Chapter 16 - Second Contact
There at the entrance to the stage from the sidewalk were seven young men. The one in the middle was wearing all black attire and had dreadlocks hanging past his jaw, plus he had a pistol in his hand and was pointing it to the sky. On his right was a boy with long, light brown bangs combed in front of his face. To that boy's right was a boy with a minister's outfit and a long chestnut braid. To his right was a glaring boy with messy brown hair, green tank, and tight black shorts. On the left side of the dreadlocked guy was a blonde boy. To his left was a Chinese boy with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. To his left was a man with long braids hanging to his chest and a thin goatee running from his bottom lip to past his chin.
"I couldn't help but notice a group of nice girls being harassed by an ugly monster," the guy with dreads said.
'His voice sounds familiar,' Sailor Venus thought to herself.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN UGLY MONSTER, YOU POOR EXCUSE FOR A GROUPIE!!" Fagila shouted.
"Oh, so I'm a groupie, am I?" the dread guy said.
"NOT JUST THAT," Fagila shouted. "YOU ARE AN INSIGNIFICANT, PUNY, INTERFERING, NOSY SON OF A BITCH!!"
"Son of a bitch," dread guy said. "Oh now I'm a sonuvabitch! Sonuvabitch. Sonuvabitch?"
The guy with dreads then popped off two rounds at Fagila. She just grinned wider.
"Well," Fagila growled. "Now that you see that bullets cannot harm me, what will you do?"
The guy stared at his pistol and holstered it, sighing angrily. The Scouts heard him mutter, "Sonuvabitch," again. He then pulled a knife and waved the blade. The Scouts just groaned.
"Now you'll see what this sonuvabitch can do," dread guy said.
"NO, DUDE! DON'T!" the braided man said.
"Shut up, Pyrone," dread said back. "I'm doin' it."
"You really shouldn't," the blonde said.
"Why not?" dread asked. "They need help, so why not?"
"That isn't WISE," the braid boy said.
"No," dread said. "This, my man, is REVENGE!!"
With that, the dreaded one ran at Fagila attempting to slash at her. However, she moved and blasted him with an energy blast that sent him flying back into the left side of the entrance.
"TRE! Are you okay?" braid boy asked.
"Yeah, just peachy Duo," the one named Tre said. "Now you've pissed me off."
"Good," Fagila mocked. "I don't care."
"All right guys," Tre began, "let's give her a taste of her medicine."
"But..." the Chinese guy said.
"What about hiding them in a safe place from prying eyes?" the blonde asked.
"These girls won't tell, anyone, right?" Tre asked the Scouts. They shook their heads.
"OK," Duo said, turning to the girls. "See ya later!"
The seven young men ran off. Fagila just stared at them dumbly, then,
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Sailor Mercury said.
The attack hit Fagila dead-on, but she just blocked it easily. Sailor Mercury was stunned that her strongest attack didn't work. Fagila just continued to stare after the long out of sight young men, confused. Then Sailor Neptune tried her attack.
"Neptune Deep Reflection!"
The mirror shot a beam at Fagila, who just laughed like she was enjoying it. Then, she fired a bolt at Sailor Neptune, knocking her down.
"Don't tickle me!" Fagila shouted.
Just then, a tremor shook the ground. Fagila got a confused look on her face and looked toward the tremor's origin. More tremors shook the ground, causing the Scouts to lose their balance. The tremors were becoming more intense, then Jupiter shouted,
"EARTHQUAKE!"
"No, it isn't an earthquake!" Sailor Pluto yelled over the rumbling.
Then, above the treetops were seven large robots, all varying in colors and sizes. Several had wings that looked quite real, while two of them looked very familiar to the Scouts.
"It's DreadScythe!" Sailor Venus shouted.
"And Backlash," Sailor Pluto said.
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"So," Duo said over the comm. "This is when we get some action, huh?"
"Yeah," Tre said. "That blue ho really pissed me off."
"Tre," Quatre said. "I'll defend the girls, OK?"
