Chapter 5: In the End..
Makoto woke up feeling groggy and dazed, just as she did the last time she had woken up. This time she found herself sitting in a chair, both her arms strapped to the arm rests. She could feel the heat from the light above her. The light was so bright, forcing Makoto to look down at the floor. As Makoto turned her head, she saw that the room was entirely white and illuminated.
Besides the brillance of the room, Makoto also noticed something else - there was silence. Even after a few minutes of having woken up, Makoto heard nothing and assumed that she was alone. Amelia would have said something by now if she was here. Where could she be?
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars were still waiting to see how they could go underground undetected. Although the crowd had diminished, there were still several people investigating the incident.
"How are we going to get past all those people?" asked Sailor Mars.
After a few minutes, Sailor Moon noticed something behind an adjacent building. "Sailor Mars, look, quick." Sailor Mars turned around, seeing nothing.
"What? I don't see anything."
"Over there. There's someone over there." Sailor Moon pointed toward the building.
Once Mars found what Sailor Moon was looking at, the green light appeared, moving usually slow. From behind where Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury. Keeping the green light in sight, Sailor Venus paused, waving to Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon.
"Hey!"
"Shhh! Not so loud," whispered Sailor Mars, walking toward Venus and Mercury.
"What were you still doing back there? We thought that you two would've gotten underground already," said Sailor Mercury.
"There were too many people at the site. We couldn't go anywhere near the whole without being spotted," said Sailor Moon.
"Well fortunately we had better had better luck. We were able to weaken the monster, but it tansformed again, only this time traveling a lot slower. We figured that if we followed it, it would led us to Amelia and to Sailor Jupiter," explained Sailor Venus. Seeing the green light was still flying down the street, the scouts continued to follow it.
Makoto eyes hurt from wincing from the light for so long. She didn't have a clue of where she was or if her friends were alright. Moments later, Makoto heard a door open behind her, then close loudly. "Nice to see you awake, your highness," said Amelia, locking the door and making her way to face Makoto. "I'm so sorry for the delay, but it appears something has happened to my messenger. But no matter. I'll be done with you soon."
Feeling tired and fed up, Makoto spoke. "I've had enough of this! What exactly do you want with me!"
"Well isn't it obvious? I want to kill you. I want your power. But I can't get it unless you're dead, seeing as after the Princess, the Second-in-Command is next in rank."
"I remember now. You use to be my mother's closest confident. Then you betrayed her for no reason at all! You tried to kill her and now you're trying to kill me! You're Insane!"
" 'No reason'? Let me tell you something you spoiled brat! You mother was reckless and cared nothing for her kingdom. She was just concerned with her reputation, always trying to appear so much better than the other kingdoms," said Amelia, now looking right into Makoto's eyes. "And as much as I tried to stand by that ignorant woman, I could not just sit there and watch as the Queen offered up her people to the Nega verse simply to appear as an ally to the Moon. I poisoned your mother in hopes of protecting Io Kingdom. But I failed, and see what happened? We all got killed and were all reborn on this planet! I was trying to save my home, and if that makes me insane, then so be it."
Walking away, Amelia made her way behind Makoto, placing numerous tools on a table. Hearing that Amelia was getting ready to go on with her plans, Makoto wasted not time in getting all of her questions answered.
"If what you wanted was to protect Io kingdom, then why are you trying to kill me? Isn't it a little to late to try and save your home?"
Now in a calmer mood, Amelia responded, "Yes I suppose it is. But, nevertheless, I still want to the Power of Jupiter for myself, even if I can't save Io. I like to think of it as finally finishing what I could not in my former life."
"So you're going to kill me just for that!?"
"Yes."
The Sailor Scouts had followed the green light for almost an hour. Finally, the green light made its way toward an old Victorian mansion. Entering the house, they saw that the green light went upstairs. Pausing to catch their breathes, the girls looked around and observed the huge hall and grand staircase. Once they recovered, the walked up the steps. As they came to the second floor, they saw that the hallways seemed endless, containing numerous rooms.
