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~Last Time~
"Where's Usagi, where is everyone," Ami asked.
"East part of the airport with Duo. Mamoru and I are headed there now. Rei and Wufei, along with Heero and Makoto are in the back parking lot fending off some youma. Trowa, Haruka, and Michiru, along with Quatre and Setsuna are at terminal G, near where they load passengers last I saw them. Hopefully they can stop the fight from being forced onto a plane, because if they are driven inside it will be too cramped to fight. I don't believe either one of them has transformed, for fear of Noko and Koto watching or for fear of hidden cameras. I'm sure with your mini- computer, you can take those out in about fifteen minutes, without permanently destroying the cameras. Too many expenses. Maybe you can transform in a washroom or something."
"Right," Ami said with a nod, feeling proud that when things got serious, the other senshi did as well.
The three seperated, Minako and Mamoru headed off to find Usagi and Duo, and Ami running off to where Minako had said Quatre and the others were.
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Chapter 15
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Ami ran. And ran...
And ran.
After passing through the now deserted security, Ami reached Terminal A.
Five minutes later, she was at terminal D. After running up the down escalater, still working, she made it to terminal E.
F.
Ami continued.
G. FInally. This airport was huge!
Ami was dissapointed to find that the terminal was empty. Only a few lights had been left on once everyone fled, giving the area an almost spooky appearance. She took an unsure step in one direction, then another.
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Aiko looked at the watch in her hand. Everyone was making quiet conversation, but soon it grew a bit louder, and any sounds made in the front were drowned out. Greg concentrated on the road, for the most part. It was time. Being able to see the future had its advantages, and that started with what Dr. Mizuno held in her hand. AIko looked at it carefully. Now looking at it closely, it didn't look like a watch. Greg suddenly slammed on the breaks, and the communictor/watch fell on the ground next to Aiko's feet.
"Sorry Everyone," Greg apologized, turning to look at those in the back, "Just some crazy drivers fleeing from the airport cut me off."
"That's alright Greg, we can't complain when we're not paying for the taxi," Lisa said, and everyone in the back laughed. Aiko turned to where she thought she had dropped the strange watch, but it was gone.
Greg smiled smuggly to himself as he tucked the communicater in his hand so that he could give it back to Ami. There was a small picture lying on the ground. Aiko picked it up.
"Um...what's this dear," she asked. There was a woman in the picture with brown hair in a bun and deep brown eyes. She was very beautiful, just the sight of her sunning Aiko. Greg looked over.
"Sorry, I must have dropped it," he said, "this is my girlfriend, Julliana."
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She bumped into the counter in the semi-darkness, and backed up in surprise, nearly stumbling over a seat. Where the terminal loaded, was a small machine Ami nearly hit her head on. It was so small, that with a quick glance you couldn't see it. She turned to look at it more closely. Perhaps a light? Security? A camera? She wasn't sure. And where was everyone? She reached for her communicater to call someone.
Only to find that it was gone.
She sighed in frustration. Nothing was going right. Ami slowly lowered her hand to touch it- and removed it almost instantly, feeling her eyelids droop. She leaned back against the wall and grasped her head, before steadying herself. Smart. Noko and Koto must have installed it. It probably drained energy at the lightest touch. Thousands of people must have bumped into it today with all of the crowds. It took energy, not so much so that anybody keeled over, but enough to tire them and get what they wanted.
She pulled out her mini computer and scaned the area. A virtual map of the terminal appeared. Trying to keep her eyes open despite the energy drain, she studied the map. There were 8 life forms on the plane, three of which were evil, and 5 of which were good.
She would have to transform in the washroom and take out the camera's first. Minicomputer in hand, she ducked into the nearest restroom and transformed, a little difficult because she was so drained, but she managed to transform, unsure of how much energy she'd actually have left to fight with. Pulling out her computer again, she began to type furiously on it. The wiring of the camera's was very simple, but she didn't want to mess with it too much and end up destroying them. She got an idea, and concentrated her Aqua illusion attack on what the computer showed. Every camera in the terminal had it's lens covered in ice. Now any one of the senshi could transform in this terminal, at least. The ones in the parking lot were okay as well, but Usagi, Duo, Mamoru, and Minako would all have to duck into a restroom to transform.
