-Chapter 2: Hacked – To pieces
~Scene 1
Amy – Sailor Mercury
Sitting in the library behind a fort of books – her pale face reflecting with the electron light of her laptop, the most studious of the sailor senshi was concentrating on the possible links between Reflections, Mirrors and their opponents. So far, the research led to Nehelenia, one of their past enemies. However, the problem had been solved with the power of Sailor Moon, not to mention that the main power source, Chaos… had been obliterated.
"Cling!" her messenger program emitted. A window popped up, transmitting an untraceable Instant Chat Message, by someone unknown going under the name of "Glacial_Torment". Amy's internet alias was "SMercury", which could be considered a bit dangerous for her identity, but with the quantity of girls with "Sailor Mercury" names, she would pass by as another fan. However, she had the most paranoid protection systems, technically, she should have never received this message. "Alright, Mr. Glacial…who are you…" she muttered softly as she tried not to panic and started chatting.
Glacial_Torment: Hello.
SMercury: Hi. Do I know you?
Glacial_Torment: No, but I bet you're wondering how I got through all your programs to simply say "Hello" to you.
SMercury: If this is some kind of joke to scare me. You're pathetic.
Glacial_Torment: I would be scared. Especially knowing that you can't log into your internal database – It's amazing all the information stored in the files of the future Kingdom, wouldn't you agree?
Amy gasped. This was definitely the individual who blocked her before. There was no other explanation.
Glacial_Torment: Cute gasp, btw.
SMercury: …You're observing me? Who are you? What do you want? Why and How did you hack into our system? It's impenetrable! Where are you?
The senshi could only type questions with her shaking fingers. She absolutely despised feeling observed and outsmarted in such a domain she thought she had mastered.
Glacial_Torment: Want to meet outside, Sailor Mercury?
SMercury: …
Glacial_Torment: LOL. That's adorable.
Evil laughter echoed in the library. Amy stood up and quickly scanned the computer area. No one was there.
Glacial_Torment: You should have seen your face, it was precious.
Amy quickly closed the laptop, placed the books on her bag and headed outside. But as she did, a young man with blue hair like hers and dressed in black leather passed through the exit of the library. She could have sworn the stranger had winked at her.
~Scene 2
Makoto – Sailor Jupiter
"Have a nice day" the lady at the counter said in a monotonous tone as she passed the change and the goods to Makoto. "…Poor people, forced to say that to every customer – they probably don't even mean it." thought the senshi of thunder. Smiling back politely nevertheless, she headed towards the exit and now thought of the good meal she will prepare for Usagi-chan and her fiancé, when suddenly she was interrupted by the voice coming from the speakers of the supermarket "Kino Makoto, please come to the customer service counter. I repeat, Kino Makoto is needed at the counter of the customer service section."
"Odd…" she thought to herself. To her surprise, two policemen were waiting for her at the counter as well as a young man with the "Manager" gold tag on his shirt. "Hello. Is there a problem?" the girl asked, looking at the two policemen suspiciously. "You betcha, you thief!" the policemen took away her grocery bag and swiftly placed handcuffs on her wrists. "What the…" she began to protest. "Don't start with the innocent game, young lady. We have all the evidence here on tape." pointed the manager angrily at the security camera screen. Makoto appeared in the small black and white screen, slipping food discreetly in her bag.
"But I never did that! It's a mistake!" she screamed in anger. The policemen interrupted her, taking her by the arms "Okay, that's enough…we need you to come with us" She sighed, but right when she was about to protest again, the sliding glass doors of the entrance shut firmly and the power went out, sinking everyone into obscurity.
Screams were heard and policemen started saying loudly "Okay, everybody calm down… it must be just a simple power iss… " his voice was cut off followed by a buzz sound. More screams were heard, and Makoto was extremely confused in the dark – worst of all, she couldn't reach for her henshin pen for it was in her bag. People kept screaming in terror and it came to extent where it seemed as if they were being butchered alive. Then, came a very heavy silence… and an odd smell.
The power came up again. The lights blinded her for a few minutes, and while her pupils adjusted to the luminosity, she saw her bag on the floor. As she reached for it, and stood up again slowly, the senshi realized that everything was too silent. Her pupils looked up just to lay upon the countless dead bodies. Most of them were surrounded by an electric spark, other corpses were dismembered. Makoto's lower lip was shaking, her eyes disbelieving the horror, and as the realization hit her – she is the only survivor, she screamed her lungs out in absolute terror.
And while she did, the speakers muttered evilly "…Kino Makoto…is needed at the counter…"
~Scene 3
Rei – Sailor Mars
Five times, had the senshi of fire tried to meditate on the enemy without a single positive result or relevance. Amy and Makoto came back from the library and the supermarket, half-traumatized as they talked about murder, paranoia and… young men. It seemed as if they knew all their weaknesses and their methods – a thought that haunted her to no end.
