DevilWench: You'll just have to see! Thanks for the review!
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Tenshi-Hotaru: Ooops....guess I missed Mina when Ami was recalling everyone. I'll fix it later. NEways, thanks for pointing that out and thanks for your review!
Kaiya: Why, thankyou! I hope it is a bit interesting, since I'm never happy with my chapters anymore* Thanks for reviewing!
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* Sorry for the wait, I was very busy with school and other things. This chapter is dedicated to a man that attended my church and died and left his wife and children behind. God bless them.*
Chapter 12
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Noko and Koto laughed, their voices echoing off of the walls in the tavern that they stood..
"Mercury is failing," Koto said, still unable to wipe the evil smile off of his 0face.
"Just make sure she doesn't die before we can make good use of her. The pilots and the future king were the perfect bait. The moon princess, Sailor Moon, is falling for our trap. Amazing job making her look like the Neo Queen of Crystal Tokyo by the way, brother," commented Noko. Koto laughed.
"Yes, I know. I had to tap into the past battle between the senshi and those of nemisis to see what she looked like. If we knew the senshi's identities, it would be easier to find their fears and weaknesses, however tapping into their thoughts as they ran through the mall was brilliant. They all have one fear that eats at them everyday. Even Uranus and Neptune have fear. Spending much longer where they're at will eventually drive them to insanity, and they might just end their lives without any help from us, although it is possible to speed up the process if we can make our images more real. As for Pluto, let her stay there for a while. I don't think it's possible that she dies, since we saw from what we observed when they were fighting Pharoh 90 that she was killed in the helicopter, and is alive again without help from the silver crystal," Koto said.
"Good analysis. Mars, Jupiter, and Venus are next, and they are in for quite a treat," Noko said, smiling.
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Jupiter looked up. Looking down at herself, she realized she was still transformed. She was sitting down, on a wooden chair next to a hospital bed. Someone with brown hair lay on the bed. She had been in a room like this before, when she had given blood to Ken that time he had been hurt. How had she gotten there anyways? She turned to pay closer attention to the person lying on the bed. Heero. His chest was wrapped up, but blood was stained in a certain spot.
His heart.
He seemed unconsious, but every few moments he would shift painfully. She reached over and grabbed his hand. There was nobody else in the room. White walls, a window. Door. She walked over and tryed to open it.
Locked. Her heart skipped a beat. Somebody had locked them in. Trying to stay calm, she went to the window. Sun had originally streamed in through the window, but now there was nothing. She opened the curtains. It was facing a brick wall. But..sun had just been coming from there moments before.
She rushed back to the bed, and leaned over, close to his ear.
"Heero?" He shifted but didn't respond.
"Heero, can you hear me?" He shifted, but this time, his gaze focused on her. His eyes burned into hers, and for a brief moment, she saw life in his eyes, a will to live which she had not seen in anybody for a long time. Hope welled up in her stomach. She wouldn't lose another person, Heero would live.
A smirk came to his face, and for a moment she thought he was going to live, to say something re-assuring. But the smirk dissapeared, turning into a very peaceful look as his head fell to the side, his eyes closing. Jupiter stood speechless, staring down at him. She gripped the nearest thing to steady herself, the wooden chair.
She was crying and she hadn't even realized it until a tear drop fell on to her hand. She looked at it, and realized her hand was shaking. Angrilly. She picked up the chair, and without pausing, threw it against the wall. She punded against the door, and kicked it. She tried to use her powers to smash the door or wall, but it seemed to have some protective barrier. She tried the window, and when that didn't work she took out her anger by throwing things around the room.
From where he stood, Heero frowned but could do nothing.
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"Jupiter will be trouble," commented Koto.
"Don't worry, once we emotionally weaken everybody we can kill them. Thay have too much will power to die before then."
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Venus looked around. Where was she? She turned, but felt a hand grab her arm. She met purple orbs.
"I'm trying to explain to you Ven, and you just won't listen. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid nothing romantic can ever happen between us."