She decided to head to the plane, hoping she wasn't too late now. As she passed the small machine, she couldn't help but stop. Grabbing a stappler off of the counter, she smashed it into the machine. It didn't break. Ami didn't have time to worry about that for now though, and quickly entered the plane. As soon as she entered, she realized that the door from the ramp had been forced open. It was dark inside. Ofcourse it was. This was the extra plane. It was in between two of the main storage buildings, so no light shined on the plane or through it's small windows.
She took an unsure step inside. Something scuttled past her, and when Ami spun around there was nobody there. She began to breath faster, and turned back around- only to come face to face with a smiling youma. She could just barely make out it's evil smile in the dark. It raised it's arm, and before Mercury could react, she blasted into one of the seats on the other side with a scream. She tried to roll off of the two adjoined seats, and screamed when she felt someone there. She took a closer look. Quatre was unconsious on the floor next to the seat. She tried to get off him, fear going through her automatically.
He shifted and groaned, and Ami sighed in relief. It didn't last long however, because a different you towered above her, and grabbed her by the nexk. This youma was a dark blue, and seemed to have something personal against her. It was still so dark however, that Mercury couldn't see what was happening well enough. She kicked and struggled, but the youma didn't let you. It raised it's arm and punched her hard in the face, then through her towards the back. Ami smashed into a food cart and kept rolling until she fell through a curtain into the bussiness class section. Much spacier than coach at least.
Someone grabbed her arm from the bathroom next to the curtain, and Ami jumped. It was Haruka, or more accurately Sailor Uranus. Next to her was Trowa, who looked around quietly. His hand grasped someone else's. Sailor Pluto. She was unconsious, and he sat in front of her, protecting her.
"Where's Neptune," Mercury whispered.
"In the first class area somewhere. I was just headed there. Have you seen Quatre," Uranus asked.
"Yes, he's unconsious lying next to a seat in coach. I'm going back for him," Mercury declared.
"Alright, be careful guys," Uranus warned, jumping out of the bathroom and quickly running through the curtain leading to the first class. Trowa tapped mercury on the shoulder, and Mercury turned to him, still firmly gransping Setsuna's hand.
"Can you check if she's alright? With your computer?" Mercury smiled sympathetically and nodded, double clicking her earing. It came over her eyes, and Trowa watched patiently as she did so.
"I think she'll be alright, she has a slight concussion and a broken leg, but that should heal soon. She'll be up in about an hour. Watch over her, okay?" He nodded.
"Will you two be alright here?"
He nodded again, silent as always, and Ami crawled out cautiously, looking around. When she was sure the coast was clear, she continued, and stopped. There must have beena ayouma in the first class section battling Neptune and Uranus. There wasn't one here. And two had battled her in the coach area. She had sensed three, so it only made sense.
Taking a deep breath, she peaked through the curtain. No noise. No movement. She had to save Quatre though. Reaching over to the wall. She decided to enter that way. Something smashed her head into the wall, and kept her pinned there. She kicked forwards, knocking it away. She needed more light, Ami needed to see. She reached up and switched on the light over the seat she was next to, remembering that it should be there. As soon as she had done so, the youma shrunk away pitifully.
Mercury got an idea.
She jumped, seat over seat, from row to row, turning on each and every light. The two youma's screams of terror filled her ears, and she kept going. Her visor showed her sll of the readings, and how much weaker the youma were. They couldn't stand the light. That's why they were on the dark plane at night. She knew her friends hadn't tried the lights because they had figured they could hide
themselves in the dark from the youma.
