A girl in a green and brown fuku winced as she forced herself to stand. The monster had been stronger than she gave it credit for and it had batted her around like a toy. It was humilating. It was time to even the odds.

"You... I won't forgive you for this!" The girl pointed a shaking finger at the monster. "I am Sailor Earth, and you hurt my friends!"

One of the senshi laying on the ground blinked, and whispered over to the girl next to her. "Who's she?"

The other girl shrugged to the best of her ability while lying on the ground. "Dunno. Just be quiet and pretend to be dead. Maybe she'll go away."

"Right." The first senshi agreed and lay back down.

Unaware of the non-critical nature of the other senshis' injuries, Sailor Earth raised her hands above her head and released her attack.

"Earth Smog... CHOKE!"

And choke they did, the supposedly dead senshi at least. The second senshi forgot her own words and sat up with an incredulous look. "SMOG?! But that's not a real power of the Earth!"

Sailor Earth said archly, "It's been a part of Earth's ecosystem for centuries! Besides, it worked, didn't it?"