"What? Not now- I'm tring to figure out where we-" she stopped, allowing his words to sink in.
"But, but I-"
"Hmm," he snickered, "guess the goddess of love is destined to be alone then."
Venus stood staring, carefully letting the words sink in.
Duo growled from where he stood. How could she believe that? Besides, he didn't even use long sentences like that!
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Mars frowned. One minute she had been dashing past the crowd, and the next she was flat on her face, something Usagi would do. She got up on her knees and looked around. She was in a waste land, or so it seemed. Buildings were all but rubble, and she heard the cries of people around her, probably trapped inside the destroyed buildings. She had to help, wherever she was. She stood and dashed towards where she heard a cry, when she stopped. She passed by someone blond. Blond, with blue eyes and the familiar odango's.
Dashing to Sailor Moon's side, she halped her fallen friend sit up.
"What happened? Where are we?" Sailor Moon looked at her, almost as if regestering who she was, before an empty laugh echoed from her lips, sounding hoarse. She coughed, then spoke in a shaking voice, which grew stronger by each word.
"Where are we? The better question would be where were you? You abandoned us! Mercury was depending on you and you never showed up, so she was killed. Then Venus died, followed by Jupiter and the rest of the senshi. One by one. Why weren't you there to help? Look at you, not even a scratch on you! You weren't fighting, like Mercury believed." Mars was confused.
"I- I was in the mall with all of you, when I dissapeared and appeared here. And what do you mean the senshi are dead?" Again, she laughed.
"Dead, dead, dead," Sailor Moon was so hurt and disoriented that she was babbling strange things. "The pilots were here too. And Tuxedo-Kamen, he was the first to die, in my arms. Then we fought, we fought valiently, but we didn't have enough power without you," she coughed one last time. "Perhaps you can find everyone's bodies in the rubble. Thankyou, my guard, for failing." Sailor Moon's fell limp in Mars's arms after one final hateful glare. Mars dropped her body. This wasn't real. But how could something that wasn't real, seem so real?
She stood, her hands shaking, before heading over to the building. WHere she had heard the first cry of pain. Venus's mutilated bod lay there. She had been too late. She turned, and found Wufei lying on the ground. He was still alive.
"Weak onna," he muttered. She frowned. Maybe that meant he was healthy?
"You- you say you're not weak. But not being here, being afraid, running away when you could save lives and have the power to fight, that is weak. Even children were trying to protect their families. What did you do?"
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Mercury sighed, allowing herself to fall back onto the snow. Now Quatre was gone. This was getting worse. And what about her friends? She might as well move on, she'd freeze if she stood still. She stood up.
She may have been thje senshi of ice and didn't get cold as easily, but she still had her limits, and after another 30 minutes of trudging in the blizzard, she could hardly stand. Her fingers felt like they were going to fall off. She couldn't even see a foot in front of her face. Taking another heavy step forewards, her foot slipped on something and she fell backwards, connecting with hard ice. She grabbed her head, holding back tears. Why couldn't anybody just leave them alone? Why couldn't they leave HER alone?
She had gone to Quatre's demension in the beggining of the summer, forced to fight and missing out on a relaxing summer, and when she had finally overcome Julliana and had come home for her last two weeks of summer vacation, she had been surprised by her mothers sudden wedding plans. Then Noko had come out of nowhere, and destroyed what she had left of a peaceful summer. She struggled to find her footing, but as soon as she stood, she crashed into something hard. More ice?
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James sat up straiter, looking at the report. 1000 people? How? He met Aiko's gaze, and she shrugged, looking a bit tense. Maybe Ami would be home soon.
Meanwhile Hotaru and Rini were still contemplating what to do.
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Tuxedo Mask continued pounding on the wall, but every time Sailor Moon looked up, all she saw was a mirror. She stood once, and his false counter part garbbed her wrist.
"Where are you going, my darling," he said tensely.
"I thought I heard something- this isn't right. Something strange is going on."
"Nothing strange is going on mommy, you're with us," said 4 year old Rini, looking up at her with big innocent eyes.
