Midnight
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Recap
"That attack was special. It was custom made just for Sailor Moon. Whoever the attack hits is immediately put into a special trance. They immediately fall unconscious and can't wake up. Her mind is still perfectly functional but she can't control anything. She may want to wake up, but she won't be able to no matter how hard she tries."
The scouts and Tuxedo Kamen looked at Damien in horror.
"Oh by the way, did I mention that the person usually dies in a few days? Without nourishment her body will start to waste away. She'll die slowly and painfully. Ciao (bye)!"
And just like that he disappeared.
Chapter 7
The scouts and Tuxedo Kamen stared at the spot that Damien had occupied until a few seconds ago. They turned away when they realized that he was truly gone and looked at the still unconscious Sailor Moon.
Even though they understood what Damien had said, they still poked and prodded at Sailor Moon in an attempt to wake her up. When she wouldn't move they all turned to Sailor Mercury.
"Mercury, can't you think of a way to get her up?" Sailor Venus asked desperately.
Sailor Mercury took out her computer again and tried to analyze Sailor Moon. Unfortunately whatever kept the computer from analyzing Damien also extended to his attack. Once again the only message that flashed on the screen was UNKNOWN.
Sailor Mercury put away her computer. She looked at the others and shook her head sadly.
The scouts hung their heads. No one knew how to wake Sailor Moon up. They had to think of a plan. But first things first, they had to get rid of Tuxedo Kamen.
"Tuxedo Kamen, thank-you very much for your help, but we can take things from here," sailor Jupiter said.
Tuxedo Kamen looked at each of them. He knew that he had to leave. They would never permit him to stay with them and make sure that Sailor Moon would be okay. They didn't want him to learn about their true identity. He could respect that. After all, he didn't want them to know who he was. He nodded slightly and left just as silently as he had arrived.
The scouts breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's get her to the temple," Sailor Mars suggested. The others all stood up. Sailor Jupiter carried Sailor Moon on her back. Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury supported Sailor Mars and they all walked to the temple in silence, each one trying to devise a plan to save Sailor Moon.
AT THE TEMPLE
Sailor Jupiter put down Sailor Moon in the spare bedroom at the temple. She heaved a sigh of relief. Sailor Moon may have looked light, but she certainly hadn't felt light.
The rest of the girls entered the spare bedroom and de-transformed. Ami and Minako helped Rei into a chair. Ami left to go to the bathroom to get some bandages and ointments for Rei's cuts. She returned a few minutes later. When she walked in she saw that Rei was still in the chair and Makoto was near the bed putting a blanket on Sailor Moon. Minako was nowhere in sight. Ami walked to Rei.
"Where's Minako?" she asked as she gently rubbed on some ointment on a cut on Rei's forehead.
"She's calling Usagi's mom and telling her that Usagi is going to be spending the night here."
Ami nodded and continued to apply the ointment. Minako entered the room a few minutes later.
"Well, I told Usagi's mom. She wanted to talk to Usagi but I said that she was in the bathroom. How's she doing?' Minako asked Makoto as she settled herself down on the edge of the bed.
"Not good. She won't move at all. I've tried shaking her, dropping her, pinching her. Nothing seems to work." Makoto answered, sighing at the same time.
"Maybe we're going about this the wrong way. We've been trying to get her up by shaking her physically right? Well maybe we should try something mentally." Ami said quietly as she started to bandage up Rei's wounds.
"What do you mean?" Rei asked.
"Well, remember what the guy said? He said that her mind is still perfectly functional. If we could somehow communicate with her in her mind, maybe we could find a way to wake her up," Ami explained as she picked up the extra bandages and tossed them on a nearby table.
"It could work, but how will we talk to her like that?" Minako asked echoing the question on everyone's mind.
"I haven't worked that part out yet."
Everyone fell silent. Rei stood up on unsteady feet and made her way to the door.
"Where are you going?" Makoto inquired.
"I'm going to ask the fire. Maybe I'll find something," she answered as she disappeared from the doorway. Ami followed her out.
"I'm going to call my mom and tell her that I'm going to spend the night here as well," Ami said (does anyone know if Minako and Makoto live alone or with someone?).
