Yeah, I know I said I would have this chapter out soon because I had it finished; however, after reading it over I discovered something...IT SUCKED! So thus I had to throw it out and rewrite a whole new chapter. My Makoto was just getting too emotional and we can't have any of that. So please forgive the lateness and enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter 12

Makoto stumbled into the small bathroom of her hotel room. She flipped on a light and turned on the water, after cleaning her face enough to almost drown herself in the sink she looked up in the mirror.

"What the hell am I doing?" Makoto said out load.

"I was about to ask the same thing." Replied her reflection. Makoto blinked at her smirking reflection.

"Oh, its you again." She replied as she grabbed a towel from the rack hanging on the wall. The soft white cloth was warm on her face.

"Don't give me that crap. What's been with you lately? You've been crying like a baby. Come on man, I don't even know you are any more." The Makoto reflection said crossing her arms over her chest. Makoto looked up from the towel.

"I never knew you to begin with." Makoto said as she threw the towel onto the floor. Her reflection brought her hand up to her chest in mock shock.

"I am you. How could you not know who I am?" replied the reflection. "That really doesn't matter though; lately you've just been way too emotional. It's only going to get you killed. We can't have that now can we?"

Makoto crossed her arms over her chest and turned away from the mirror leaning against the sink. "No, I guess we can't."

"Good, I'm glad you agree. Now don't we have a target to kill?" The reflection said with a smirk.

"Yeah, but he's Yosshii's uncle." Makoto said putting her head down. "I don't know if I can kill him knowing that she'll be affected."

"Makoto!" her reflection yelled "Yosshii is just some girl you fucked, like all the other ones. We do not get involved; we do not get attached to the fuck girls. What happens when assassins get attached Makoto?"

"They become a liability, and are terminated." Makoto sighed.

"It was your rule Makoto. It was your idea." The reflection sighed. "Come on man we've been killing things for years. We've had some fun. Do you remember that time when that IRS guy jumped off that office building so we couldn't shoot him? Do you remember what happened?"

"He became skewered on a flag pole." Makoto laughed. "Then he was begging me to shoot him." Makoto turned around and looked at her reflection. "It was quite ironic." That happy madness was set again in her eyes. "Do you think Fujiwara will beg?" Makoto asked her reflection.

"There's only one way to find out now isn't there." The reflection laughed. Makoto was almost bouncing with excitement when she dug her guns out from under the bed. She was going to enjoy this.

On the other side of town a punk kid was getting followed around a clothing store by an elderly woman. Destruction was sure that she suspected her was going to steal something. Oh how wrong she was going to be. Destruction spun around on his heals bumping into the woman who was following him. Destruction smirked and the woman tried to stammer why she was following him around. Destruction put his arm around the shorter woman's shoulder and pulled her in close to his body; he leaned down and started to walk around with the woman under his arm forcing her to go with him.

"Yeah I was hoping you could help me. You see my sister's birthday is coming and I want to get her something."

"Well...um...what...what are you looking for exactly?" the woman stammered.

"Well..." Destruction started scratching his chin. "I was thinking something real sluty, seeing as my sister is a whore. Oh and she looks real good in red. Maybe a teddy would be good. Yeah a scarlet teddy she would look really hot in that." Destruction stopped musing and looked down at the shocked face of the older woman. "She would probably bang me right there if I got her something like that." The older woman slapped Destruction and started calling him names like pervert and started to pull away from him.

"What you don't have anything like that?" Destruction began to growl "Well I guess I'll just have to find some place else then."

Suddenly Destruction lunged forward and started to throw the clothes displays through the walls. Destruction stopped and pulled his growing power into his body. He could feel the tingling sensation of the power creeping up his arms. He pulled his arms toward his chest like he was cold and when he felt that he couldn't hold anymore he spread out his arms and released his power like a shock wave through the small store.

The shock wave burnt fabric and melted steel. It crushed the brick around him and shattered the large glass display windows in the front of the building. He laughed as sounds of screaming and crying filled the air. Destruction looked around at his work. The small store was in complete shambles. Most of the clothes were on fire or just ash. The back wall was completely gone and the ceiling had fallen in. Destruction laughed and hopped out of the ruble around him. He hadn't had that much fun since that earthquake he created in Equador.

"Stop right there!" Destruction looked up from his lovely creation toward the front of the store. He had expected police; however, what he saw was two women in sailor suits pointing at him. They were saying something about punishing him; he wasn't really paying attention to what they were saying he was more interested in the legs of the one with the red skirt. Destruction licked his lips as he walked up to her.