She suddenly spun around, jumping into the thin isle, and attacked.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Her aim had to be exact, she couldn't destroy anything on the plane, the food cart was enough. It conected with the youma, and it was automatically disinigrated. Where was the second? A blow to the back of the head answered that question. She fell forwards, into a second row of seats and rolled to the floor. She was disoriented for a moment and when he tried to get up, she was blasted in the back and sent crashing to the floor once again. This youma was obviously okay with the light.
In fact, it seemed to be fighting even better now. Grabbing her by the hair, Ami let out a shriek as it threw her on the seat across the row. She again tried to stand, and only failed. The youma bent down as if grabbing something, and emerged with a sword in his hand. Mercury gasped and backed away, not wanting to be stabbed to death by that hideous youma. It slashed at her, and Ami rolled onto the side, the youma missing and slashing through the seat.
"Hey! Do you intend to pay for this plane," she lectured, jumping out of the way as it tried to slash at her again. She jumped back more and more until she was cornered. Looking around helplessly, she had no means of escape. The youma began to bring the sword down again, and Mercury closed her eyes.
Only to feel nothing. Looking up, she saw that Quatre had a food tray in his hands, holding it up against the sword. He nudged his head towards the floor where another one lay. Mercury grabbed it right away, and when the youma pushed Quatre back and swung again, she threw her tray up in defense. The youma was then caught off guard trying to get through th tray, so Quatre kicked it hard in the face, sending it sprawling backwards.
"Ready Merc," Quatre asked. She nodded, and formed an attack.
"Mercury Ice," Mercury paused, feeling her power suddenly flowing through her veins, "formation!" (tacky, i know. cut me some slack!)
A sphere of ice formed in her hand. It took on the shape of a lilly, a sword, and finally a whirlwind of ice and water before disinigrating the youma.
"Wow, Mercury! That's a new attack, isn't it," Quatre exclaimed. She nodded, suddenly feeling drained. When she attacked like that, she could make the ice anything she wanted. Quatre grabbed her by the shoulder to steady her, and she smiled.
"Thankyou for helping me," she told him, motioning towards the tray, "very smart." And before anyone could enter, she landed a quick kiss on his lips, makiing him snd herself blush. It had been a while since they had had any alone time...
Uranus and Neptune entered, both a little beat up, but that would probably go away by tomorrow. Trowa followed carrying Pluto. Uranus surveyed the area.
"Geez Mercury, this place is a wreck. Were you and the youma wrestling?" Mercury looked around well for the first time. The food cart she had at first been thrown into was knocked over and there was food all over the floor. Some drinks had spilled all over too. Ami noticed that about five seats were torn up, and most of the seats were all tilted back. The curtains were slashed up, and there were some other broken things from when Quatre had earlier been attacked.
"Well then, I suggest we get out of here, and possibly stop by the security areas and remove the tapes showing us doing all of this," She guessed. Everyone laughed and agreed.
Quatre and Mercury helped each other exit the plane, and after she explained that she had dropped her communicater, Uranus called the others to make usre that they wree alright. They were fine, and so they all met outside the airport.
"I don't think Noko and Koto got all the energy they wanted," Venus said.
"Actually, I believe that they did." Mercury proceeded to explain about the small machine she had found by the terminal, and everyone said that they had seen similar things through out the entire airport.
"Well, I couldn't break it," Jupiter said, "but I don't think that we should worry about this now. the airport will be closed for a few days to be fixed up anyways. We can talk to Luna and Artemis and figure out how to get rid of them later." Everyone agreed, since they were all tired.
The pilots exchanged goodbyes with them, saying that they were headed home to rest.
"Just get some sleep and if you have any injuries, have them looked at. Tomorrow night is the pre-wedding party and I want you all to be there," Mercury said. They all nodded.
"Wow, that sounds like a blast. Mind if I bring a date," Duo joked, grabbing Venus's hand. Venus blushed, surprisingly, and smiled. The pilots departed, zapping themselves back to their demensions. Pluto had since woken up, and had bid everyone farewell, hoping to stop by the party tomorrow. She returned to the time gates.