She frowned, and looked back at the large mirror. Walking about two feet from their table, she placed her hand on the mirror, gazing at it.
Tuxedo Mask could see her, but she seemed not to see him as she began to turn away, her hand starting to slide off of the mirror. He quickly placed her hand where her's was. She turned back around, staring at her hand. He knocked on the Mirror again, where her hand was. She felt it this time.
"Tuxedo Mask! Are you in there," she called. She could hear no words, but she pressed her ear against the glass, and felt a faint pounding from the other side. But... how could she be sure it was him?
"How do I know you're really Tuxedo Mask and not someone playing a cheap trick, like Noko. Waiting for me to let my guard down?"
She placed her ear against the glass again, and could already see 'King Endymion' an 'Rini' beggining to stand, cruel looks on their faces.
A faint knocking began, then became more clear as the beat was recognized. It was the beat to the song her locket played, and he was pounding it out from the other side. She grew excited.
"Oh, I knew it was you. How can I get you out?" She got no reply, so she moved to grab a chair from the table she had been sitting at. The fake Endymion grabbed her wrist.
"Don't be silly dear. Let's just continue our dinner in peace," he said, ushering for her to sit down. She payed him no heed as she brought the chair up and smashed the mirror. That was all it needed, and Tuxedo Mask toppled out. He jumped up, and the image around them dissapeared, Serenity becoming Sailor Moon. They were in a black room now.
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It had been about an hour since Pluto had sat. She had known this would happen, and she wasn't allowed to stop it. Of course, she was afraid of being alone, but not like the act she had created. She hoped Noko and Koto had believed all that they saw, believed that she was afraid and would stay, so that when they weren't paying attention she could escape. She stood, and she knew that the moment was right. Grabbing her staff, she approached a pile of rubble on the floor.
Trowa saw her approaching, she knew where he was. Moving the rubble, there was a metal trap door in the ground. She smashed the lock with her staff, and opened it. Automatically, Trowa stuck his hand out. She grabbed it and pulled him out. As soon as she did so, the image around them fell. They were in a darknened room with Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
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Neptune sat down with a huff on the ground.
"What do we do now, Uranus. Everyone on Earth is dead, there is no point of staying here anymore," she said. Uranus nodded.
"Maybe it's best we leave this life behind us, as we did in the Silver Millenium," Uranus said. Neptune nodded, her eyes glazing over. Everyone was gone anyways.
"Yes, my Senshi. Join your friends, there is nothing left for you here," a voice said. they both automatically jumped up and bowed. Queen Serenity, Usagi's mother stood before them.
"My Queen, is that our path," asked Uranus.
"It is, your bunny is dead, as is small lady." Neptune looked up at her suspiciously.
"Our. . .bunny. Dead. With all do respect your majesty, I thought you would refer to your daughter more kindly then such," said Neptune, meeting Queen Serenity's eyes.
"Well why would I care if she's already dead- I mean...you're right. Now...end your life and join your friends."
Koto hit Noko in the back of the head fom where they stood.
"Don't say that! Now they're suspicious!" Noko glared but nodded.
"I mean- you don't have to die, but if you want to that' just fine with me- Oww!" Noko grabbed the back of his head, as Koto hit him again. Uranus and Neptune looked at each other. Oww?
"Nice try Noko," Uranus said, punching 'Queen Serenity'. Her hand went right through her. She smirked, and she and Neptune both nodded and stepped off of the floating rock they were on. They landed in a room with Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, Pluto, and Trowa.
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Jupiter had been detroying the room for about 1/2 and hour. She plopd onto the floor, her spirit broken, her anger beggining to drain. She was tired now. She looked down at a picture frame still clutched in her hand. It had a dark moon symbol on it. A framed dark moon symbol? How pathetic. The anger she felt towards them was unbearable as she threw it on the ground.
The glass smashed into bits, and the scene fell away. She forwned. Heero stood above her. She was sitting on the floor in a darkened room with Moon, Tux. Mask, Pluto, Trowa, and him. So it had been the last picture frame on the wall that would get them out of the nightmare. Irony.
