HEY!! I know I know, I am a horrible person and do not deserve to live in the same world that sailor moon was created in. I am so unbelievable sorry for not finishing this story. A sincere apology to anyone out there kind enough to read my stories. I was just going to take a break and then before I knew it it had been over a year! Please ,please, please forgive me. I know how much it sucks when an author leaves you hanging for the end of a story so here it is finally the net chapter! Please R&R
Facets of Faith Chapter 5
Fighting Allies
Reenie floated two feet above the soiled ground. Her power was slowly returning allowing her to change the room temperature and replace the stench with a pleasant floral scent. She felt so lonely. She raised her ruby pupils to the ceiling.
"Some company would be nice you know." As if in answer to her request a small voice reached her hears.
"Mom, you have to eat this. I'm not hungry don't worry."
Cautiously floating to her cells door Reenie peeked out into the next cell. There she spotted a small boy kneeling by a woman. The woman was pale and bruised but even that could not pull away from her striking features. Reenies' heart hurt to look at her.
"What's wrong with her?"
The boy whirled to face her, bowl raised in a threatening gesture.
"Don't worry sweetie, I won't hurt you."
Slowly the bowl descended.
"She's sick." He grumbled. The boy could be no more than eight, his limbs skinny but his eyes were a bright golden yellow.
"I see, maybe if you take a sip of the food then she will." Reenie kept her voice soft and soothing. The boy looked doubtful but slowly took a sip. When he put the bowl to his mothers' lips she tentatively drank some herself. A sunny grin spread across his face. He turned to look at Reenie.
"I'm Valcon. What's your name?"
"My name is Serenity Small Lady Usagi Chiba. But you may call me Lady. You have a very unusual accent. Where are you from?"
"I'm from Greeavon. The ruling planet of the Grea Galaxy. My mother and father were King and Queen until They came." His eyes grew hard. "They killed my father right in front of mom. They took all the people and locked them in rooms. We were the only ones taken. Now we wear this to keep us from fighting back."
Reenies' breath caught in her throat. Around the boys neck was an ugly iron band.
"When we get free I'm going back to Greeavon and I will free my people." He was standing now, his hands fisted at his sides. For a moment Reenie could see the man that he would one day become. His small fire of retribution would consume his galaxy making it a great force.
"Yes, Valcon, I believe that you will." She whispered.
"Valcon, who is there?" His mother struggled to sit up wasting the precious energy that the small sip of food had given her.
"I am Queen Serenity your majesty. You are currently hovering over what used to be my peaceful world." Reenie hovered closer to the bars so that the woman could see her clearly.
Valcon seemed to know what she was doing and stopped her. "My mother can not see Lady." He stated blandly. "They blinded her."
"NO, Valcon, I can see her. She is so bright. A star, like our Nira."
Reenie frowned. "Nira?"
Valcon smiled. "Yeah, Nira." He happily launched into his favorite story.
"It is told that one day the great Greeavon will fall into darkness. A great King will lose all faith and light. A dark figure will appear and seek Greeavons most precious treasure. All will seem to be lost until a beautiful lady arrives. A lady more beautiful then the brightest star of Dorrian. She will be called Nira, "The captured Star". It is she who will save us from the darkness. She will bring the king back to the light and single handily defeat the dark one on the house of the rose. By loyalty of heart and innocence of faith she will triumph."
The story struck a chord deep within Reenies' soul. Before she could wonder further at it a booming voice startled her. She dropped the two feet into the filth of the floor.
"Cell 13." The voice stated.
"Two doors sown on your left sir." A whinny voice called back. The loud voice belonged to the ugliest thing that Reenie recalled seeing. Unfortunate he stopped at her door. Reaching inside he cruelly grabbed her arm.
"He wishes to see you."
Reenie shook off his hold and gave him a regal stare, "Thank you bur I can walk perfectly fine on my own."
She gave Valcon a reassuring smile. "I'll be back soon." The boy nodded his head bravely and returned to his mother's side. Reenie could see the looks the other guards were giving the petite woman and hoped that they would refrain from touching her at least for a little while, until Reenie could come up with a plan to get out of here.
She followed the guard down the slime covered corridor and into a large dark chamber. The guard gave a sadistic smile as he backed out of the room and Reenie found herself alone, or maybe not so alone.
"So this is the great and powerful leader of this pitiful planet. Somehow I thought you would be taller." His voice grated on her nerves like nails on a chalkboard.
"Who the hell are you." Reenie shot back at him trying to make out an outline is the blackness of the room.
"I am the one you will bow to as the new ruler of this Earth. That is, until I suck all of the energy out of it and then if I am feeling merciful enough I shall give what's left of it back to you. I can assure you Neo Queen, that there will not be anything left worth ruling over."
"I shall bow to no one, least of all a tin pot dictator like you!" Reenie growled.
"I have killed your friends, your King, and soon your Planet; I would say that you have no choice on who to bow to girl."