They all detransformed, and Ami resisted passing out until she would be at home. She suddenly remembered who was home. Her grandmother and uncle, and she would be expected to sit with them and help them unpack. At this she groaned. Her grandmother probably wouldn't shutup. Unless- unless her and Anna hit it off, and Goerge and the guys decided to hang out, and Lisa and her mother left to make wedding preperations with Joseph. One could only dream. They managed to pile into the two cars, all of the buses having left.
Ami was dropped off first, and she bid goodbye to everyone, thanking them for following wuith their crazy plan. The memory of Usagi in the cafe there with the pot on her head came to mind, and Ami couldn't help but smile.
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Noko frowned and looked at Koto.
"She escaped. Our stupid youma did nothing to stop her. What now?"
"There is a wedding party being thrown for Ami's mother tomorrow night. We can crash that."
Noko smiled ta this. "Perfect, brother. Ofcourse, we'll arrive fashionably late."
"Do you think," asked Koto, "that she knows that we know about her identity since that day we tried to take her essence?"
"I don't think so. I think we're in the clear."
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Ami opened up the door to her apartment, and slunk inside. The injury on her back was well concealed underneath her shirt, and besides looking extremely tired, she looked almost normal.
"Ami! Where were you?!?!?" Aiko came to her daughter right away.
"I- I was riding with Mamoru. but so many people had left the airport that there was a lot of traffic."
"We drove through that," Aiko dais, and James walked up next to her, "and we were fine."
"Yes, but there was an accident and they re-directed traffic," Ami lied, moving past her. Aiko sighed. Goerga and Anna sat at the kitchen table with Lisa, Kevin, Damion, and Ailleen. Joseph sat in his mothers lap.
"Ami! Ami's here!" He jumped up and hugged Ami, and she resisted wincing as he did so.
"Yup, I'm back. Grandma Aileen, Uncle Damion. How was the flight?"
"Wonderful Ami. Your mother has told us wonerful things about you. Your grades are straight A's. You attend extra classes after school. A woman caught a ride in our taxi as well, and she claimed to know you. Apparently you worked in an auto shop there last year. You've been busy, I see."
Ami nodded, knowing her grandmother didn't know he half of it.
"Yes."
"You know Ami, I didn't know you helped out at that auto shop. Infact, yesterday I met a woman and man who teach music to children, and apparently they knew you as well and you wrote lyrics for a song they made last year, and got them on their way," Aiko paused to laugh. "Was I in space during the past 3 years?"
"No, just at work." Aiko frowned, and when she turned around to look at Ami, she and Joseph had already dissapeared into the next room to watch cartoons.
"So, Aiko. What time is the pre-wedding party," asked Anna.
"You tell me, you're throwing it, remember?"
Anna laughed and nodded.
"Oh yes, ofcourse."
"It's starts at 6:00 mom. Kevin and I have already done everything for it. Just be ready by 5:30 tomorrow so that we can go to the Rec center and set it up. It's not too fancy, a skirt is nice, and dress pants for you guys," Lisa said.
"That sounds like fun," commented Damion, and he, Goerge, James, and Kevin got into a conversationg, the woman getting into one of their own.
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What Ami wanted came true, and the entire family went out to dinner.
"I can't go Mom, I'm sick," Ami said. Her mother sighed and eventually gave in.
"You do look extremely tired."
And she was. She hadn't been able to sleep because everyone would have thought it strange that she was asleep in the middle of the day. After everyone had gone, Ami alept for about two hours. She was up about five minutes before they were back, feeling slightly better.
She knew tomorrow would probably be a long day, as would Saturday. She might as well rest now. So she went back to sleep and slept on through the night without problems, wanting to be fully re-energized.
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Good? Bad? I haven't written in a while, so it's hard to get back into the story :) I'm trying!