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Venus looked down at a puddle of water at her feet as Duo continued to cruely name why he was breaking up with her. It had been raining, and the puddle was very big, bigger then her. Duo was right, she knew it. Her hand reached over to brush a bang from her face, and a tear rolled down her cheek. She didn't notice it until it made a plop when it hit the water. It shook and made a riple larger then it should have been. She frowned, and bent down to touch it.
Her hand touched someone else's, and she suddenly came to her senses. It wasn't real. She pulled, and from the water it seemed she pulled out Duo. the enemy was becoming more clever. The scene around them fell and they were in a black room with everyone but Mars, Wufei, Mercury, and Quatre.
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Mars frowned.
"Nothing," she answered. Wufei gave an empty laugh and his head rolled to the side. He was dead.
"Weak."
It echoed in her head.
"Worthless."
Yes, she was. Worthless and weak.
She leaned against a window of a destroyed building. Something sharp tapped her, and she was reminded that she could hurt herself on the rubble. She turned around and frowned. The window- was the only untouched thing. It could have just been coincidence; maybe not.
She ran her fingers along the smooth glass.
"It's nothing, I'm being stupid," she said to herself. Suddenly, her anger flared and with a scream of rage, she smashed the window with her fist. She was surprised, when a hand grabbed her arm.
"You're not weak," a voice she recognized right away said. The scene around them dissapeared, and they appeared in a black room with everyone but Mercury and Quatre. A thought suddenly struck her. Noko had once said he wanted Mercury when they were fighting.
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Yes, more ice. Mercury tried to find her footing. She fell down, except this time she didn't hit the ice right away. She toppled down what seemed to be a hole that had appeared out of nowhere. She fell into a room made entirely out of ice. Perfect. There was no wall on one of the sides, but when she tried to pass through, she was shocked. there was osmekind of force field in the way. It was keeping her from a blackened room, and she could hear voices from it but could identify nothing. Then the room suddenly lit up. All of her friends were there. Quatre was missing though.
"Ouch," she heard someone say, then, "Quatre man, get off me! Where'de you come from?" That was Duo, and Quatre had obviously just fallen into the room.
As soon as they saw her, her friends all ran over, but they couldn't get through because of the force field. Sailor Moon and Quatre were in the front, standing right in front of her.
"Getting cold there Mercury," a voice said. Noko appeared out of nowhere.
"Noko, you were able to do all of this," asked a bewildered Jupiter. He laughed, and suddenly a second laugh accompanied his, sounding almost identical if it weren't for the other voice sounding an octave higher.
"Not alone," said the voice. Someone whom looked exactly like Noko appeared next to him.
"My name is Koto, senshi. Noko and I have been working in this together. There is no one above or below us. now that we drained that 1000 people, we have enough energy for the final step of our plan. Her," Koto said, ointing at Mercury.
"What could Mercury posssibly have to do with your plan," Mars asked. Noko pulled out a small gold box, only the size of his palm. There was a colored gem representing each planet on the box, except for the planet Mercury.
"Each ruler of each planet has an essence, a special element that is their own. From the past, we collected the essence's of the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Pluto, Uranus, Neptune, and Earth, which killed the rulers. But you see, we had weakened the rulers before we took this, and this was far before the silver millenium. We had been unable to find the ruler of Mercury until the last day in that time, and once we found him, we had no time to weaken him so he was too strong willed to take his essense.
"We decided that after we collected the energy we needed from here, we would simply take the Mercury scouts essence, her special element, ice. With the energy and the last gem, it would create the ultimate weapon. That's why we ned you. I hope you enjoyed your life, because after being in freezing cold temperatures, ice water, and getting hurt, you're not going to survive once we take your essence. I suggest you enjoy one last icy breath, because this is the end for the Senshi of Ice."
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Again, I'm sorry about the wait. I hope there weren't too many typos. Please review! I want more reviews!
