Author's Notes: Well, it's been a while, but we decided to get back
together and write the third chapter of our story. And there was much
rejoicing, in the land. Yay.
Chapter 3: I'll Take Off My Belt (Stupidly Enough)
Inside the TARDIS, the other Scouts stared all around. Mercury walked to the console, while punching buttons on her minicomputer. After dozens of beeps and boops, Jupiter moved to her side. "So, what is this place?" She pointed at the computer readout.
"YES! I WIN! . Oh. um. what?"
Silence.
As the Doctor re-entered the console room, he began explaining.
"No doubt you have heard from your friends of our previous.. encounter...."
At that, Usagi and Peri giggled.
After a quick glare, the Doctor continued. "This place you are in now is my craft, my ship the TARDIS, which is Time and Relative Dimension in Space. I travel around in it, with companions (he pointed to Peri) and save ailing worlds and keep the general peace of the universe."
All of them blinked. Made sense to them.. Sure.....
Mars interrupted with a better explanation. "Basically, he does what we do, but on other worlds."
Peri mumbled, "and with less pink."
"Hey, I wear ORANGE thank you very much!" shouted Venus. The Doctor's look silenced them all.
"This is very serious scouts. We are facing a force that has now expanded beyond Earth, into tampering with both Time and Space. This. Chaos, or Black Guardian, this force of evil is now interfering with normal dimensional function. It intends to tear it all apart." He said calmly, while checking all the dials and switches.
"Tear what apart?" asked Sailor Moon, stepping closer to him.
Grim faced, he answered. "The Universe."
Gasps echoed through the room, and suddenly all fun was replaced with tense reflection.
Mars stepped forward as well. "Ah, so that's why you're back. You really do need our help."
"Yes, I do. Sailor Scouts, I must formally request your help in defeating this force. The High Council itself has given me clearance to seek you out for this mission. Failure is not an option. We must succeed."
With that, he paused.
Sailor Jupiter casually crossed her arms and remarked, "What makes you think that we can beat this force?"
The Doctor, back facing them, turned around and straightened up. "Because I have a means of giving you power. I have an idea.. That may-----" An urgent beeping from the console took his attention away. He immediately turned, a stricken look on his face. "Urgent call... Time Lord down... We must respond; we are the closest TARDIS. Peri, I'm diverting us to Vibarunu Minor. Resetting coordinates. Peri, please get the Scouts settled into their rooms. Two more rooms have been designated, next to your room. Two to a room and someone will stay with you in your room. Choose quickly, I may need you up here again soon." His brow wrinkled in concentration. "Touchdown in 23 standard universal minutes."
Peri answered quickly. "Yes Doctor... Come this way please"
The Scouts all filed behind her, through the main door, and down the central corridor. They were struck by the sheer number of doors and roundels, and halls and well.. Everything. The TARDIS was huge!
Soon enough, Peri opened a door. "This is my room. Who would like to stay with me?"
The walls were pink. Pepto-Bismol pink. Her bed was covered in fluffy animals and her walls were covered in posters of Jon Bon Jovi and Winger. Oooooooooh yes, Peri was an 80s child. Only Ami-chan raised her hand. In complete silence. Somewhere, a cricket chirped.
"Weeeeellll, alright then, now we need to get the rest of you settled. The room next door is made for two. Which two will go in the next room?"
Usagi and Minako's hands went up, but Rei and Makoto shook their heads. "No way, you two would never go to sleep. For the sake of our mission, we must keep you two apart," said Rei.
Usagi whimpered, "But!"
Makoto retorted "No buts about it!"
Minako countered with "But I have a big but!"
To which Rei finalized "Well you should have brought an overcoat!"
Silence.
LAUGHTER. The tension was eased, and the two pairs of girls settled into their rooms. Peri told them where the wardrobe was located, and told them that after this distress signal was answered, they would all take a. "field trip."
Upon meeting up again, a bellow from the Doctor brought them all running back to the console room.
"What's wrong?" Peri asked, eyes frantically scanning the readings.
"We've landed, we're.. we're outside a disturbance. I can't take readings, and we can't leave, even the fast return switch is inoperable. All I can do is receive the calls from a Time Lord in need of help!"
Sailor Moon looked at her scouts, and one by one they all nodded. It was time to fight.
"Doctor, let us out. This is obviously something for us. You cannot fight from in here. We must fight on the outside. Someone out there is in trouble, and human or not we must save them."
The Doctor yelled even more. "No! How can I let you out when I can't even tell what's out there? That would be suicide! Anything---"
"Doctor, we've died plenty of times" said Mars, to which they all snickered.
"This is *not* a laughing matter ladies. This is serious business."
"Oh, we are serious. You brought us along, Doctor, so that we might help you fight the forces of evil. This is why we are here, correct?" Ami posed her rhetorical question, while pointing at the blank scanner.
He conceded the point. "Yes, that's why you are all here. I'll open the doors. But be careful!"