Reenie stood tall and literally looked down her straight nose at him. "I am Queen Serenity II of the Golden Millennium, my power stretches across the horizon of the solar system. I will not bend."
The man cackled loudly. "Your power is what I want. You see my dear, I know your power. It is timeless and I have crushed it time and time again. But the power you hold is also in two other places. One I cannot get to but the other I can. My dear Queen, while you have been a guest on my ship I have discovered where you sent the heir to your throne"
She tried; she really did to hide her shock, her utter fear. But he saw it. "Now we shall see how truly great you are."
He sent a chilling blast of super heated energy at her. Reenie, still in shock was slow in brining up a shield. She stumbled back, the force of his magic pounding at her thin shield. Minions emerged from all sides of the black room advancing on the small queen quickly. Hurriedly Reenie formed her imperial staff in her hand. The long smooth handle slid into her hand and at he top a flowered crystal gleamed a soft pink. Her actions smooth and swift she twirled the staff gracefully taking out monster after monster. The sound of crunching bone and the smell of sizzling flesh filled the air. She was tiring and the monsters still came. Unfortunately the lack of food and rest equaled lack of energy and she faltered. Once, twice and that was all they needed.
She found herself held by two monsters, surrounded by more and facing a smirking big bad. He gestured and the two monsters holding her arms kicked her knees out from under her. Pain lanced up her side and she hissed air thru her teeth.
"Impressive, but not enough." He sneered.
"Only a coward sends out others to do their enforcing. To fight for them." She spat. "That's all you are. A pathetic cowardly wanna be leader." The retort was childish but it hit the mark. His eyes glowed a fiery red and the air shimmered around him as he gathered the power he needed to kill her. Resigned she faced him proudly. I'm sorry mother, Usagi.
"NOOO!!" A bundle of small male barreled into the room. Valcon, small body trembling with rage stood in front of Reenie. She didn't know how he had gotten out and Lord, she didn't want to. The waves of sadness and anger radiated from his frame and the sight of blood dripping from his naked neck struck fear into her heart.
"Valcon." She whispered.
"You, a boy!" Wicked laughter rang out. "I will kill you too boy. Then I will go to the past of this world for Her."
Reenie kept her wail of despair in and struggling to get free she screamed at Valcon to run.
The Lord released the dark energy just as a fierce golden light burst from directly in front of Reenies' eyes. She tried to turn away, to even just shut her eyes, but the light held her immobile. Golden electricity burst from Valcons fingers and arced thru the air to slice out at the lord. Monsters died instantly as the gold magic filled the chamber. The dark lords' energy stood no chance. It was obliterated and the lord himself was pushed back by the fierce lightning. Reenie saw him stagger and her strength renewed she reached out for Valcon. Her pale hands reached into the golden glow, her own silver magic kept her from getting electrocuted. She could feel Valcons grief, knew his mother had been murdered before his eyes by a guard intent on rape. She could feel his vast untapped power surging inside of him but she could also feel the toll it was taking on his young body. He wouldn't be able to keep this up much longer. Her body sheltered his and steeling herself she let her own energy join with his. Pink lightning outlined in gold danced and zinged thru the air. The walls of the ship shook and shredded before collapsing to the ground far below. Monsters yowled and screamed as they were burned alive by the magic. Then it was just them, a young prince, a queen, and a dark lord, his cloak singed and skin burning. There was a loud crack! And only two remained.
24 Hours Later............................
The Neo Queen stood upon Juubon Hill overlooking the ruins and yes, the restoration of Crystal Tokyo. Her scouts, revived by her and Valcons magic led the front ranks, blasting debris into file dust and relocating the homeless to safe havens. Helios was still recovering. He and Valcon had become fat friends and were arguing good naturedly over new defense plans and who would get the gummy worms that they both craved. And yet Reenie knew and felt Helios reaching out to her, trying to reassure her and trying to keep her from sensing his own fear about the safety of their tiny daughter. Reenie could not stand the scouts pity or her husbands' secret fear and she could not act happy as they did. Somewhere in the past her little girl was in danger. She had seen the portal open behind the dark lord. She had seen him smile as he had fallen into it. She knew where he had gone as she cradled Valcons unconscious body in her arms. And yet she could not follow. She had to wait and have faith in her younger mothers self. Not even the arrival of her mother could cheer her.
Her mother had led the front from space blasting away at the enemy ships that surrounded the planet. She had arrived with a full battalion of scouts and the entire Lunar army. When she had seen that the battle had been won her first move had been a long joyful hug with her daughter, the second had been a long passionate kiss with her now fully recovered husband. The third had been to dispatch the army to help with the clean up. The first Neo king had reconnected with the Earth and had healed it from the inside out and his wife was trying to do the same to a motherless Valcon.
Reenie stood powerless to fix the one thing she desperately wanted too. She stood a mother without her baby.
Well there you are! A very long chapter but hopefully a good one. The next one is done as well, I'm going to spell check it right now for you and then it will go up! Please let me know if you enjoyed it.
Crystal Wings