The sun shone through the rice paper doors into Renée's face. Her eyes slowly pried open but then shut again as she turned over.
However, her peaceful sleep was quickly interrupted, as she sat up like lightning at a girl's startled cry. Wanting to know what was wrong, she leapt from her bed and made a run for the door. But against the hardwood floor, her socks caused her to slide onto her backside.
Lately I've been doing that a lot, she though as she slowly got up.

It had been two days since that strange fight. Renee's body still ached from the weird, giant bruise on her chest - a persistent reminder of a battle she'd sooner forget, a persistent reminder that the battle had been all too real. What had been strangest of all to Renée, though, was the story Rei had told her.
Rei had explained to her every bit she could about the Moon Kingdom. According to her story, Usagi had been the princess of the Moon Kingdom during the Silver Millennium, which took place a thousand years ago. Rei, Minako, Makoto and Ami had been the princesses of the four nearest planets (excluding earth, Renée had found it quite hilarious that earth had a prince instead of a princess) who protected Usagi. These guardians where known as the Sailor Soldiers; Rei was Sailor Mars, Minako was Sailor Venus, Makoto was Sailor Jupiter and Ami was Sailor Mercury. With their own planet granting them powers to protect the Moon Princess, they guarded her and her kingdom.
There was also the Dark Kingdom, who wanted to take over the Moon and it's legendary crystal, the Silver Crystal. They had invaded Earth and used it for military purposes, explaining why the love interest of Usagi, Prince Edymon of Earth, had to be sneaky about visiting his love (Renée also found this entertaining, too, wondering why Usagi would waste her time with a loser from Earth. Renée herself was confused by the comment, but laughed long and hard anyway.).
When the Dark Kingdom had finally attacked, everything was destroyed, and almost everyone was killed. The Moon Queen, who had survived the surprise attack, managed to use the Silver Crystal and the rest of her energy to reincarnate every innocent creature to Earth, the only somewhat surviving planet. Killing herself in the process, she sent the evil far back into space out of harms way, and everyone else to be reborn in the present time. Usagi also became a Sailor Soldier, to protect the Earth, and Usagi's love (the only male Sailor Soldier, Renée concluded, and went into a fit of laughter again) became Tuxedo Mask, or Mamoru.
Then Rei had told her about the continuation of the Dark Kingdom war, and how they had all died and came back to life by the power of the Silver Crystal again (this freaked Renée out, just slightly). Then she explained the other enemy, the Dark Moon family, and Usagi's daughter, which both came from the future (which also freaked Renée out, just slightly).
It was a ton to absorb in just a weekend, and seemed too unreal to be more than a legend. But there was no denying her transformation the past Friday night; the tale was true to the end.

Now Monday, Renée rubbed her tailbone while stiffly walking to the door. Sliding it open fully, she realized it had been her hostess that had given out the scream.
"I'm going to be late!" Rei shouted as she ran down the hall. "I can't believe this! This doesn't happen to ME!"
Renée walked further out of her room, leaning casually against the wooden doorframe. Rei rushed by again, running into her room to change.
"Oh, don't worry, you won't be late. It's only," Renée glanced at her watch. "Oh, you're right, you ARE going to be late."
Darting back the other way - now fully dressed - to grab some breakfast, Rei grumbled to no one in particular.
"It's because of that stupid fight, I'm still damned tired. I just can't get up on time! And my arm is killing me!"
Rei tore back to her room to grab her homework.
"Heh, and I guess that late night meeting on Saturday wasn't helpful, was it?" Renee added with a slight grimace.
Rei groaned as she hurried by, "No, it wasn't! Thanks to Usagi and Mamoru. They just had to keep us waiting 2 hours! There's a big difference between 7 and 9 o'clock!"
"Yeah, and that late night chat last night about you guys being soldiers wasn't helpful neither, now was it…" Renee pointed out purposefully.
Rei hopped around, trying to get her shoe on.
"NO! No it wasn't," Stopping, Rei turned to look at her once uninvited guest, "Why are you telling me this?!"
"So you have something else to blame instead of getting angry at me. It's not your fault you're sleep deprived but nor was it MINE. Just making that clear."
"Well, if you're so calm, do my morning chores for me - feed the crows, sweep the steps, clean the fire place, wash the dishes and don't forget to clean your room," Rei declared in a self important tone, poking Renee in the chest with the announcement of each task.
Renee, in turn, raised an indignant eyebrow at the fiery Priestess.
"What, I'm Cinderella now? I'll get right on it, Mistress," Renee mocked, taking a small bow, "But, why should I clean my room? You're not my mother."
"But you're irresponsible enough for me to be!" Rei snapped as she stormed out the door.
"Hey, who's the one late for school?!" Renée whipped out at her.
"Who's the one not GOING to school?" Rei shot back.
Renée grumbled as she went to get the birdseed.