"It's going to take us forever to find Makoto. We need to split up," said Sailor Mercury. Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury decided to search the second floor, while Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus went to the third.
Amelia was quite as she mixed and poured numerous liquids together, forming a greyish color. She could hear Makoto struggle to get free, confident that she would be unsuccessful. As a final touch, Amelia took out a tiny jar. In it contained the poison that she had used on the Queen, and the same poison that she used to put Makoto to sleep. This time, however, she made sure she put enough to kill the princess.
"There. All finished." Amelia then walked towards Makoto, with the vile in her hand, shaking it. Seeing that Makoto was still struggling, Amelia stood in front of Makoto, waiting for her to stop.
"You should just give up. You do remember what happened the last time you struggled, don't you?" Makoto stopped and looked up at Amelia with her eyes swinted. Amelia then demonstrated, lightly slapping herself on the cheek.
Still shaking the vile, Amelia continued to talk. "You know I never wanted to kill your mother. I only wanted her to be unconscious when the Nega verse attacked. So, I only put a little bit of this in her drink." Amelia raised the vile, pacing in front of Makoto. "But apparently I put in too little. The Queen woke up too soon. All my planning, for nothing. After I heard that the she wanted to see me, I knew that she found about what I did. Hence, I ran away. Even so, I was still unable to hide from the Nega verse's power. I was reborn here, just like you where.
Makoto stared at Amelia, trying to understand what she was saying.
Amelia continued, "At first I didn't remember much about my past, but I always felt this unexplainable anger inside me. Then my messanger found me and told about who I was and what happened in the past. Everything just came back to me. Soon enough, I found this old house and began to plan how I was going to finish what I had set out to do so long ago. And now here we are. Finally I can live in peace."
Realizing that fighting with Amelia was getting her nowhere, Makoto attempted to reason with her instead. "That happened so long ago. Why can't you just let it go? Why can't you just forget about the past?"
"You make it sound as if it's so easy to do. I can't just forget the past. This is the only way for me to be happy. I've made up my mind." With a more serious look on her face, Amelia walked closer to Makoto, preparing to poison her. As she came closer, Makoto noticed a sadness in Amelia's expression, almost as if she didn't want to kill her.
"Please don't do this. You're angry at the wrong person. It wasn't the Queen's fault that everyone died. If you're going to be mad at someone, be mad at the Nega verse. They're the ones who murdered our people, not my mother. Please, Amelia, don't!"
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars looked for Makoto, but not having much luck. The most they found was what seemed to be a bedroom. After having searched every single room, they made their way to the staircase to meet up with the others, who hopefully more fortunate than they were.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus were almost done searching all the rooms. Now all that was left was a door at the right end of the hall. Sailor Moon pushed against the door, not expecting much. But once the door was completely opened, Sailor Moon saw that there was a small hallway, leading to another room.
"Venus, look." Unlike the others, this door appeared thicker. Also, the edges were beaming with light. As they walked down the hallway, they heard a faint voice, apparently yelling. They knew they had found Makoto.
Amelia was now inches away from Makoto, unable to get much closer because of Makoto uneasiness. "Now what did I say about being fussy. Don't make this harder than it has to be..."
Quickly getting annoyed, Amelia grabbed Makoto face and forced her to look up, dispite the bright light. With a look of bitterness on her face, Amelia tilted Makoto face, as she did before, and forced her to drink from the vile. As much as Makoto tried to resist, she soon succumbed to Amelia's stength and swallowed the liquid.
Just then, Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus, covering their eyes, forced the door opened, seeing Makoto confined to a chair and Amelia standing right next to her. Then, Makoto's head tilted downward.
"What have you done!" As Sailor Venus ran towards Makoto, Sailor Moon took out her wand and aimed right at Amelia.
"Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Amelia collapsed immediately, fading into unconsciousness. "I did it. I did it..." Closing her eyes, Amelia's breath gradually diminished.
Seconds later, Sailor Mars and Mercury came into the room. "What happened?"
"Makoto, wake up! Please wake up!"