~Last Time~
"Where's Usagi, where is everyone," Ami asked.
"East part of the airport with Duo. Mamoru and I are headed there now. Rei and Wufei, along with Heero and Makoto are in the back parking lot fending off some youma. Trowa, Haruka, and Michiru, along with Quatre and Setsuna are at terminal G, near where they load passengers last I saw them. Hopefully they can stop the fight from being forced onto a plane, because if they are driven inside it will be too cramped to fight. I don't believe either one of them has transformed, for fear of Noko and Koto watching or for fear of hidden cameras. I'm sure with your mini- computer, you can take those out in about fifteen minutes, without permanently destroying the cameras. Too many expenses. Maybe you can transform in a washroom or something."
"Right," Ami said with a nod, feeling proud that when things got serious, the other senshi did as well.
The three seperated, Minako and Mamoru headed off to find Usagi and Duo, and Ami running off to where Minako had said Quatre and the others were.
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Chapter 15
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Ami ran. And ran...
And ran.
After passing through the now deserted security, Ami reached Terminal A.
Five minutes later, she was at terminal D. After running up the down escalater, still working, she made it to terminal E.
F.
Ami continued.
G. FInally. This airport was huge!
Ami was dissapointed to find that the terminal was empty. Only a few lights had been left on once everyone fled, giving the area an almost spooky appearance. She took an unsure step in one direction, then another.
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Aiko looked at the watch in her hand. Everyone was making quiet conversation, but soon it grew a bit louder, and any sounds made in the front were drowned out. Greg concentrated on the road, for the most part. It was time. Being able to see the future had its advantages, and that started with what Dr. Mizuno held in her hand. AIko looked at it carefully. Now looking at it closely, it didn't look like a watch. Greg suddenly slammed on the breaks, and the communictor/watch fell on the ground next to Aiko's feet.
"Sorry Everyone," Greg apologized, turning to look at those in the back, "Just some crazy drivers fleeing from the airport cut me off."
"That's alright Greg, we can't complain when we're not paying for the taxi," Lisa said, and everyone in the back laughed. Aiko turned to where she thought she had dropped the strange watch, but it was gone.
Greg smiled smuggly to himself as he tucked the communicater in his hand so that he could give it back to Ami. There was a small picture lying on the ground. Aiko picked it up.
"Um...what's this dear," she asked. There was a woman in the picture with brown hair in a bun and deep brown eyes. She was very beautiful, just the sight of her sunning Aiko. Greg looked over.
"Sorry, I must have dropped it," he said, "this is my girlfriend, Julliana."
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She bumped into the counter in the semi-darkness, and backed up in surprise, nearly stumbling over a seat. Where the terminal loaded, was a small machine Ami nearly hit her head on. It was so small, that with a quick glance you couldn't see it. She turned to look at it more closely. Perhaps a light? Security? A camera? She wasn't sure. And where was everyone? She reached for her communicater to call someone.
Only to find that it was gone.
She sighed in frustration. Nothing was going right. Ami slowly lowered her hand to touch it- and removed it almost instantly, feeling her eyelids droop. She leaned back against the wall and grasped her head, before steadying herself. Smart. Noko and Koto must have installed it. It probably drained energy at the lightest touch. Thousands of people must have bumped into it today with all of the crowds. It took energy, not so much so that anybody keeled over, but enough to tire them and get what they wanted.
She pulled out her mini computer and scaned the area. A virtual map of the terminal appeared. Trying to keep her eyes open despite the energy drain, she studied the map. There were 8 life forms on the plane, three of which were evil, and 5 of which were good.
She would have to transform in the washroom and take out the camera's first. Minicomputer in hand, she ducked into the nearest restroom and transformed, a little difficult because she was so drained, but she managed to transform, unsure of how much energy she'd actually have left to fight with. Pulling out her computer again, she began to type furiously on it. The wiring of the camera's was very simple, but she didn't want to mess with it too much and end up destroying them. She got an idea, and concentrated her Aqua illusion attack on what the computer showed. Every camera in the terminal had it's lens covered in ice. Now any one of the senshi could transform in this terminal, at least. The ones in the parking lot were okay as well, but Usagi, Duo, Mamoru, and Minako would all have to duck into a restroom to transform.