After Renée had finished all of Rei's chores, she went back to her room. Flopping backwards onto her bed, she hurt her back, forgetting how far it was to the floor. She missed her old bed, her western ways. Turning awkwardly onto her side, she diverted her sorrow eyes from the ceiling to the wall. It had been around two weeks since she got here, and she had had just about enough of Japan. First the welcoming committee made up of a hostile Rei and a monster, then a bruise that felt more like a broken rib cage. Plus she had discovered that she was part of some ancient group that fended off evil and protected royalty. Great, she though, history was always her worse subject.
Renée finally raised her sorry corpse off the bed on her elbow, glancing around the room. "Rei's right, it IS messy. And with the few things I have, that's impressive!"
Renée leaned back onto her bed, smiling at her disaster-struck room. Rei couldn't possibly make her clean it, it was the last link she had to her old room! But the memory of her old room just opened the floodgates in her mind, filling it with thoughts of things she missed.
"I miss English signs. I could read those. I also miss the radio, the video games, but most of all T.V…"
Renée suddenly jerked up onto her elbow. That's what made her so lonely, TV! There was no TV in here! What a horrible way to live!
"How horrible is it when your life depends on TV?!" She told herself out loud in a shameful, astounded note. She shook her head. She didn't want to think about any more personality flaws she had.
Well, Rei lived without TV. More correctly, Rei HATED TV. How could she? What did she do around here for entertainment? Renée sighed as she thought back to Canada. She knew she was covering up the more important things she missed by thinking of the simpler things. But she couldn't think like that - she had to start fresh now, and that was hard to her. Right now, she was foreign to this country. It'd be a while before she'd get used to this…

Rei scribbled down the notes her sensei placed on the board. The bell rang in mid scratch of the chalk. "Oh dear, seems like we'll have to finish this tomorrow," she disappointedly turned to announce, "alright, school's dismissed."
Rei packed up her school bag and headed for the door. Finally when she finished the two flights of stairs, she was met with the beautiful sunshine. The wind gently rearranged the strands of hair in her bangs and played with the long ones that fell straight behind her. The heat from the sun warmed her colder skin with a soft intensity. It really was a beautiful spring day.
Suddenly a car pulled up on the curb, startling Rei from her peaceful trance. Usagi sat in the passenger side of the red car, hanging over Mamoru, the driver.
"Hey you two!" Rei shouted with a grin, "what are you doing here?"
"We just thought we'd give you a ride, since we were on our way to the temple anyway! We're holding a meeting, this time with Mamoru," she looked towards him with loving eyes, "Maybe he can help clear a few things up we couldn't!"
Rei's smile went flat. "You organized something where I LIVE without asking ME?"
"No, we were just on our way to the temple to ask you," Mamoru responded calmly.
Rei ripped her eyes from Usagi to the ground, her face flushed in embarrassment and her arms hanging in front of her. She clutched her school bag and looked up at Usagi.
"Well, as long as you didn't plan it without me. It's just the way you said it, Usagi."
Rei slid into the back of the car as Mamoru shifted it into drive and sped down the street.