Makoto woke up feeling groggy and dazed, just as she did the last time she had woken up. This time she found herself sitting in a chair, both her arms strapped to the arm rests. She could feel the heat from the light above her. The light was so bright, forcing Makoto to look down at the floor. As Makoto turned her head, she saw that the room was entirely white and illuminated.
Besides the brillance of the room, Makoto also noticed something else - there was silence. Even after a few minutes of having woken up, Makoto heard nothing and assumed that she was alone. Amelia would have said something by now if she was here. Where could she be?
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars were still waiting to see how they could go underground undetected. Although the crowd had diminished, there were still several people investigating the incident.
"How are we going to get past all those people?" asked Sailor Mars.
After a few minutes, Sailor Moon noticed something behind an adjacent building. "Sailor Mars, look, quick." Sailor Mars turned around, seeing nothing.
"What? I don't see anything."
"Over there. There's someone over there." Sailor Moon pointed toward the building.
Once Mars found what Sailor Moon was looking at, the green light appeared, moving usually slow. From behind where Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury. Keeping the green light in sight, Sailor Venus paused, waving to Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon.
"Hey!"
"Shhh! Not so loud," whispered Sailor Mars, walking toward Venus and Mercury.
"What were you still doing back there? We thought that you two would've gotten underground already," said Sailor Mercury.
"There were too many people at the site. We couldn't go anywhere near the whole without being spotted," said Sailor Moon.
"Well fortunately we had better had better luck. We were able to weaken the monster, but it tansformed again, only this time traveling a lot slower. We figured that if we followed it, it would led us to Amelia and to Sailor Jupiter," explained Sailor Venus. Seeing the green light was still flying down the street, the scouts continued to follow it.
Makoto eyes hurt from wincing from the light for so long. She didn't have a clue of where she was or if her friends were alright. Moments later, Makoto heard a door open behind her, then close loudly. "Nice to see you awake, your highness," said Amelia, locking the door and making her way to face Makoto. "I'm so sorry for the delay, but it appears something has happened to my messenger. But no matter. I'll be done with you soon."
Feeling tired and fed up, Makoto spoke. "I've had enough of this! What exactly do you want with me!"
"Well isn't it obvious? I want to kill you. I want your power. But I can't get it unless you're dead, seeing as after the Princess, the Second-in-Command is next in rank."
"I remember now. You use to be my mother's closest confident. Then you betrayed her for no reason at all! You tried to kill her and now you're trying to kill me! You're Insane!"
" 'No reason'? Let me tell you something you spoiled brat! You mother was reckless and cared nothing for her kingdom. She was just concerned with her reputation, always trying to appear so much better than the other kingdoms," said Amelia, now looking right into Makoto's eyes. "And as much as I tried to stand by that ignorant woman, I could not just sit there and watch as the Queen offered up her people to the Nega verse simply to appear as an ally to the Moon. I poisoned your mother in hopes of protecting Io Kingdom. But I failed, and see what happened? We all got killed and were all reborn on this planet! I was trying to save my home, and if that makes me insane, then so be it."
Walking away, Amelia made her way behind Makoto, placing numerous tools on a table. Hearing that Amelia was getting ready to go on with her plans, Makoto wasted not time in getting all of her questions answered.
"If what you wanted was to protect Io kingdom, then why are you trying to kill me? Isn't it a little to late to try and save your home?"
Now in a calmer mood, Amelia responded, "Yes I suppose it is. But, nevertheless, I still want to the Power of Jupiter for myself, even if I can't save Io. I like to think of it as finally finishing what I could not in my former life."
"So you're going to kill me just for that!?"
"Yes."
The Sailor Scouts had followed the green light for almost an hour. Finally, the green light made its way toward an old Victorian mansion. Entering the house, they saw that the green light went upstairs. Pausing to catch their breathes, the girls looked around and observed the huge hall and grand staircase. Once they recovered, the walked up the steps. As they came to the second floor, they saw that the hallways seemed endless, containing numerous rooms.