"What did you say your name was again?" he asked moving closer to her, moving his eyes up and down her beautiful body.

"My name is Sailor Mars, and I am the Champion of Love and Justice and in the name of Mars I shall punish you." She said pointing at him. Destruction grabbed her hand and pulled her against his body. He put his other hand behind her back as though they were dancing.

"Venus, help me!" Mars called out. Venus started to run toward her fellow senshi; however, Destruction raised his hand and in a wave of power swatted her away like a fly. Venus went flying threw the air and smashed in to brick wall on the other side of the street. Mars called out for her fallen partner, but received no answer as the impact had knocked her unconscious. Mars attention was returned to Destruction when she felt him hard and hot, bulging against his black pants.

"You are really beautiful." Destruction said as he started to dance with her to music only he could hear. Mars didn't know what to do. She knew the power he had and she could feel his strength in his hands, she could also feel him grow larger against her.

Suddenly Mars heard a gun shot and was jerked to the floor as Destruction fell. He had been hit in the face and blood poured from the bullet hole. His body was limp and Mars tried to free her self from him when she felt a strong grip on her shoulder that pulled her completely off of the bleeding man.

Mars looked over her shoulder and into intense green eyes. Mars looked down at Makoto's hand and saw a smoking gun though she didn't know what kind. The gun was still pointed at the punk.

"Get Venus and get out of here." Makoto said letting go of Mars. Mars stumbled until she found her feet.

"Who was that?" Mars asked not leaving like she was told. Makoto glanced over at Mars quickly then back at the kid.

"I don't know, but I don't think it really matters." Makoto started to put away her hand gun when the body started to move. Mars and Makoto stared as the body slowly rose to its knees and then its feet keeping its head down. When the boy raised is head they could only gape in horror.

There was a bullet hole about inch in diameter above his left eye. Makoto knew that though the entry wound was small the exit wound should have taken away the back of his skull.

"It's going to take more than a bullet to kill me." Destruction said as he started to change. Destruction's body began to shift and to grow. Makoto could hear his bones crack and break and then mend them selves. The two women were paralyzed as fur started to grow and the young boy's face became long with sharp teeth.

Destruction reared back up on his hind legs and howled then fell down onto his front paws. Destruction had transformed into a nine foot snarling wolf beast, complete with blazing eyes and drool.

"Run." Makoto said to Mars.

"What?" Mars said her mind was refusing to work.

"RUN!" Makoto yelled throwing Mars over her shoulder and running toward the lifeless form of Venus. Makoto reached down and picked her up in one swift motion throwing her too over her other shoulder.

Makoto ran as fast as she could, faster than she had in years. She felt the adrenaline rush but there was something else. Something hot and clean, Makoto's nose was filled with the sent of rain and her eyes were filled with white light. She could no longer feel the ground beneath her feet. She was almost certain she wasn't touching the ground anymore anyways.

Then it happened. A flood of light and energy and for one brief shining moment she was what she once was. She was the power that flowed through the sky on a stormy night. She was the spark between two lovers. She was the scent, the feel, the heat, the destruction, and the cleansing power of lighting.

And as soon as she understood what had happened, when she could finely see it, the power, the lightening was gone. All the energy she had left her body and she collapsed. Mars and Venus fell on top of her. Mars quickly moved Venus off of Makoto and tried to turn Makoto over.

"What the hell was that?" Mars demanded as she helped Makoto to her feet.

"I have no idea." Makoto lied. In truth she knew what had happened, but she refused to believe it.

"Where are we?" Mars said as she put Makoto down against a wall. Makoto looked around.

"Well, I'm not completely sure but I know we aren't in the shopping district any more." Makoto felt like she couldn't get enough oxygen in her lungs. As hard as she tried she felt like she was suffocating.

Mars had gone over to where Venus still laid in the middle of the road and she was half carrying, half dragging her to the wall that Makoto was leaning on.

"I think we're safe for a little while, but how in the hell are we suppose to kill that thing?" Makoto still couldn't breathe, she started to gasp. Fuck the monster why couldn't she breathe?!

Makoto could feel the darkness coming she felt herself slipping into it. She tried to fight but her body refused to cooperate. The last thing she remembered hearing was Mars yelling at her to open hr eyes and then nothing.

Darkness.

Alright, again I know that this chapter took forever to get posted but life decided to happen and I haven't had much time to do anything. But I've got a new computer does happy chi dance and so I'll be able to work at home again. Oh also I've been thinking about doing another chapter for The Cove so when ya'll review please tell me if you think that's a good idea. Thanks for waiting so long.

Wuffers