Taking care of keeping her skirt in its place, Rei slid out of the car as fast a she could, depending mostly on her arms to get up. Ducking back in to grab her bag, Rei started planning everything out. "Alright, Usagi, start calling the others for this meeting," she started up the steps before continuing, "I have to get changed. I-"
Looking back when she didn't here a second or third pair of footsteps, she noticed the other two hadn't even got out of the car. "You two are invited to come inside, you know," Rei joked.
Rei walked past Renée's room to enter her own when she spotted the giraffe snoozing in bed.
"Hey! Catnaps over!"
Renée jolted upright. "Hehe-… Sorry about that."
"Clearly you didn't clean your room, but did you do everything else?"
"Yup," Renée crossed her arms and lifted her chin proudly.
"Thanks. I'm going to go change. Oh, Usagi and Mamoru are here in the tearoom. Why don't you go meet them?"
Rei walked away into her room. After Renée had heard her door slide shut, she finally found enough strength in her lazy body to get up.
As soon as Renée entered the tearoom, all her attention was turned to the six-foot, dark haired guy that stood by Usagi. Renée did not want to be there all of a sudden.
"Hey… Usagi? Who's this?"
"Konichiwa, Renée-chan! Renée-chan, this is Chiba Mamoru. Mamo-chan meet …Renée!"
Even with the lack of a last name, Usagi kept a bright disposition as she clung to his arm. But it didn't make a difference; Renée still was overwhelmed with a surge of disgust for the man. She didn't even know why, she was never so judgmental.
"Hello… Mamoru," Renée said incorrectly. "So… he's your boyfriend?"
Usagi blushed. But then she nodded.
"So you're the guy we waited for Saturday," Renée said with venom. Mamoru shifted his weight and lifted his head slightly, sensing the dislike in her voice. Just then Rei walked in, back in her robes.
"Have you contacted anyone yet?" she asked. Usagi shook her head innocently, not noticing Renée's cold shoulder.
"Oh Usagi, we don't have all day! You call Minako-chan, and I'll call Ami-chan. Renée- we need to get you one of those things," Rei pointed to Usagi's wristwatch before taking her own off. "That'll make these kind of things a lot faster." Rei smiled and turned her attention to the machine.
"They've got a TV, that's the best part!" Usagi spoke up while opening her own. Renée didn't respond though.
"So, Renée is a soldier too, I hear," Mamoru stated instead of questioning. "Who is she?"
Usagi looked up and grabbed onto his arm again. "We don't know who she is, where she's from or why she's here, but she's half cat when she transformed. It's cute! We were hoping you and your brain could help figure this out!"
The attention Usagi gave him almost caused Renée to choke. She found herself glaring at him.

It didn't take long for the rest of the girls to arrive. Soon they were discussing school, eating Makoto's treats, and trying to figure out the unanswered questions of the last meeting.
Mamoru, though, provided no help. They ended up at a dead end like they were Saturday - there was no information to work with besides a cat Sailor Soldier and a sporty enemy. After a few hours they all returned home, praying that maybe this new enemy was a fluke.

Ami entered the dark apartment and flicked the lights on. Her mother must have been working late again.
She sighed as she tried to shut the door, when the startled mew of a cat came from under her feet, causing Ami to cry out in surprise.
"Oh! Luna it's just you! You scared me!"
Luna ran from under her and jumped onto the computer desk, getting comfortable as she sat down. "I did say I wanted to talk to you privately the other day. It's a good thing your mother isn't here."
Ami nodded and flopped into the computer chair, exsausted.
"Alright, Luna, what's on your mind?"
Luna shook her head as if she didn't believe something, but she continued anyway.
"I've been thinking this over, and you're probably going to hate me for this, but… I think Sailor Kitty might be related to the enemy."
"What?!" Ami sat back. She didn't see how Luna had come up with such a farfetched conclusion.
"Well, I've been thinking it over. There is evidence that is leading me to think this. The enemy didn't appear until she did. It didn't attack until she was settled into the temple, and we were comfortable with her. Plus, how did she defeat the monster so easily?"
Luna drilled out a few of the ideas before stopping a moment, allowing them to settle into Ami's mind before continuing, "but a big point is that she isn't, or wasn't, a princess. She can't be a Sailor Soldier unless she was a princess. Only they had powers. Only they could be the guardians of the Moon Princess; the Sailor Soldiers. My memory of the Moon is still very fuzzy, but I remember my Princess and her guardians clearly, and she was never one of them."
Ami clearly didn't believe it.
"Now, Luna, with all due respect I have to doubt your theory. It can't be fair to accuse Renée of this so soon, with such minor points! She seems so nice, strange sense of humour maybe but nice. I can't see her as the type that'd lead an evil escapade. Remember, you thought I was the enemy once."
Luna sighed. "That's exactly what I thought, and there's good reasons to completely doubt me. But I truly believe she can't be a Sailor Soldier. I... just have this gut feeling about her. If she's not from my planet or this galaxy, where could she have come from without our knowing? She could easily be a fraud!"
Ami just sat there silently, thinking it over. "How'd she transform?"
"Well, I'm not sure. I thought she looked genuinely surprised when it happened, but that could either have been an act, or it might not even have been surprise. One thing's for sure; she didn't use a pen like you girls. Or a brooch, for that matter. Her powers didn't even feel somewhat familiar. I might not be able to remember the Moon well, but I most certainly can remember the princesses and the people with powers."
Ami quickly came up with another solution, trying to get Luna to explain everything that'd cause her to create such an elaborate conviction.
"Are you sure? I mean, I don't believe you knew Sailor Pluto, the guardian of time. Not until just this year. There might be other soldiers out there you have no recollection of."
Luna nodded intelligently. "I've considered this as well, but the guardian of time Sailor Pluto is also a princess, the princess of her planet. Her energy signature was new to me, but similar to all of yours. When Renée transformed, it felt nothing like your own. And for being a princess, she does not even have a name, Makoto gave her her title. She might be from another galaxy, or even this one, but it's a long shot. I daresay I'd put my money on her not being a princess of a planet."
"Really?" Ami sat in silence for a tense moment, "this is odd..."
"So you see? Now, this could all be wrong, and I don't want you to come to a conclusion before I'm completely certain, but I have a really, really bad feeling about this. I think Renée could even be just a very good actor and is the insider of an operation. She could easily get her powers from a higher source."
"What about us? How'd she know how to transform into our uniforms?"
"She could have studied us. If you had noticed, her uniform wasn't exactly the same as ours."
"How about the cat features?"
"I believe that might be her true form. I know your asking these questions because you don't want to believe it, and I rather not, either. But just keep your mind open, ok? All possibilities should be tried if it means life is at stake. I've been racking my brain since I saw her, and even though my memory of the Moon is weak, I am pretty certain she's not from it. I do sense unusual activity, but I can't tell from where. The only sure source of negative energy I'm positive of is a small wave from Renée."
Ami pushed the chair back further, sighing. It was too bad; Renée was quite nice to her on Saturday. She just couldn't see how someone so nice could even possibly be evil. But her experience told her to trust Luna.
"Ok, Luna, it's too bad you are making me even consider this, but I will. I'll keep my eyes peeled for anything suspicious."
"Thank you for listening, Ami, and hopefully, this will all be proven untrue. Hopefully, I'll be wrong."