"Sure thing, Quatre," Tre said.
Out of his right viewscreen, Tre watched the Sandrock move over the Scouts and crouch down to protect them. But the girls just scattered everywhere. Quatre flipped on his loudspeakers and said,
"Please, don't be frightened. I just want to defend you from the blast."
As if on cue, DreadScythe drew its large beam rifle and held the gun vertical, against the right side of the Gundam. It slowly squeezed the trigger and the rifle started to charge. Then, it extended, the excess energy being dispersed in a spin. DreadScythe lowered the gun's barrel to Fagila, who was too scared to move. Then, DreadScythe squeezed the trigger all the way. The gun recoiled slightly and a loud explosive sound, like an atomic bomb going off, shocked the city cracking windows and setting off car alarms, while a bright golden beam of energy obliviated anything in its path, including Fagila. Sandrock was skidding backwards, very slowly, from the force of the blast. Its shield was protecting the Scouts and the wind was blowing the girls hair everywhere, all the while the girls were screaming. The wide bright beam completely vaporized Fagila and left a huge crater in the stage area of the park.
"Ah, shit," Duo groaned.
"Uh-oh," Tre said.
"Holy mother of God," Pyrone laughed.
"That's definitely bad news," Trowa said.
"Oh no," Quatre said.
"Way to go, Young," Wufei said.
"Uh, oops?" Tre said.
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"What happened?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked.
"I don't know," Sailor Uranus answered.
"It was a destructive beam," Sailor Pluto answered.
The shield of the Gundam above the Scouts lifted and the group stepped out to inspect the damage. All gasped at the crater left in the stage and seating area. Wisps of smoke as thick as pythons rose from different places in the blackened crater. A small mass of blue lied at the bottom of the crater. It was clear that Fagila was taken care of...permanently.
The robots kept swiveling their heads from side to side, looking at each other. Each time they did, the Scouts only wondered what the pilots were saying and moreover, who the pilots were. Eternal Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Pluto and said,
"Those are Gundams, right?"
"Yes," Sailor Pluto answered. "Those are Gundams."
The blue Gundam with guns for arms was staring at the Scouts an awful lot, especially at Neptune. Then, DreadScythe spoke in its human voice again.
"Hey, Heavyarms."
The blue suit looked to DreadScythe, "What?"
"Why are you looking at them all the time?"
"I don't know."
"Let's get going."
The Gundams all crouched then jumped into the air, firing their rockets as they became airborne.
'That guy, his voice sounds familiar,' Venus kept thinking to herself. 'I know that the pilot of DreadScythe sounds like him, maybe even is him, but it's from another place, or time. I just wish I knew.'
As if on cue, DreadScythe stopped in mid air and flew back down to the Scouts. None of the other Gundams knew what he was doing, but they had to get out of the atmosphere. DreadScythe slowed its descent and touched down only three feet from the Scouts. Then the a door on the Gundam opened and a guy rode down a cable to the group.
It was the guy with the dreads, Tre. He hopped off the cable when it reached the ground and strode over to the Scouts, smirking.
"In case you don't know who I am," Tre started, "that means I am keeping my identity clean and safe."
"Then won't you tell us who you are?" Luna asked.
"Well, well, well," Tre laughed. "A talking cat."
"I'll have you know that I am Luna, Royal Adviser to Queen Serenity and now I'm the
Royal Adviser to Neo Queen Serenity."
"Well, whoop-dee-fuckin'-doo," Tre scoffed.
"Hey! Don't be so mean to Luna!" Sailor Moon yelled.
"OK," Tre said. "But I'll have you know that I am the protector of the protectors."
"And who is that?" Sailor Uranus asked.
"That's all the clues I can give today, sorry," Tre said. "Oh, and Pluto!"
Pluto looked up, "Yes?"
"Be sure to tell them who I am later," Tre said walking away. "If you want."
He hopped onto the cable and rode back up to the platform that was the door. It closed and the eyes of the Gundam lit up. It walked away from the Scouts and then it shot off into the night.