Ami went to the telephone in the living room and called her mom. After she had spoken to her mom, she went to the fire room. She found Rei sitting in front of the fire. She leaned against the door and watched.
"Earth, Fire, Wind, Water."
Ami heard Rei repeat this over and over again. Finally the chant stopped. She heard Rei sigh.
"Anything?" Ami asked quietly.
"Nothing! The only thing the fire is telling me is that there is an evil aura around Usagi. It won't tell me how to banish it," Rei answered just as softly. She stood up and walked to Ami. Both of them walked back to the spare bedroom.
"How'd it go?" Makoto asked when they reached the bedroom.
"Not good. I couldn't find anything. Is she doing any better?"
"No. Her pulse and breathing rate are normal. It's almost as if she's just sleeping." Minako said.
The girls all sat down and sighed. It seemed as if all they'd been doing today was sighing. It had turned dark and started to rain outside. It was as if the weather even understood their mood. How were they supposed to wake up Sailor Moon? They couldn't leave her the way she was. Even though they always have her a hard time, no one could imagine a life without Sailor Moon, without Usagi.
"Ugh. Did I hit my head? Why is it so dark? Why can't I see anything? Did someone turn off the lights? Maybe I should get up and see. Wait a minute! I can't move. WHY CAN'T I MOVE?" Sailor Moon was starting to panic. First of all, she felt as if she were blind. Secondly she couldn't move. She couldn't even hear anything.
"What's happening? Where am I? Luna? Mercury? Venus? Jupiter? Mars? Artemis? Where is everybody? Why am I so alone?" Sailor Moon was really panicking now. She was completely alone in a strange dark place with no one around.
"Wait a second. Is that some light that I see?"
Sailor Moon saw a small beam of light getting brighter and brighter. She slowly felt herself getting lightheaded. Eventually she lost consciousness.
Serenity (I'm sorry I don't know her Japanese name for when she was in the Silver Millennium) was in a ballroom dancing with Damien. They were talking.
"Well, have you found someone?" he inquired trying to keep the panic from his voice.
Fortunately Serenity was looking elsewhere and didn't notice. "Not yet."
Damien breathed a sigh of relief. She had no idea what her simple answer meant to him. It was now or never.
"I know a way to stop the balls and your mother from hassling you," he said softly.
Serenity looked at him in surprise. "How?"
"Marry me."
"Wh…What?" Serenity asked her shock evident in her voice.
"Marry me Serenity. I love you. I always have," Damien answered, his voice getting louder with the force of his convictions.
"Damien I…I…" Serenity couldn't complete her sentence.
"I know that you may not feel that way about me and I understand. I really do. But think about it. Wouldn't you rather be married to someone you knew rather than some creep that you don't know anything about? And besides, you wouldn't have to go to these stupid balls anymore because you'd be engaged. I know it's asking a lot, but please just think about it."
Serenity was shocked and yet intrigued. She knew that Damien loved her, but she had always assumed that he loved her like a brother loved a sister. How could she have been so off? Even though she was surprised, she was also fascinated. He had made some very valid points. She would rather be married to him than some creep. And besides she did love him, just not in a romantic way. But who knew, maybe her feelings would change. She also wouldn't have to sit through all of these stupid balls.
"I know it's a shock to you, but just consider it," Damien said as he started to turn away.
Serenity grabbed his arm. Damien turned around.
"I don't need to consider it. I accept," she said simply.
Damien looked like a child who had just come downstairs on Christmas day and discovered a host of presents at the bottom of a Christmas tree. He immediately hugged Serenity and gave her a brief kiss on the lips. Serenity smiled when she saw the pure, unadulterated joy on Damien's face.
"I swear to you that you'll never regret this Serenity," he exclaimed as he hugged her again.
Serenity laughed and saw her mother coming in their direction over Damien's shoulder.
"What's going on here?" Queen Serenity asked.
Damien quickly turned around, but kept an arm around Serenity's waist.
"Well Your Majesty, I've just asked your daughter to marry me and she has graciously agreed," Damien answered excitedly.