Rei sat in front of the fire, concentrating. She had been sitting there for a while, trying to get any information she could. She couldn't sense any evil vibes at the moment, or the presence of monsters anywhere. But when she thought about people…
Her new guest, Renée, there was something wrong about her. However, Rei couldn't pinpoint it; at least her instincts the first time she met her were correct.
Rei's instincts had told her something was bad about the girl, yes, but it had been very weak, and Renée had so far proved herself to be innocent. She had even helped destroy the enemy that had attacked them on Friday, instead of running off like most would.
Rei was happy with her decision to let Renée stay. If there had been something truly evil about her, her grandfather would have sensed it first and sent Renée on her way.
Renée had done nothing wrong since she had arrived; maybe the bad feeling was connected to something in her past.
Rei decided to trust her for now. She had given up on being suspicious. Besides, Renée had been kind to her the first time they met…
Suddenly a vision shot through her mind. The fire roared up before her. Then she saw it; a monster that was in town. It was wreaking havoc on more civilians. Rei slammed her palm against the floor and jumped up. "Renée! RENÉE!" Rei shouted. Renée peaked from her room.
"Were you sleeping again?!"
"Ehe, yeah, sorry-"
Rei didn't let her finish. "We've got to go to town. Grab your stuff…"
"OH! You mean the-"
"Yes, yes - Grandpa! I have to go help Usagi with homework; Renée's coming with me. We'll be back soon!"
With that, Rei grabbed Renée's hand and pulled her out the door.