"It's going to take us forever to find Makoto. We need to split up," said Sailor Mercury. Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury decided to search the second floor, while Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus went to the third.
Amelia was quite as she mixed and poured numerous liquids together, forming a greyish color. She could hear Makoto struggle to get free, confident that she would be unsuccessful. As a final touch, Amelia took out a tiny jar. In it contained the poison that she had used on the Queen, and the same poison that she used to put Makoto to sleep. This time, however, she made sure she put enough to kill the princess.
"There. All finished." Amelia then walked towards Makoto, with the vile in her hand, shaking it. Seeing that Makoto was still struggling, Amelia stood in front of Makoto, waiting for her to stop.
"You should just give up. You do remember what happened the last time you struggled, don't you?" Makoto stopped and looked up at Amelia with her eyes swinted. Amelia then demonstrated, lightly slapping herself on the cheek.
Still shaking the vile, Amelia continued to talk. "You know I never wanted to kill your mother. I only wanted her to be unconscious when the Nega verse attacked. So, I only put a little bit of this in her drink." Amelia raised the vile, pacing in front of Makoto. "But apparently I put in too little. The Queen woke up too soon. All my planning, for nothing. After I heard that the she wanted to see me, I knew that she found about what I did. Hence, I ran away. Even so, I was still unable to hide from the Nega verse's power. I was reborn here, just like you where.
Makoto stared at Amelia, trying to understand what she was saying.
Amelia continued, "At first I didn't remember much about my past, but I always felt this unexplainable anger inside me. Then my messanger found me and told about who I was and what happened in the past. Everything just came back to me. Soon enough, I found this old house and began to plan how I was going to finish what I had set out to do so long ago. And now here we are. Finally I can live in peace."
Realizing that fighting with Amelia was getting her nowhere, Makoto attempted to reason with her instead. "That happened so long ago. Why can't you just let it go? Why can't you just forget about the past?"
"You make it sound as if it's so easy to do. I can't just forget the past. This is the only way for me to be happy. I've made up my mind." With a more serious look on her face, Amelia walked closer to Makoto, preparing to poison her. As she came closer, Makoto noticed a sadness in Amelia's expression, almost as if she didn't want to kill her.
"Please don't do this. You're angry at the wrong person. It wasn't the Queen's fault that everyone died. If you're going to be mad at someone, be mad at the Nega verse. They're the ones who murdered our people, not my mother. Please, Amelia, don't!"
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars looked for Makoto, but not having much luck. The most they found was what seemed to be a bedroom. After having searched every single room, they made their way to the staircase to meet up with the others, who hopefully more fortunate than they were.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus were almost done searching all the rooms. Now all that was left was a door at the right end of the hall. Sailor Moon pushed against the door, not expecting much. But once the door was completely opened, Sailor Moon saw that there was a small hallway, leading to another room.
"Venus, look." Unlike the others, this door appeared thicker. Also, the edges were beaming with light. As they walked down the hallway, they heard a faint voice, apparently yelling. They knew they had found Makoto.
Amelia was now inches away from Makoto, unable to get much closer because of Makoto uneasiness. "Now what did I say about being fussy. Don't make this harder than it has to be..."
Quickly getting annoyed, Amelia grabbed Makoto face and forced her to look up, dispite the bright light. With a look of bitterness on her face, Amelia tilted Makoto face, as she did before, and forced her to drink from the vile. As much as Makoto tried to resist, she soon succumbed to Amelia's stength and swallowed the liquid.
Just then, Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus, covering their eyes, forced the door opened, seeing Makoto confined to a chair and Amelia standing right next to her. Then, Makoto's head tilted downward.
"What have you done!" As Sailor Venus ran towards Makoto, Sailor Moon took out her wand and aimed right at Amelia.
"Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Amelia collapsed immediately, fading into unconsciousness. "I did it. I did it..." Closing her eyes, Amelia's breath gradually diminished.
Seconds later, Sailor Mars and Mercury came into the room. "What happened?"
"Makoto, wake up! Please wake up!"