Silent Comet: You'll find out soon. Thanks for your review!
Tenshi-Hotaru: Ooops....guess I missed Mina when Ami was recalling everyone. I'll fix it later. NEways, thanks for pointing that out and thanks for your review!
Kaiya: Why, thankyou! I hope it is a bit interesting, since I'm never happy with my chapters anymore* Thanks for reviewing!
Lizzette Faith Reyes: Haven't heard from you before. Thanks a lot, I hope this chapter pleases too!
* Sorry for the wait, I was very busy with school and other things. This chapter is dedicated to a man that attended my church and died and left his wife and children behind. God bless them.*
Chapter 12
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Noko and Koto laughed, their voices echoing off of the walls in the tavern that they stood..
"Mercury is failing," Koto said, still unable to wipe the evil smile off of his 0face.
"Just make sure she doesn't die before we can make good use of her. The pilots and the future king were the perfect bait. The moon princess, Sailor Moon, is falling for our trap. Amazing job making her look like the Neo Queen of Crystal Tokyo by the way, brother," commented Noko. Koto laughed.
"Yes, I know. I had to tap into the past battle between the senshi and those of nemisis to see what she looked like. If we knew the senshi's identities, it would be easier to find their fears and weaknesses, however tapping into their thoughts as they ran through the mall was brilliant. They all have one fear that eats at them everyday. Even Uranus and Neptune have fear. Spending much longer where they're at will eventually drive them to insanity, and they might just end their lives without any help from us, although it is possible to speed up the process if we can make our images more real. As for Pluto, let her stay there for a while. I don't think it's possible that she dies, since we saw from what we observed when they were fighting Pharoh 90 that she was killed in the helicopter, and is alive again without help from the silver crystal," Koto said.
"Good analysis. Mars, Jupiter, and Venus are next, and they are in for quite a treat," Noko said, smiling.
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Jupiter looked up. Looking down at herself, she realized she was still transformed. She was sitting down, on a wooden chair next to a hospital bed. Someone with brown hair lay on the bed. She had been in a room like this before, when she had given blood to Ken that time he had been hurt. How had she gotten there anyways? She turned to pay closer attention to the person lying on the bed. Heero. His chest was wrapped up, but blood was stained in a certain spot.
His heart.
He seemed unconsious, but every few moments he would shift painfully. She reached over and grabbed his hand. There was nobody else in the room. White walls, a window. Door. She walked over and tryed to open it.
Locked. Her heart skipped a beat. Somebody had locked them in. Trying to stay calm, she went to the window. Sun had originally streamed in through the window, but now there was nothing. She opened the curtains. It was facing a brick wall. But..sun had just been coming from there moments before.
She rushed back to the bed, and leaned over, close to his ear.
"Heero?" He shifted but didn't respond.
"Heero, can you hear me?" He shifted, but this time, his gaze focused on her. His eyes burned into hers, and for a brief moment, she saw life in his eyes, a will to live which she had not seen in anybody for a long time. Hope welled up in her stomach. She wouldn't lose another person, Heero would live.
A smirk came to his face, and for a moment she thought he was going to live, to say something re-assuring. But the smirk dissapeared, turning into a very peaceful look as his head fell to the side, his eyes closing. Jupiter stood speechless, staring down at him. She gripped the nearest thing to steady herself, the wooden chair.
She was crying and she hadn't even realized it until a tear drop fell on to her hand. She looked at it, and realized her hand was shaking. Angrilly. She picked up the chair, and without pausing, threw it against the wall. She punded against the door, and kicked it. She tried to use her powers to smash the door or wall, but it seemed to have some protective barrier. She tried the window, and when that didn't work she took out her anger by throwing things around the room.
From where he stood, Heero frowned but could do nothing.
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"Jupiter will be trouble," commented Koto.
"Don't worry, once we emotionally weaken everybody we can kill them. Thay have too much will power to die before then."
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Venus looked around. Where was she? She turned, but felt a hand grab her arm. She met purple orbs.