In her last attempt to communicate with the spirits, she was transmitted the visualization of a cross. The symbol of the christian religious tradition. It was definitely a sign – it had to be. Taking off her kimono, she put on regular clothes and headed outside. If anything happened, Amy and Makoto were with the Usagi-chan, Mamoru and Setsuna, who was still resting in bed. Heading towards the nearest church, the fire senshi felt comfort as she heard the crows flap their wings, looking over her from the skies "My guardians…my companions..," she whispered, smiling at them.
A few steps from the large wooden door, a voice echoed "The spirits really like you, Sailor Mars." The girl looked up. Sitting on the edge of the roof, while leaning against the cross, a boy with a veil of red hair and dressed in black clothing stared down at her. Then, he descended from up there, to land effortlessly before her. She noted he wore an odd pendant, something that looked a bit like the mars astrological symbol, merged with an odd design.
Stepping back, she threatened " Who are you… if you get any closer I will kill you." The boy smiled softly "…I'm sure you would. I would have said the same thing, had I been in your place." Wings flapped in the background. Two larger crows with tattered wings came behind the boy and rested on each of his shoulders. They were carrying bleeding flesh on their beaks. "Phobos, Deimos… I hope corpse meat is as good as it is back home." Rei was confused. She looked up to the skies, her guardian birds were still up there, flying.
"But…" Rei began to protest in confusion. He replied before she could say a word.
"I have guardians too – what a coincidence… they are also called Phobos and Deimos, like yours. Only mine… are stronger and they like feeding on dead things."
The pale boy turned around calmly and looked to the cross "…Christ, Buddha, Allah…and so many other prophets of light don't exist in my world. We burn their teachings. We teach the darkness of pain, blood and excess. The choirs in our cults sing too… they know the art of screaming…harmoniously." Turning back to her, he moved closer and placed his black gloved hand on her cheek. "We're the spiritual ones – some find us boring, others hate us because they're afraid of the occult."
Rei stood back and took a hold of her henshin pen. The boy looked down, as if he was disappointed. "I know the darkest arts, and if you couldn't meditate well, it is because of my rituals and my prayers to demons."
"Mars Fire Sphere" he spoke out clearly, his hand glowing red as he faced the church and launched an energy sphere towards it. As it came in contact with the church, it immediately took fire.
"Better go save the nuns and the priests, Sailor Mars. They are tied down and drenched in kerosene." He said without enthusiasm. "…Have fun." His body and his dead crows evanesced in an incinerating flame.
~Scene 1
Amy – Sailor Mercury
Sitting in the library behind a fort of books – her pale face reflecting with the electron light of her laptop, the most studious of the sailor senshi was concentrating on the possible links between Reflections, Mirrors and their opponents. So far, the research led to Nehelenia, one of their past enemies. However, the problem had been solved with the power of Sailor Moon, not to mention that the main power source, Chaos… had been obliterated.
"Cling!" her messenger program emitted. A window popped up, transmitting an untraceable Instant Chat Message, by someone unknown going under the name of "Glacial_Torment". Amy's internet alias was "SMercury", which could be considered a bit dangerous for her identity, but with the quantity of girls with "Sailor Mercury" names, she would pass by as another fan. However, she had the most paranoid protection systems, technically, she should have never received this message. "Alright, Mr. Glacial…who are you…" she muttered softly as she tried not to panic and started chatting.
Glacial_Torment: Hello.
SMercury: Hi. Do I know you?
Glacial_Torment: No, but I bet you're wondering how I got through all your programs to simply say "Hello" to you.
SMercury: If this is some kind of joke to scare me. You're pathetic.
Glacial_Torment: I would be scared. Especially knowing that you can't log into your internal database – It's amazing all the information stored in the files of the future Kingdom, wouldn't you agree?
Amy gasped. This was definitely the individual who blocked her before. There was no other explanation.
Glacial_Torment: Cute gasp, btw.
SMercury: …You're observing me? Who are you? What do you want? Why and How did you hack into our system? It's impenetrable! Where are you?
The senshi could only type questions with her shaking fingers. She absolutely despised feeling observed and outsmarted in such a domain she thought she had mastered.
Glacial_Torment: Want to meet outside, Sailor Mercury?
SMercury: …
Glacial_Torment: LOL. That's adorable.
Evil laughter echoed in the library. Amy stood up and quickly scanned the computer area. No one was there.
Glacial_Torment: You should have seen your face, it was precious.
Amy quickly closed the laptop, placed the books on her bag and headed outside. But as she did, a young man with blue hair like hers and dressed in black leather passed through the exit of the library. She could have sworn the stranger had winked at her.