Rei stopped in an alley, pressing her back against the brick wall. She looked around the corner; spotting the monster terrorizing people outside the quiet café she had her back pressed against.
"Hurry and transform! Mars Star Power, Make-up!"
After transforming in a brilliant flash of red light, Rei peeked her head around the corner again, keeping an eye on the monster as Renée transformed.
Instead of transforming, Renée poked her own head over Rei's to see the monster. For some reason, it looked much more intimidating then the last one. Maybe because she was facing this creature face to face…
"What are you waiting for? Hurry and transform!"
The creature threw its ball again at more people. They scattered like bugs as the ball crashed through a pane of glass. This monster was much like the last, a tracksuit with matching sweatbands made her look like a model from a Nike commercial to Renée. The one big difference between her and the last monster was her bright yellow skin. However, Renée cared only about one item she had: this monster had another one of those balls, Renée thought with great panic. She shook her head.
"I can't do this. I am not the type with powers!"
"Oh suck it up and transform," Rei groaned. Renee sighed and looked at the crest in her palms.
"Fine fine, but if I die, I'm sending something to avenge my death on you! Phoenix Power, Make-up!"
Again the odd flash of light and cold metal surrounded Renée before leaving just as quickly. She now held a staff in her hand where her crest had been.
Knowing her friend was now well prepared, Rei jumped out and announced herself to the monster.
"Hey, sports geek!" the monster turned towards Rei, surprised. "Yeah, you, drop that ball and pick on someone your own size!"
The monster was quite short compared to Renée and Rei.
"Like a monkey!" Rei smirked.
"I am the pretty suited sailor soldier, Sailor Mars! In the name of love and passion, I will defeat you, in high heels!"
Renée just peeked her head around the corner again, slightly dazed. The first time she had transformed and fought felt more like a dream. This was frighteningly real.
"Rei- I mean, Sailor Mars, I don't have any fancy speech, and I don't have any powers, so I'll just stand back here as backup ok? I'll be plan b." Renée announced as she turned back around the corner and slid down the wall, her back pressed up against it. Rei rolled her eyes as she turned her head to face the alley, hand on her hip. Why was Renée being so chicken?!
Suddenly the monster came screaming at Rei, her leg extended. Rei ducked down and rolled out of the way. When the monster got up, she threw her ball directly at Rei, forcing her to jump out of the way again. The monster just wouldn't let her rest.
Renée heard the commotion from her hiding spot and slowly turned the corner.
"HEY!" Renée yelled at the monster. The monster turned its head towards her, giving Rei a chance to attack.
"Mars Fire Soul!"
A pillar of fire shot from Rei's hands and the monster was thrown into a lamppost by the street, denting it. But to Renée's surprise, it easily got up. Rei wasn't surprised at all.
"Oh boy…" Renée gripped her staff tighter.
"This one is tougher than the last?"
"Most likely," Rei replied in monotone. She had started powering up her next attack before the monster even got up.
"Mars Burning Mandela!" The rings of fire bombarded the monster, but the rebound didn't work as well as the first shot. The monster dodged a few, jumped high into the air, and landed even closer to Rei and Renée.
"You silly girls have as much a chance at beating us as you do getting a date in those outfits! The messenger of fire through electricity is gonna wipe the board clean of at least two Sailor Soldiers today! Master better be watching me succeed. Watch me, master, I will win for you!"
The monster faced the sky, throwing her fists in the air, laughing. Renée just looked over at Rei oddly, one eyebrow arched high.
"Attack again."
"Sounds good to me, Mars Fire Soul!"
But the fire swirled around and about the monster before it disappeared, not even brushing the creature. It stopped laughing, returning to normal as it faced them. Growling like a wild animal, it whipped its arms around as if powering up to retaliate.
"No matter what you try, the messenger of fire will never stop attacking!"
"Isn't that what the last one said, and isn't it dead?" Renée whispered to Rei.
"Heat from below, come forth!" the monster bumped her ball into the air, letting it land in her hands softly. She stood there afterwards, a smug look spread over her face.
"Umm, yeah sure, Re- Sailor Mars, why don't you call Usagi on down? We could make this a lot faster-"
Rei's mind was else where, her eyes scanning the area with worry. The monsters chant seemed to do nothing, and that scared Rei even more than an attack.
The monster shouted, and bounced her ball against the ground. A shockwave of electricity went through the ground and hit them both, sending them to their knees.
The monster laughed and continued to bounce her ball; giggling with each time the two soldiers were shocked.
The electricity seemed to ripple in circles through the surface of the earth from where the ball hit the ground. Everything but where the monster stood shook with each bounce.
"This is getting boring," the monster yawned, as if it were an old game to a child.
"I'll just kill you now. That means I can search more later."
She slammed the ball into the ground, in the same fashion the previous monster had done to Minako a few days back. This sent a massive shockwave through the earth, sending Rei and Renée flying. They both hit the brick wall behind them, falling to the ground motionless among the café's now broken chairs and tables.
"Oh, too easy! I was right: Fire is the best type! You hear that master? Fire has succeeded!"
She threw her fist into the air in triumph.