"I'm trying to explain to you Ven, and you just won't listen. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid nothing romantic can ever happen between us."
"What? Not now- I'm tring to figure out where we-" she stopped, allowing his words to sink in.
"But, but I-"
"Hmm," he snickered, "guess the goddess of love is destined to be alone then."
Venus stood staring, carefully letting the words sink in.
Duo growled from where he stood. How could she believe that? Besides, he didn't even use long sentences like that!
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Mars frowned. One minute she had been dashing past the crowd, and the next she was flat on her face, something Usagi would do. She got up on her knees and looked around. She was in a waste land, or so it seemed. Buildings were all but rubble, and she heard the cries of people around her, probably trapped inside the destroyed buildings. She had to help, wherever she was. She stood and dashed towards where she heard a cry, when she stopped. She passed by someone blond. Blond, with blue eyes and the familiar odango's.
Dashing to Sailor Moon's side, she halped her fallen friend sit up.
"What happened? Where are we?" Sailor Moon looked at her, almost as if regestering who she was, before an empty laugh echoed from her lips, sounding hoarse. She coughed, then spoke in a shaking voice, which grew stronger by each word.
"Where are we? The better question would be where were you? You abandoned us! Mercury was depending on you and you never showed up, so she was killed. Then Venus died, followed by Jupiter and the rest of the senshi. One by one. Why weren't you there to help? Look at you, not even a scratch on you! You weren't fighting, like Mercury believed." Mars was confused.
"I- I was in the mall with all of you, when I dissapeared and appeared here. And what do you mean the senshi are dead?" Again, she laughed.
"Dead, dead, dead," Sailor Moon was so hurt and disoriented that she was babbling strange things. "The pilots were here too. And Tuxedo-Kamen, he was the first to die, in my arms. Then we fought, we fought valiently, but we didn't have enough power without you," she coughed one last time. "Perhaps you can find everyone's bodies in the rubble. Thankyou, my guard, for failing." Sailor Moon's fell limp in Mars's arms after one final hateful glare. Mars dropped her body. This wasn't real. But how could something that wasn't real, seem so real?
She stood, her hands shaking, before heading over to the building. WHere she had heard the first cry of pain. Venus's mutilated bod lay there. She had been too late. She turned, and found Wufei lying on the ground. He was still alive.
"Weak onna," he muttered. She frowned. Maybe that meant he was healthy?
"You- you say you're not weak. But not being here, being afraid, running away when you could save lives and have the power to fight, that is weak. Even children were trying to protect their families. What did you do?"
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Mercury sighed, allowing herself to fall back onto the snow. Now Quatre was gone. This was getting worse. And what about her friends? She might as well move on, she'd freeze if she stood still. She stood up.
She may have been thje senshi of ice and didn't get cold as easily, but she still had her limits, and after another 30 minutes of trudging in the blizzard, she could hardly stand. Her fingers felt like they were going to fall off. She couldn't even see a foot in front of her face. Taking another heavy step forewards, her foot slipped on something and she fell backwards, connecting with hard ice. She grabbed her head, holding back tears. Why couldn't anybody just leave them alone? Why couldn't they leave HER alone?
She had gone to Quatre's demension in the beggining of the summer, forced to fight and missing out on a relaxing summer, and when she had finally overcome Julliana and had come home for her last two weeks of summer vacation, she had been surprised by her mothers sudden wedding plans. Then Noko had come out of nowhere, and destroyed what she had left of a peaceful summer. She struggled to find her footing, but as soon as she stood, she crashed into something hard. More ice?
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James sat up straiter, looking at the report. 1000 people? How? He met Aiko's gaze, and she shrugged, looking a bit tense. Maybe Ami would be home soon.
Meanwhile Hotaru and Rini were still contemplating what to do.
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Tuxedo Mask continued pounding on the wall, but every time Sailor Moon looked up, all she saw was a mirror. She stood once, and his false counter part garbbed her wrist.
"Where are you going, my darling," he said tensely.
"I thought I heard something- this isn't right. Something strange is going on."