~Scene 2
Makoto – Sailor Jupiter
"Have a nice day" the lady at the counter said in a monotonous tone as she passed the change and the goods to Makoto. "…Poor people, forced to say that to every customer – they probably don't even mean it." thought the senshi of thunder. Smiling back politely nevertheless, she headed towards the exit and now thought of the good meal she will prepare for Usagi-chan and her fiancé, when suddenly she was interrupted by the voice coming from the speakers of the supermarket "Kino Makoto, please come to the customer service counter. I repeat, Kino Makoto is needed at the counter of the customer service section."
"Odd…" she thought to herself. To her surprise, two policemen were waiting for her at the counter as well as a young man with the "Manager" gold tag on his shirt. "Hello. Is there a problem?" the girl asked, looking at the two policemen suspiciously. "You betcha, you thief!" the policemen took away her grocery bag and swiftly placed handcuffs on her wrists. "What the…" she began to protest. "Don't start with the innocent game, young lady. We have all the evidence here on tape." pointed the manager angrily at the security camera screen. Makoto appeared in the small black and white screen, slipping food discreetly in her bag.
"But I never did that! It's a mistake!" she screamed in anger. The policemen interrupted her, taking her by the arms "Okay, that's enough…we need you to come with us" She sighed, but right when she was about to protest again, the sliding glass doors of the entrance shut firmly and the power went out, sinking everyone into obscurity.
Screams were heard and policemen started saying loudly "Okay, everybody calm down… it must be just a simple power iss… " his voice was cut off followed by a buzz sound. More screams were heard, and Makoto was extremely confused in the dark – worst of all, she couldn't reach for her henshin pen for it was in her bag. People kept screaming in terror and it came to extent where it seemed as if they were being butchered alive. Then, came a very heavy silence… and an odd smell.
The power came up again. The lights blinded her for a few minutes, and while her pupils adjusted to the luminosity, she saw her bag on the floor. As she reached for it, and stood up again slowly, the senshi realized that everything was too silent. Her pupils looked up just to lay upon the countless dead bodies. Most of them were surrounded by an electric spark, other corpses were dismembered. Makoto's lower lip was shaking, her eyes disbelieving the horror, and as the realization hit her – she is the only survivor, she screamed her lungs out in absolute terror.
And while she did, the speakers muttered evilly "…Kino Makoto…is needed at the counter…"
~Scene 3
Rei – Sailor Mars
Five times, had the senshi of fire tried to meditate on the enemy without a single positive result or relevance. Amy and Makoto came back from the library and the supermarket, half-traumatized as they talked about murder, paranoia and… young men. It seemed as if they knew all their weaknesses and their methods – a thought that haunted her to no end.
In her last attempt to communicate with the spirits, she was transmitted the visualization of a cross. The symbol of the christian religious tradition. It was definitely a sign – it had to be. Taking off her kimono, she put on regular clothes and headed outside. If anything happened, Amy and Makoto were with the Usagi-chan, Mamoru and Setsuna, who was still resting in bed. Heading towards the nearest church, the fire senshi felt comfort as she heard the crows flap their wings, looking over her from the skies "My guardians…my companions..," she whispered, smiling at them.
A few steps from the large wooden door, a voice echoed "The spirits really like you, Sailor Mars." The girl looked up. Sitting on the edge of the roof, while leaning against the cross, a boy with a veil of red hair and dressed in black clothing stared down at her. Then, he descended from up there, to land effortlessly before her. She noted he wore an odd pendant, something that looked a bit like the mars astrological symbol, merged with an odd design.
Stepping back, she threatened " Who are you… if you get any closer I will kill you." The boy smiled softly "…I'm sure you would. I would have said the same thing, had I been in your place." Wings flapped in the background. Two larger crows with tattered wings came behind the boy and rested on each of his shoulders. They were carrying bleeding flesh on their beaks. "Phobos, Deimos… I hope corpse meat is as good as it is back home." Rei was confused. She looked up to the skies, her guardian birds were still up there, flying.
"But…" Rei began to protest in confusion. He replied before she could say a word.
"I have guardians too – what a coincidence… they are also called Phobos and Deimos, like yours. Only mine… are stronger and they like feeding on dead things."
The pale boy turned around calmly and looked to the cross "…Christ, Buddha, Allah…and so many other prophets of light don't exist in my world. We burn their teachings. We teach the darkness of pain, blood and excess. The choirs in our cults sing too… they know the art of screaming…harmoniously." Turning back to her, he moved closer and placed his black gloved hand on her cheek. "We're the spiritual ones – some find us boring, others hate us because they're afraid of the occult."
Rei stood back and took a hold of her henshin pen. The boy looked down, as if he was disappointed. "I know the darkest arts, and if you couldn't meditate well, it is because of my rituals and my prayers to demons."
"Mars Fire Sphere" he spoke out clearly, his hand glowing red as he faced the church and launched an energy sphere towards it. As it came in contact with the church, it immediately took fire.
"Better go save the nuns and the priests, Sailor Mars. They are tied down and drenched in kerosene." He said without enthusiasm. "…Have fun." His body and his dead crows evanesced in an incinerating flame.