There at the entrance to the stage from the sidewalk were seven young men. The one in the middle was wearing all black attire and had dreadlocks hanging past his jaw, plus he had a pistol in his hand and was pointing it to the sky. On his right was a boy with long, light brown bangs combed in front of his face. To that boy's right was a boy with a minister's outfit and a long chestnut braid. To his right was a glaring boy with messy brown hair, green tank, and tight black shorts. On the left side of the dreadlocked guy was a blonde boy. To his left was a Chinese boy with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. To his left was a man with long braids hanging to his chest and a thin goatee running from his bottom lip to past his chin.
"I couldn't help but notice a group of nice girls being harassed by an ugly monster," the guy with dreads said.
'His voice sounds familiar,' Sailor Venus thought to herself.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN UGLY MONSTER, YOU POOR EXCUSE FOR A GROUPIE!!" Fagila shouted.
"Oh, so I'm a groupie, am I?" the dread guy said.
"NOT JUST THAT," Fagila shouted. "YOU ARE AN INSIGNIFICANT, PUNY, INTERFERING, NOSY SON OF A BITCH!!"
"Son of a bitch," dread guy said. "Oh now I'm a sonuvabitch! Sonuvabitch. Sonuvabitch?"
The guy with dreads then popped off two rounds at Fagila. She just grinned wider.
"Well," Fagila growled. "Now that you see that bullets cannot harm me, what will you do?"
The guy stared at his pistol and holstered it, sighing angrily. The Scouts heard him mutter, "Sonuvabitch," again. He then pulled a knife and waved the blade. The Scouts just groaned.
"Now you'll see what this sonuvabitch can do," dread guy said.
"NO, DUDE! DON'T!" the braided man said.
"Shut up, Pyrone," dread said back. "I'm doin' it."
"You really shouldn't," the blonde said.
"Why not?" dread asked. "They need help, so why not?"
"That isn't WISE," the braid boy said.
"No," dread said. "This, my man, is REVENGE!!"
With that, the dreaded one ran at Fagila attempting to slash at her. However, she moved and blasted him with an energy blast that sent him flying back into the left side of the entrance.
"TRE! Are you okay?" braid boy asked.
"Yeah, just peachy Duo," the one named Tre said. "Now you've pissed me off."
"Good," Fagila mocked. "I don't care."
"All right guys," Tre began, "let's give her a taste of her medicine."
"But..." the Chinese guy said.
"What about hiding them in a safe place from prying eyes?" the blonde asked.
"These girls won't tell, anyone, right?" Tre asked the Scouts. They shook their heads.
"OK," Duo said, turning to the girls. "See ya later!"
The seven young men ran off. Fagila just stared at them dumbly, then,
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Sailor Mercury said.
The attack hit Fagila dead-on, but she just blocked it easily. Sailor Mercury was stunned that her strongest attack didn't work. Fagila just continued to stare after the long out of sight young men, confused. Then Sailor Neptune tried her attack.
"Neptune Deep Reflection!"
The mirror shot a beam at Fagila, who just laughed like she was enjoying it. Then, she fired a bolt at Sailor Neptune, knocking her down.
"Don't tickle me!" Fagila shouted.
Just then, a tremor shook the ground. Fagila got a confused look on her face and looked toward the tremor's origin. More tremors shook the ground, causing the Scouts to lose their balance. The tremors were becoming more intense, then Jupiter shouted,
"EARTHQUAKE!"
"No, it isn't an earthquake!" Sailor Pluto yelled over the rumbling.
Then, above the treetops were seven large robots, all varying in colors and sizes. Several had wings that looked quite real, while two of them looked very familiar to the Scouts.
"It's DreadScythe!" Sailor Venus shouted.
"And Backlash," Sailor Pluto said.
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"So," Duo said over the comm. "This is when we get some action, huh?"
"Yeah," Tre said. "That blue ho really pissed me off."
"Tre," Quatre said. "I'll defend the girls, OK?"