She decided to head to the plane, hoping she wasn't too late now. As she passed the small machine, she couldn't help but stop. Grabbing a stappler off of the counter, she smashed it into the machine. It didn't break. Ami didn't have time to worry about that for now though, and quickly entered the plane. As soon as she entered, she realized that the door from the ramp had been forced open. It was dark inside. Ofcourse it was. This was the extra plane. It was in between two of the main storage buildings, so no light shined on the plane or through it's small windows.
She took an unsure step inside. Something scuttled past her, and when Ami spun around there was nobody there. She began to breath faster, and turned back around- only to come face to face with a smiling youma. She could just barely make out it's evil smile in the dark. It raised it's arm, and before Mercury could react, she blasted into one of the seats on the other side with a scream. She tried to roll off of the two adjoined seats, and screamed when she felt someone there. She took a closer look. Quatre was unconsious on the floor next to the seat. She tried to get off him, fear going through her automatically.
He shifted and groaned, and Ami sighed in relief. It didn't last long however, because a different you towered above her, and grabbed her by the nexk. This youma was a dark blue, and seemed to have something personal against her. It was still so dark however, that Mercury couldn't see what was happening well enough. She kicked and struggled, but the youma didn't let you. It raised it's arm and punched her hard in the face, then through her towards the back. Ami smashed into a food cart and kept rolling until she fell through a curtain into the bussiness class section. Much spacier than coach at least.
Someone grabbed her arm from the bathroom next to the curtain, and Ami jumped. It was Haruka, or more accurately Sailor Uranus. Next to her was Trowa, who looked around quietly. His hand grasped someone else's. Sailor Pluto. She was unconsious, and he sat in front of her, protecting her.
"Where's Neptune," Mercury whispered.
"In the first class area somewhere. I was just headed there. Have you seen Quatre," Uranus asked.
"Yes, he's unconsious lying next to a seat in coach. I'm going back for him," Mercury declared.
"Alright, be careful guys," Uranus warned, jumping out of the bathroom and quickly running through the curtain leading to the first class. Trowa tapped mercury on the shoulder, and Mercury turned to him, still firmly gransping Setsuna's hand.
"Can you check if she's alright? With your computer?" Mercury smiled sympathetically and nodded, double clicking her earing. It came over her eyes, and Trowa watched patiently as she did so.
"I think she'll be alright, she has a slight concussion and a broken leg, but that should heal soon. She'll be up in about an hour. Watch over her, okay?" He nodded.
"Will you two be alright here?"
He nodded again, silent as always, and Ami crawled out cautiously, looking around. When she was sure the coast was clear, she continued, and stopped. There must have beena ayouma in the first class section battling Neptune and Uranus. There wasn't one here. And two had battled her in the coach area. She had sensed three, so it only made sense.
Taking a deep breath, she peaked through the curtain. No noise. No movement. She had to save Quatre though. Reaching over to the wall. She decided to enter that way. Something smashed her head into the wall, and kept her pinned there. She kicked forwards, knocking it away. She needed more light, Ami needed to see. She reached up and switched on the light over the seat she was next to, remembering that it should be there. As soon as she had done so, the youma shrunk away pitifully.
Mercury got an idea.
She jumped, seat over seat, from row to row, turning on each and every light. The two youma's screams of terror filled her ears, and she kept going. Her visor showed her sll of the readings, and how much weaker the youma were. They couldn't stand the light. That's why they were on the dark plane at night. She knew her friends hadn't tried the lights because they had figured they could hide
themselves in the dark from the youma.