"Mars…" Renée groaned.
Rei pushed her face from the ground very slowly. Once her top torso was off the ground, she didn't move. Luckily she hadn't hit her head against the wall, but her back had paid for it. Even though her uniform wasn't torn, her back felt raw and was stinging. "Mars… you ok?" Renée asked, not moving a muscle.
"I'm sitting up aren't I?" she spat out in frustration. She was sick and tired by being pushed around by these sport fanatics.
"Then attack the monster now… it can't be that hard a target when it's dancing around.
The monster was still doing its victory dance, swinging around the lamppost.
"I… I can't. I'm too drained. Ugh." Rei's head fell with disappointment.
Renée hadn't moved herself, worried the monster would attack again. She would have moved then, but she had no powers that she knew of. She felt ashamed of her status.
I don't get it, she thought sadly, why don't I have powers? She felt bad for having Rei to do all the work in this fight. Why was she a soldier if she was useless?

The monster danced around, as a voice in her head praised her.
'You have done well,' said the voice.
"Thank you master! Look what I did master! I defeated two soldiers for you!"
'You have done well, now search for the key.'
"Thank you master! I've done very well!"
'Search for the key…' the voice sounded like a whisper on the wind, barely audible.
"I'll find the key for you, too, master!"

While Renée lay on the ground, now starring into the crystal of her staff, she cursed it for not granting her powers. All it was good for was whacking people over the head, she thought, and that's a useful piece of garbage with enemies like that!
Slowly, and ever so faintly, the crystal started to shine red from deep within its core. It eventually became stronger, emitting it's own light, until it sent a faint, eerie glow over her face.
"The monster, it's getting away!" Rei quickly got up to her feet, but hunched over when pain shot through her back.
"My staff!" Renée scrambled to her feet, "Rei look!"
"Sailor Mars, call me Sailor Mars," Rei griped as she turned to face Renée, supporting her back with her arms. Her attitude changed as soon as she witnessed it for her self. "Hey, that's probably your own powers! Go on, attack!"
"But how?"
A voice, the same voice that had whispered from the sky to her on Friday, quietly echoed through her mind again. It was so quiet, but so clear, every word lingered in her mind.
"You are the defence, do what you must do, to help our soldiers protect our princess. Fight with them when you must, equip them when you must!"
Again, a phrase just seemed to fall upon Renée from mid air. She swung her staff to her front, the crystal pointing outward as she held it firmly with both hands. The dagger end was dangerously close to her abdomen, but she didn't seem to care. With anger and determination, she let the staff go with her left hand, holding it only in her right as she turned on the spot. She did not notice the red, thin line of light on the ground that followed the crystal to form a perfect circle.
Renée could feel her energy drain from her, pooling into this one attack. All the sounds of the world seemed to be blocked out, as well as every object. She did not notice Sailor Mars go after the monster. She did not notice the cars squealing to a stop before the unnatural creature.
She could only hear her heartbeat, as her entire body seemed to zone into one target - Sailor Mars.
The red circle on the ground shot up into a cylinder of translucent, red light around her that closed in on Renée. A sphere of fire-like substance appeared in her hand as soon as the light had disappeared. She swung her arm back and threw the fiery energy right at her target.

To Sailor Mars, these events couldn't have been happening any faster.
"Mars Singeing Scratch!" echoed in her ears as she crossed her arms in a small attempt to block the attack.

Ami witnessed the crime and shot out her own attack in fury.
"Mercury Shine Aqua Illusion!"
A wave of water sent Renée flying again into another innocent lamppost. A sickening thud was heard when her arm ricocheted off the metal.

Mars, on the other hand, was powered up with the wall of fire-like light that had connected with her. She stood there, amidst the waves of flames tickling her limbs as she collected them within herself. She smiled at the strange sensation of power as she watched the monster disappear over the hill on the road. Energized again, her wounded back seemed to disappear as she ran up the hill. It was easy to catch up to the skipping target. Rei jumped into the air while the monster reached the bottom on the other side of the hill. She was almost over top of the monster while screaming her attack.
"MARS FIRE SOUL!"
Fire exploded in all directions as it went right through the monster and hit the ground. Rei landed in the middle of where it had hit the street, the monster literally vaporized from existence. Mars allowed herself to fall to her knees.

In a room with metal walls, a man's figure was slumped over a glass ball, held from the ground by a metal post splitting into three claws. He sighed heavily as his head fell in disgust. Disgust for his creature, disgust for its failure, and disgust for his own failure.
The green smoke in the glass ball faded to black just before the man pounded his fist against it. He had lost two semi-powerful beings of his diminishing army through these girls. He could not let this continue for much longer.