces," Rei said. Luna frowned.
"Could she be the new evil that we were all talking about?" Mina asked, ignoring Rei's comment.
"I'm gonna take a guess and say . . . Yes!" Artemis said.
"I think he's right," Luna said.
"Rei, do you think you can get a reading on that face in the fire?" Artemis asked.
"Sure." Rei walked off toward the fire, sat down in front of it, and began chanting.
During this Serena couldn't take her mind off Darien and the night before. She had to find out why he was being this way. She just needed to know. The need she felt was like needing water on a hot, dry, humid summer day. She just needed to know why. Why he didn't want to be with her. Why he was making up excuses like that. Just...why?!
Not wanting to be with me was just an excuse, she thought, getting angry. What did I do to make him break up with me? I thought we were happy together. I must've said something or done something. I must've! Oh, Darien where did I go wrong? she thought to herself. Thinking about Darien just upset her. That deep unexplainable sadness came back agin. Her eyes began to tear.
Mina turned to look at Serena. She got up and walked over to her. She put a reassuring arm around her. "Serena?" she asked.
Serena did not answer
"Everything will work out. You'll see, Serena. Things will get better." Mina gave her a heart-warming smile. Serena slowly gave her one of her own smiles.
Mina, you're such a great friend. What could I have done without you, Serena thought and wiped her tears away.
"Do you really think so?" Serena asked.
"Sure, I do." She gave her a wide smile. Then suddenly the fire grew and the woman's face was formed once more. She didn't look different from the rest of the Negaforce. If she was part of the Negaverse. She looked a little like Beryl.
"Rei! You did it!" Artemis shouted.
But before anyone could say more there was a loud scream. Everyone ran outside of the room. It was about four blocks to the right.
"Help me!" They heard a woman scream. They all ran down the temple stairs and dashed into the park.
Before transforming they made sure they were alone.
"Moon Crystal Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
As soon as they had transformed they ran toward the woman. They had seen a young woman only about 9 years older than they. She looked weak. Almost as if her energy was drained from her. Her dark hair spread around her head on the ground. She looked dead. Amy kneeled beside her. With two fingers she checked for a pulse. "She's alive. Her energy has just been drained from her body." They found four holes in her arms. Each hole had large amounts of blood sliding out onto her arm.
"That's probably how 'it' got her energy," explained Jupiter. They all agreed.
Just then a small bunny rabbit had come jumping on the street.
"Aww! What a cute bunny!" Serena shouted as she walked over to it. It was a brown rabbit with a white spot on it's forehead. The scouts had all known something wrong.
Then suddenly there was a flash of light coming directly from the rabbit, making Serena stop in her tracks. She watched in horror as she saw the rabbit float into the air and grow larger. It's teeth grew into large sharp fangs and it's nails grew into claws. It's dark black eyes turned into a bright red.
"Now I can get more energy for the princess!" It looked at Serena with a wide evil smile. It floated down to the ground and grabbed her. Serena screamed as she struggled to get free. It's claws sunk into her skin. Serena screamed in agony as the nails entered her arms.
"Sailor Moon!" the scouts shouted.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Venus threw love chain directly at the monster as a blue light orb formed around Serena. The creature held Serena up. She screamed out in pain as the nails dug in deeper. Venus's love chain hit the creature's face making it drop Sailor Moon. She fell lifelessly to the ground. And as she fell, she thought, Is this the end for me? I feel so week. Everything is so dark. Darien. I'll miss you.
"Sailor Moon!" All of them knelt down next to her.
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Darien had a bad feeling. He knew something was wrong. He could feel that Serena was in trouble. He transformed into Tuxedo Mask and was off.
Running from roof top to roof top Darien hoped that he wasn't too late. Hoped with all his heart that it was only a false alarm. He wanted Serena safe. He didn't want her to die. What would the future be like without her? The future? He had forgotten! If he and Serena were no longer together, what would that mean for the future? Rini? She would cease to exist. He hadn't realized it until that very moment.
Suddenly, he had finally made it to the park. He knew Serena was here. Please let her be alright, he pleaded to himself. He then saw Sailor Mercury and Venus kneeling down over Sailor Moon. Luna and Artemis were with them. Sailor Mars and Jupiter fought the huge monstrosity. He ran to Sailor Moon, Venus, Mercury, Luna, and Artemis.
"Is she...all right?" He asked looking and sounding worried.
"I don't think so," answered Luna.
Tuxedo Mask looked down at Sailor Moon. He could see four holes in each arm. They bled. And they were very deep. He became furious. He turned around and looked at the monster who had thrown an energy bomb at Mars and Jupiter throwing them back.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH WHAT YOU DID!" he yelled out as loud as he could. He began to fight the monster.
Mars and Jupiter got up. "We have to help him!" Mars yelled. Just as they were going to get up and help there was a huge bright, blinding light that filled the sky and a huge black space ship appeared. The door to the huge flying saucer opened as soon as it had landed in the park. Out came a young woman with long black hair. She had a black upside-down crescent moon on her forehead and coiled around her arms were two black snakes. One on each arm. The snakes looked so real, but they were not. Her dress was long and black with drawings of animals outlined in white.
The monster kneeled down as the woman came out of the space ship. "My Princess," said the monster. "I'm fighting these weak humans for you, your Highness," it said with a quivering voice.
"Yes, I can see that. And I can also see that you're losing!" She pronounced the last word with rage.
"You're the woman from the fire!" Rei suddenly exclaimed. The woman put a hand to her mouth and laughed a little.
"My name is Anima. I am the princess of all -," she was cut off bye Jupiter
"Zoos," Jupiter joked.
"No, I'm princess of all the Animals of the Negaverse." She smiled an evil smile. "I'm the Negavers's Amazon Princess." She bowed. She then waited patiently for someone, anyone to say something.
"So you're the one we saw in that fire," said a familiar but weak voice.
It was Sailor Moon. She sat up shutting her eyes as she felt the pain from her arms shoot all through her body.
"Lay back, Sailor Moon," Tuxedo Mask said gently. She could see through the mask and she could see his eyes well up with tears. She smiled. She was too weak and then just suddenly everything went black again and she fell into Venus's arms.
"Don't do this!" Venus shouted.
"Sailor Moon!" everyone shouted.
"One down and five more to go," Anima had said. "Ooh, pardon I meant seven, if you count the cats, but I could use those two for my experiments. So now we really do only have to worry about five," she finished. She had been speaking to herself or her servant.
Everyone had felt both fury and sadness at that moment. Fury toward the woman who called herself Anima. It was her fault Serena was the way she was at the moment, weak and deprived of her energy. They also felt sadness because of Sailor Moon. She was either dead or close to it.
They finally met the new evil and the woman in the fire.