She suddenly spun around, jumping into the thin isle, and attacked.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Her aim had to be exact, she couldn't destroy anything on the plane, the food cart was enough. It conected with the youma, and it was automatically disinigrated. Where was the second? A blow to the back of the head answered that question. She fell forwards, into a second row of seats and rolled to the floor. She was disoriented for a moment and when he tried to get up, she was blasted in the back and sent crashing to the floor once again. This youma was obviously okay with the light.
In fact, it seemed to be fighting even better now. Grabbing her by the hair, Ami let out a shriek as it threw her on the seat across the row. She again tried to stand, and only failed. The youma bent down as if grabbing something, and emerged with a sword in his hand. Mercury gasped and backed away, not wanting to be stabbed to death by that hideous youma. It slashed at her, and Ami rolled onto the side, the youma missing and slashing through the seat.
"Hey! Do you intend to pay for this plane," she lectured, jumping out of the way as it tried to slash at her again. She jumped back more and more until she was cornered. Looking around helplessly, she had no means of escape. The youma began to bring the sword down again, and Mercury closed her eyes.
Only to feel nothing. Looking up, she saw that Quatre had a food tray in his hands, holding it up against the sword. He nudged his head towards the floor where another one lay. Mercury grabbed it right away, and when the youma pushed Quatre back and swung again, she threw her tray up in defense. The youma was then caught off guard trying to get through th tray, so Quatre kicked it hard in the face, sending it sprawling backwards.
"Ready Merc," Quatre asked. She nodded, and formed an attack.
"Mercury Ice," Mercury paused, feeling her power suddenly flowing through her veins, "formation!" (tacky, i know. cut me some slack!)
A sphere of ice formed in her hand. It took on the shape of a lilly, a sword, and finally a whirlwind of ice and water before disinigrating the youma.
"Wow, Mercury! That's a new attack, isn't it," Quatre exclaimed. She nodded, suddenly feeling drained. When she attacked like that, she could make the ice anything she wanted. Quatre grabbed her by the shoulder to steady her, and she smiled.
"Thankyou for helping me," she told him, motioning towards the tray, "very smart." And before anyone could enter, she landed a quick kiss on his lips, makiing him snd herself blush. It had been a while since they had had any alone time...
Uranus and Neptune entered, both a little beat up, but that would probably go away by tomorrow. Trowa followed carrying Pluto. Uranus surveyed the area.
"Geez Mercury, this place is a wreck. Were you and the youma wrestling?" Mercury looked around well for the first time. The food cart she had at first been thrown into was knocked over and there was food all over the floor. Some drinks had spilled all over too. Ami noticed that about five seats were torn up, and most of the seats were all tilted back. The curtains were slashed up, and there were some other broken things from when Quatre had earlier been attacked.
"Well then, I suggest we get out of here, and possibly stop by the security areas and remove the tapes showing us doing all of this," She guessed. Everyone laughed and agreed.
Quatre and Mercury helped each other exit the plane, and after she explained that she had dropped her communicater, Uranus called the others to make usre that they wree alright. They were fine, and so they all met outside the airport.
"I don't think Noko and Koto got all the energy they wanted," Venus said.
"Actually, I believe that they did." Mercury proceeded to explain about the small machine she had found by the terminal, and everyone said that they had seen similar things through out the entire airport.
"Well, I couldn't break it," Jupiter said, "but I don't think that we should worry about this now. the airport will be closed for a few days to be fixed up anyways. We can talk to Luna and Artemis and figure out how to get rid of them later." Everyone agreed, since they were all tired.
The pilots exchanged goodbyes with them, saying that they were headed home to rest.
"Just get some sleep and if you have any injuries, have them looked at. Tomorrow night is the pre-wedding party and I want you all to be there," Mercury said. They all nodded.
"Wow, that sounds like a blast. Mind if I bring a date," Duo joked, grabbing Venus's hand. Venus blushed, surprisingly, and smiled. The pilots departed, zapping themselves back to their demensions. Pluto had since woken up, and had bid everyone farewell, hoping to stop by the party tomorrow. She returned to the time gates.