They all stared at the floor. As soon as the doors swung open, Sailor Moon led them from the TARDIS into darkness. As soon as they were out, the doors swung close again, and suddenly they turned around and the TARDIS was merely a police box, getting rapidly smaller.
Outside, Jupiter turned to Mercury. "Hey, Mercury, turn on your light. Let's give the Doctor and Peri a sign we're okay." She nodded, and a single light penetrated the immense blackness around them. The silence was deafening, and it was unlike any planet they knew...
In that one solid light, the darkness smiled.
They're here.
Lightning fast attacks hit them one after another until all were left on their knees.
was all Mars could think.
"Mars..... Flame...... Snip----"
WHACK! Sailor Mars was thrown on her back and pinned down by something she could not see. It was as though the air itself had thickened around her and she felt herself slowing down. It was a terrifying experience, and she opened her mouth and screamed.
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor and Peri were watching on the scanner the goings-on outside. At first, everything looked fine, but then the screen went black, and a face swept along between the scanner and the scouts. And then the screams started. And then fell to mere moans, then whispers. Then nothing.
"Doctor..? What's happening to them?" Peri shook slightly, holding her elbows as she shivered at the evil of the face that swept past.
Swallowing hard, he grabbed her shoulder. "I don't know Peri. I. just don't know."
Outside, Sailor Moon thought her blink was lasting quite long. No matter how many times she blinked, the lights never came back on. The pressure on her chest was building, and she could no longer tell which way was up.
Her thoughts became more jumbled as she looked around for her friends, with unseeing eyes. She opened her mouth and screamed their names, one at a time. "MARS! MERCURY! JUPITER! VENUS!" The only answer was silence. Completely contained within herself, eyes tearing from a combination of pain and frustration, she whispered. "What's going on? Why can't I fight?" She struggled to get up again, pushing with all her might. But she couldn't feel her legs. Or her arms. Or anything. Gasping for air that felt solid around her, she fought, thinking that if only she could get up, she could beat this thing. After a moment, the light in her mind went out, and everything was ultimately dark.
"Where are you guys?"
Blackness. Blankness. Nothing. She closed her eyes.
To be continued..........
Author's Note:
TimeAsunderQ: Okay guys, this is getting kinda dark. Literally! Buwah ha ha ha!!!! This is what we get for writing at night, during a storm, with crazy black cats running around at our feet!
Alcandre says: (whimper) I'm scared! (Lightning strikes outside) Err..... oops!
TimeAsunderQ: Ten points to whoever can place our title! HAHAHAHHAaaaaaaaaa ::chokes on evil laugh::
Chapter 3: I'll Take Off My Belt (Stupidly Enough)
Inside the TARDIS, the other Scouts stared all around. Mercury walked to the console, while punching buttons on her minicomputer. After dozens of beeps and boops, Jupiter moved to her side. "So, what is this place?" She pointed at the computer readout.
"YES! I WIN! . Oh. um. what?"
Silence.
As the Doctor re-entered the console room, he began explaining.
"No doubt you have heard from your friends of our previous.. encounter...."
At that, Usagi and Peri giggled.
After a quick glare, the Doctor continued. "This place you are in now is my craft, my ship the TARDIS, which is Time and Relative Dimension in Space. I travel around in it, with companions (he pointed to Peri) and save ailing worlds and keep the general peace of the universe."
All of them blinked. Made sense to them.. Sure.....
Mars interrupted with a better explanation. "Basically, he does what we do, but on other worlds."
Peri mumbled, "and with less pink."
"Hey, I wear ORANGE thank you very much!" shouted Venus. The Doctor's look silenced them all.
"This is very serious scouts. We are facing a force that has now expanded beyond Earth, into tampering with both Time and Space. This. Chaos, or Black Guardian, this force of evil is now interfering with normal dimensional function. It intends to tear it all apart." He said calmly, while checking all the dials and switches.
"Tear what apart?" asked Sailor Moon, stepping closer to him.
Grim faced, he answered. "The Universe."
Gasps echoed through the room, and suddenly all fun was replaced with tense reflection.
Mars stepped forward as well. "Ah, so that's why you're back. You really do need our help."
"Yes, I do. Sailor Scouts, I must formally request your help in defeating this force. The High Council itself has given me clearance to seek you out for this mission. Failure is not an option. We must succeed."
With that, he paused.
Sailor Jupiter casually crossed her arms and remarked, "What makes you think that we can beat this force?"
The Doctor, back facing them, turned around and straightened up. "Because I have a means of giving you power. I have an idea.. That may-----" An urgent beeping from the console took his attention away. He immediately turned, a stricken look on his face. "Urgent call... Time Lord down... We must respond; we are the closest TARDIS. Peri, I'm diverting us to Vibarunu Minor. Resetting coordinates. Peri, please get the Scouts settled into their rooms. Two more rooms have been designated, next to your room. Two to a room and someone will stay with you in your room. Choose quickly, I may need you up here again soon." His brow wrinkled in concentration. "Touchdown in 23 standard universal minutes."