"Nothing strange is going on mommy, you're with us," said 4 year old Rini, looking up at her with big innocent eyes.
She frowned, and looked back at the large mirror. Walking about two feet from their table, she placed her hand on the mirror, gazing at it.
Tuxedo Mask could see her, but she seemed not to see him as she began to turn away, her hand starting to slide off of the mirror. He quickly placed her hand where her's was. She turned back around, staring at her hand. He knocked on the Mirror again, where her hand was. She felt it this time.
"Tuxedo Mask! Are you in there," she called. She could hear no words, but she pressed her ear against the glass, and felt a faint pounding from the other side. But... how could she be sure it was him?
"How do I know you're really Tuxedo Mask and not someone playing a cheap trick, like Noko. Waiting for me to let my guard down?"
She placed her ear against the glass again, and could already see 'King Endymion' an 'Rini' beggining to stand, cruel looks on their faces.
A faint knocking began, then became more clear as the beat was recognized. It was the beat to the song her locket played, and he was pounding it out from the other side. She grew excited.
"Oh, I knew it was you. How can I get you out?" She got no reply, so she moved to grab a chair from the table she had been sitting at. The fake Endymion grabbed her wrist.
"Don't be silly dear. Let's just continue our dinner in peace," he said, ushering for her to sit down. She payed him no heed as she brought the chair up and smashed the mirror. That was all it needed, and Tuxedo Mask toppled out. He jumped up, and the image around them dissapeared, Serenity becoming Sailor Moon. They were in a black room now.
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It had been about an hour since Pluto had sat. She had known this would happen, and she wasn't allowed to stop it. Of course, she was afraid of being alone, but not like the act she had created. She hoped Noko and Koto had believed all that they saw, believed that she was afraid and would stay, so that when they weren't paying attention she could escape. She stood, and she knew that the moment was right. Grabbing her staff, she approached a pile of rubble on the floor.
Trowa saw her approaching, she knew where he was. Moving the rubble, there was a metal trap door in the ground. She smashed the lock with her staff, and opened it. Automatically, Trowa stuck his hand out. She grabbed it and pulled him out. As soon as she did so, the image around them fell. They were in a darknened room with Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
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Neptune sat down with a huff on the ground.
"What do we do now, Uranus. Everyone on Earth is dead, there is no point of staying here anymore," she said. Uranus nodded.
"Maybe it's best we leave this life behind us, as we did in the Silver Millenium," Uranus said. Neptune nodded, her eyes glazing over. Everyone was gone anyways.
"Yes, my Senshi. Join your friends, there is nothing left for you here," a voice said. they both automatically jumped up and bowed. Queen Serenity, Usagi's mother stood before them.
"My Queen, is that our path," asked Uranus.
"It is, your bunny is dead, as is small lady." Neptune looked up at her suspiciously.
"Our. . .bunny. Dead. With all do respect your majesty, I thought you would refer to your daughter more kindly then such," said Neptune, meeting Queen Serenity's eyes.
"Well why would I care if she's already dead- I mean...you're right. Now...end your life and join your friends."
Koto hit Noko in the back of the head fom where they stood.
"Don't say that! Now they're suspicious!" Noko glared but nodded.
"I mean- you don't have to die, but if you want to that' just fine with me- Oww!" Noko grabbed the back of his head, as Koto hit him again. Uranus and Neptune looked at each other. Oww?
"Nice try Noko," Uranus said, punching 'Queen Serenity'. Her hand went right through her. She smirked, and she and Neptune both nodded and stepped off of the floating rock they were on. They landed in a room with Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, Pluto, and Trowa.
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Jupiter had been detroying the room for about 1/2 and hour. She plopd onto the floor, her spirit broken, her anger beggining to drain. She was tired now. She looked down at a picture frame still clutched in her hand. It had a dark moon symbol on it. A framed dark moon symbol? How pathetic. The anger she felt towards them was unbearable as she threw it on the ground.