They all detransformed, and Ami resisted passing out until she would be at home. She suddenly remembered who was home. Her grandmother and uncle, and she would be expected to sit with them and help them unpack. At this she groaned. Her grandmother probably wouldn't shutup. Unless- unless her and Anna hit it off, and Goerge and the guys decided to hang out, and Lisa and her mother left to make wedding preperations with Joseph. One could only dream. They managed to pile into the two cars, all of the buses having left.
Ami was dropped off first, and she bid goodbye to everyone, thanking them for following wuith their crazy plan. The memory of Usagi in the cafe there with the pot on her head came to mind, and Ami couldn't help but smile.
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Noko frowned and looked at Koto.
"She escaped. Our stupid youma did nothing to stop her. What now?"
"There is a wedding party being thrown for Ami's mother tomorrow night. We can crash that."
Noko smiled ta this. "Perfect, brother. Ofcourse, we'll arrive fashionably late."
"Do you think," asked Koto, "that she knows that we know about her identity since that day we tried to take her essence?"
"I don't think so. I think we're in the clear."
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Ami opened up the door to her apartment, and slunk inside. The injury on her back was well concealed underneath her shirt, and besides looking extremely tired, she looked almost normal.
"Ami! Where were you?!?!?" Aiko came to her daughter right away.
"I- I was riding with Mamoru. but so many people had left the airport that there was a lot of traffic."
"We drove through that," Aiko dais, and James walked up next to her, "and we were fine."
"Yes, but there was an accident and they re-directed traffic," Ami lied, moving past her. Aiko sighed. Goerga and Anna sat at the kitchen table with Lisa, Kevin, Damion, and Ailleen. Joseph sat in his mothers lap.
"Ami! Ami's here!" He jumped up and hugged Ami, and she resisted wincing as he did so.
"Yup, I'm back. Grandma Aileen, Uncle Damion. How was the flight?"
"Wonderful Ami. Your mother has told us wonerful things about you. Your grades are straight A's. You attend extra classes after school. A woman caught a ride in our taxi as well, and she claimed to know you. Apparently you worked in an auto shop there last year. You've been busy, I see."
Ami nodded, knowing her grandmother didn't know he half of it.
"Yes."
"You know Ami, I didn't know you helped out at that auto shop. Infact, yesterday I met a woman and man who teach music to children, and apparently they knew you as well and you wrote lyrics for a song they made last year, and got them on their way," Aiko paused to laugh. "Was I in space during the past 3 years?"
"No, just at work." Aiko frowned, and when she turned around to look at Ami, she and Joseph had already dissapeared into the next room to watch cartoons.
"So, Aiko. What time is the pre-wedding party," asked Anna.
"You tell me, you're throwing it, remember?"
Anna laughed and nodded.
"Oh yes, ofcourse."
"It's starts at 6:00 mom. Kevin and I have already done everything for it. Just be ready by 5:30 tomorrow so that we can go to the Rec center and set it up. It's not too fancy, a skirt is nice, and dress pants for you guys," Lisa said.
"That sounds like fun," commented Damion, and he, Goerge, James, and Kevin got into a conversationg, the woman getting into one of their own.
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What Ami wanted came true, and the entire family went out to dinner.
"I can't go Mom, I'm sick," Ami said. Her mother sighed and eventually gave in.
"You do look extremely tired."
And she was. She hadn't been able to sleep because everyone would have thought it strange that she was asleep in the middle of the day. After everyone had gone, Ami alept for about two hours. She was up about five minutes before they were back, feeling slightly better.
She knew tomorrow would probably be a long day, as would Saturday. She might as well rest now. So she went back to sleep and slept on through the night without problems, wanting to be fully re-energized.
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Good? Bad? I haven't written in a while, so it's hard to get back into the story :) I'm trying!