Peri answered quickly. "Yes Doctor... Come this way please"
The Scouts all filed behind her, through the main door, and down the central corridor. They were struck by the sheer number of doors and roundels, and halls and well.. Everything. The TARDIS was huge!
Soon enough, Peri opened a door. "This is my room. Who would like to stay with me?"
The walls were pink. Pepto-Bismol pink. Her bed was covered in fluffy animals and her walls were covered in posters of Jon Bon Jovi and Winger. Oooooooooh yes, Peri was an 80s child. Only Ami-chan raised her hand. In complete silence. Somewhere, a cricket chirped.
"Weeeeellll, alright then, now we need to get the rest of you settled. The room next door is made for two. Which two will go in the next room?"
Usagi and Minako's hands went up, but Rei and Makoto shook their heads. "No way, you two would never go to sleep. For the sake of our mission, we must keep you two apart," said Rei.
Usagi whimpered, "But!"
Makoto retorted "No buts about it!"
Minako countered with "But I have a big but!"
To which Rei finalized "Well you should have brought an overcoat!"
Silence.
LAUGHTER. The tension was eased, and the two pairs of girls settled into their rooms. Peri told them where the wardrobe was located, and told them that after this distress signal was answered, they would all take a. "field trip."
Upon meeting up again, a bellow from the Doctor brought them all running back to the console room.
"What's wrong?" Peri asked, eyes frantically scanning the readings.
"We've landed, we're.. we're outside a disturbance. I can't take readings, and we can't leave, even the fast return switch is inoperable. All I can do is receive the calls from a Time Lord in need of help!"
Sailor Moon looked at her scouts, and one by one they all nodded. It was time to fight.
"Doctor, let us out. This is obviously something for us. You cannot fight from in here. We must fight on the outside. Someone out there is in trouble, and human or not we must save them."
The Doctor yelled even more. "No! How can I let you out when I can't even tell what's out there? That would be suicide! Anything---"
"Doctor, we've died plenty of times" said Mars, to which they all snickered.
"This is *not* a laughing matter ladies. This is serious business."
"Oh, we are serious. You brought us along, Doctor, so that we might help you fight the forces of evil. This is why we are here, correct?" Ami posed her rhetorical question, while pointing at the blank scanner.
He conceded the point. "Yes, that's why you are all here. I'll open the doors. But be careful!"
They all stared at the floor. As soon as the doors swung open, Sailor Moon led them from the TARDIS into darkness. As soon as they were out, the doors swung close again, and suddenly they turned around and the TARDIS was merely a police box, getting rapidly smaller.
Outside, Jupiter turned to Mercury. "Hey, Mercury, turn on your light. Let's give the Doctor and Peri a sign we're okay." She nodded, and a single light penetrated the immense blackness around them. The silence was deafening, and it was unlike any planet they knew...
In that one solid light, the darkness smiled.
They're here.
Lightning fast attacks hit them one after another until all were left on their knees.
was all Mars could think.
"Mars..... Flame...... Snip----"
WHACK! Sailor Mars was thrown on her back and pinned down by something she could not see. It was as though the air itself had thickened around her and she felt herself slowing down. It was a terrifying experience, and she opened her mouth and screamed.
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor and Peri were watching on the scanner the goings-on outside. At first, everything looked fine, but then the screen went black, and a face swept along between the scanner and the scouts. And then the screams started. And then fell to mere moans, then whispers. Then nothing.
"Doctor..? What's happening to them?" Peri shook slightly, holding her elbows as she shivered at the evil of the face that swept past.
Swallowing hard, he grabbed her shoulder. "I don't know Peri. I. just don't know."
Outside, Sailor Moon thought her blink was lasting quite long. No matter how many times she blinked, the lights never came back on. The pressure on her chest was building, and she could no longer tell which way was up.
Her thoughts became more jumbled as she looked around for her friends, with unseeing eyes. She opened her mouth and screamed their names, one at a time. "MARS! MERCURY! JUPITER! VENUS!" The only answer was silence. Completely contained within herself, eyes tearing from a combination of pain and frustration, she whispered. "What's going on? Why can't I fight?" She struggled to get up again, pushing with all her might. But she couldn't feel her legs. Or her arms. Or anything. Gasping for air that felt solid around her, she fought, thinking that if only she could get up, she could beat this thing. After a moment, the light in her mind went out, and everything was ultimately dark.
"Where are you guys?"
Blackness. Blankness. Nothing. She closed her eyes.
To be continued..........
Author's Note:
TimeAsunderQ: Okay guys, this is getting kinda dark. Literally! Buwah ha ha ha!!!! This is what we get for writing at night, during a storm, with crazy black cats running around at our feet!
Alcandre says: (whimper) I'm scared! (Lightning strikes outside) Err..... oops!
TimeAsunderQ: Ten points to whoever can place our title! HAHAHAHHAaaaaaaaaa ::chokes on evil laugh::