The glass smashed into bits, and the scene fell away. She forwned. Heero stood above her. She was sitting on the floor in a darkened room with Moon, Tux. Mask, Pluto, Trowa, and him. So it had been the last picture frame on the wall that would get them out of the nightmare. Irony.
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Venus looked down at a puddle of water at her feet as Duo continued to cruely name why he was breaking up with her. It had been raining, and the puddle was very big, bigger then her. Duo was right, she knew it. Her hand reached over to brush a bang from her face, and a tear rolled down her cheek. She didn't notice it until it made a plop when it hit the water. It shook and made a riple larger then it should have been. She frowned, and bent down to touch it.
Her hand touched someone else's, and she suddenly came to her senses. It wasn't real. She pulled, and from the water it seemed she pulled out Duo. the enemy was becoming more clever. The scene around them fell and they were in a black room with everyone but Mars, Wufei, Mercury, and Quatre.
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Mars frowned.
"Nothing," she answered. Wufei gave an empty laugh and his head rolled to the side. He was dead.
"Weak."
It echoed in her head.
"Worthless."
Yes, she was. Worthless and weak.
She leaned against a window of a destroyed building. Something sharp tapped her, and she was reminded that she could hurt herself on the rubble. She turned around and frowned. The window- was the only untouched thing. It could have just been coincidence; maybe not.
She ran her fingers along the smooth glass.
"It's nothing, I'm being stupid," she said to herself. Suddenly, her anger flared and with a scream of rage, she smashed the window with her fist. She was surprised, when a hand grabbed her arm.
"You're not weak," a voice she recognized right away said. The scene around them dissapeared, and they appeared in a black room with everyone but Mercury and Quatre. A thought suddenly struck her. Noko had once said he wanted Mercury when they were fighting.
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Yes, more ice. Mercury tried to find her footing. She fell down, except this time she didn't hit the ice right away. She toppled down what seemed to be a hole that had appeared out of nowhere. She fell into a room made entirely out of ice. Perfect. There was no wall on one of the sides, but when she tried to pass through, she was shocked. there was osmekind of force field in the way. It was keeping her from a blackened room, and she could hear voices from it but could identify nothing. Then the room suddenly lit up. All of her friends were there. Quatre was missing though.
"Ouch," she heard someone say, then, "Quatre man, get off me! Where'de you come from?" That was Duo, and Quatre had obviously just fallen into the room.
As soon as they saw her, her friends all ran over, but they couldn't get through because of the force field. Sailor Moon and Quatre were in the front, standing right in front of her.
"Getting cold there Mercury," a voice said. Noko appeared out of nowhere.
"Noko, you were able to do all of this," asked a bewildered Jupiter. He laughed, and suddenly a second laugh accompanied his, sounding almost identical if it weren't for the other voice sounding an octave higher.
"Not alone," said the voice. Someone whom looked exactly like Noko appeared next to him.
"My name is Koto, senshi. Noko and I have been working in this together. There is no one above or below us. now that we drained that 1000 people, we have enough energy for the final step of our plan. Her," Koto said, ointing at Mercury.
"What could Mercury posssibly have to do with your plan," Mars asked. Noko pulled out a small gold box, only the size of his palm. There was a colored gem representing each planet on the box, except for the planet Mercury.
"Each ruler of each planet has an essence, a special element that is their own. From the past, we collected the essence's of the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Pluto, Uranus, Neptune, and Earth, which killed the rulers. But you see, we had weakened the rulers before we took this, and this was far before the silver millenium. We had been unable to find the ruler of Mercury until the last day in that time, and once we found him, we had no time to weaken him so he was too strong willed to take his essense.
"We decided that after we collected the energy we needed from here, we would simply take the Mercury scouts essence, her special element, ice. With the energy and the last gem, it would create the ultimate weapon. That's why we ned you. I hope you enjoyed your life, because after being in freezing cold temperatures, ice water, and getting hurt, you're not going to survive once we take your essence. I suggest you enjoy one last icy breath, because this is the end for the Senshi of Ice."
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