"Sure thing, Quatre," Tre said.
Out of his right viewscreen, Tre watched the Sandrock move over the Scouts and crouch down to protect them. But the girls just scattered everywhere. Quatre flipped on his loudspeakers and said,
"Please, don't be frightened. I just want to defend you from the blast."
As if on cue, DreadScythe drew its large beam rifle and held the gun vertical, against the right side of the Gundam. It slowly squeezed the trigger and the rifle started to charge. Then, it extended, the excess energy being dispersed in a spin. DreadScythe lowered the gun's barrel to Fagila, who was too scared to move. Then, DreadScythe squeezed the trigger all the way. The gun recoiled slightly and a loud explosive sound, like an atomic bomb going off, shocked the city cracking windows and setting off car alarms, while a bright golden beam of energy obliviated anything in its path, including Fagila. Sandrock was skidding backwards, very slowly, from the force of the blast. Its shield was protecting the Scouts and the wind was blowing the girls hair everywhere, all the while the girls were screaming. The wide bright beam completely vaporized Fagila and left a huge crater in the stage area of the park.
"Ah, shit," Duo groaned.
"Uh-oh," Tre said.
"Holy mother of God," Pyrone laughed.
"That's definitely bad news," Trowa said.
"Oh no," Quatre said.
"Way to go, Young," Wufei said.
"Uh, oops?" Tre said.
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"What happened?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked.
"I don't know," Sailor Uranus answered.
"It was a destructive beam," Sailor Pluto answered.
The shield of the Gundam above the Scouts lifted and the group stepped out to inspect the damage. All gasped at the crater left in the stage and seating area. Wisps of smoke as thick as pythons rose from different places in the blackened crater. A small mass of blue lied at the bottom of the crater. It was clear that Fagila was taken care of...permanently.
The robots kept swiveling their heads from side to side, looking at each other. Each time they did, the Scouts only wondered what the pilots were saying and moreover, who the pilots were. Eternal Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Pluto and said,
"Those are Gundams, right?"
"Yes," Sailor Pluto answered. "Those are Gundams."
The blue Gundam with guns for arms was staring at the Scouts an awful lot, especially at Neptune. Then, DreadScythe spoke in its human voice again.
"Hey, Heavyarms."
The blue suit looked to DreadScythe, "What?"
"Why are you looking at them all the time?"
"I don't know."
"Let's get going."
The Gundams all crouched then jumped into the air, firing their rockets as they became airborne.
'That guy, his voice sounds familiar,' Venus kept thinking to herself. 'I know that the pilot of DreadScythe sounds like him, maybe even is him, but it's from another place, or time. I just wish I knew.'
As if on cue, DreadScythe stopped in mid air and flew back down to the Scouts. None of the other Gundams knew what he was doing, but they had to get out of the atmosphere. DreadScythe slowed its descent and touched down only three feet from the Scouts. Then the a door on the Gundam opened and a guy rode down a cable to the group.
It was the guy with the dreads, Tre. He hopped off the cable when it reached the ground and strode over to the Scouts, smirking.
"In case you don't know who I am," Tre started, "that means I am keeping my identity clean and safe."
"Then won't you tell us who you are?" Luna asked.
"Well, well, well," Tre laughed. "A talking cat."
"I'll have you know that I am Luna, Royal Adviser to Queen Serenity and now I'm the
Royal Adviser to Neo Queen Serenity."
"Well, whoop-dee-fuckin'-doo," Tre scoffed.
"Hey! Don't be so mean to Luna!" Sailor Moon yelled.
"OK," Tre said. "But I'll have you know that I am the protector of the protectors."
"And who is that?" Sailor Uranus asked.
"That's all the clues I can give today, sorry," Tre said. "Oh, and Pluto!"
Pluto looked up, "Yes?"
"Be sure to tell them who I am later," Tre said walking away. "If you want."
He hopped onto the cable and rode back up to the platform that was the door. It closed and the eyes of the Gundam lit up. It walked away from the Scouts and then it shot off into the night.