"Is that true?" Queen Serenity asked directing her question to her only daughter.
"Yes mother. It's true."
Queen Serenity smiled, her happiness making her almost glow. "This is wonderful! Welcome to the family Damien. We're proud to have you with us."
Damien adopted a cute aw-shucks type of look.
"We must tell everyone."
The Queen dragged Serenity and Damien by the wrists and pulled them up to a raised dais at one end of the room.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to have your attention please," she paused until everyone was looking at her. "I'd like to make a wonderful announcement. My daughter is to be married to Prince Damien."
The whole room burst out in cheers. Serenity looked at all of them and took a deep breath. There was no turning back now.
"We have to do something," Minako said breaking the silence.
"No one's debating that Minako. The question is what should we do?" Ami responded.
The silence took over again. No one had an answer.
"I know! We should call the others!" Makoto exclaimed.
Everyone looked at her.
"Who?" asked Rei.
"Haruka (Amara), Michiru (Michelle), Setsuna (Trista), and Hotaru. They may know how to help her."
The girls thought about this. Minako did have a point. Besides they had no other ideas right now anyway.
"How will we contact them?" asked Makoto.
"We gave them a communicator remember? We can just use that."
They all smiled. Ami got out her communicator and called Michiru. She answered.
"Michiru, we need your help."
"What's wrong?"
"We have a problem with Sailor Moon. We're at the temple. Can you bring everyone and come?"
There was silence for a heartbeat. Michiru spoke again. "We'll be there." The communicator turned off.
"I guess all we can do now is wait," said Rei.
ONE HOUR LATER
Luna and Artemis had arrived a few minutes earlier. The girls and cats jumped when they heard the door shut close.
"We came as fast as we could," said Haruka as they all burst through the door.
"Thanks for coming so soon," Makoto said.
"What's the problem?" asked Hotaru.
Ami told them about the situation till now.
"So no matter what you do, she won't move?" asked an astonished Michiru.
The others nodded. Rei looked at Setsuna. She had been quiet the whole time.
"What do you think Setsuna?" she asked quietly.
"I think that there's something we can do," she answered just as softly.
"What?!" everyone yelled all at once.
"If we can pool all our powers together, we may be able to penetrate her mind and break the spell."
"How do we do that?" asked Hotaru.
"It'll be just like the Sailor Transport. Except this time instead of focusing on a place to go, we'll focus on entering Sailor Moon's mind."
Everyone thought about this. It made sense. It was worth a shot. They all stood up and looked at each other. They transformed.
All the Sailor Senshi formed a circle around the bed on which Sailor Moon was lying. They held each others hands and closed their eyes, each one focusing on Sailor Moon. A symbol of each Senshi's planet glowed on each of the Senshi's foreheads.
They felt themselves floating even though they didn't leave the ground. Each Senshi glowed a separate colour. Suddenly they felt themselves leaving their body. It was as if their spirits were leaving their body behind.
The spirits all sped towards Sailor Moon's body. They hit her body and were immediately surrounded by pitch black. They all looked around, but couldn't see anything.
"SAILOR MOON!" everyone yelled all at once.
"WHERE ARE YOU?"
They suddenly heard a noise from behind. They all turned around and were immediately hit by a blast. The spirits felt themselves leaving Sailor Moon's body and being slammed back into their own. They all fell to their knees.
"What was that?" asked an extremely disoriented Sailor Venus.
"No idea," groaned Sailor Jupiter.
"Look!" yelled Sailor Saturn.
They all looked at Sailor Moon.
Wow I think that was the longest chapter yet. Hope you liked it.
Anyways I need to explain a few things. Even though the Inner Sailor Senshi have met the Outer Sailor Senshi, you have to pretend that the Senshi don't know that Tuxedo Kamen is Mamoru. Mamoru knows that he is Prince Mamoru but he doesn't know that Usagi is Princess Serenity. In fact, no one but Usagi knows that she is Princess Serenity. Hope that wasn't too confusing. If you have questions, just put them in your review and I'll answer them at the beginning of the next chapter.
Please review and tell me what you think of this chapter.