Chapter 9
Sailor
Moon and the Younger Scouts cheered as the bubbles of dark energy
faded away. With Rebeus keeping all his attention focused on Younger
Sailor Jupiter, he couldn't concentrate on keeping up the dark energy
for the bubbles. The Younger Scouts were about to run over to their
friend to help her pull out the main crystal, when out of nowhere the
ship lurched.
"Get out of here!" YSJ cried out
painfully as the constant blast of energy slammed into her back and
she tried to pull out the middle crystal.
"We can't just
leave you here!" Younger Sailor Mercury cried.
"Do it,
damnit!" Younger Sailor Jupiter cried out in agony. "If you
guys are on this ship when I take out this crystal, it'll blow!"
"Claudia!" a familiar voice cried out.
"Jupiter!"
Sailor Moon cried out, seeing her friend burst in through a door.
"Mars! Mercury! Venus!"
"Claudia!" Sailor
Jupiter cried out in agony at seeing her daughter in pain.
"Get
out of here!" YSJ yelled, hoping that they would listen. She was
afraid that Rebeus would soon start taking his attack out on
them.
"No!" Jupiter cried.
"We can't just
leave you here!" Sailor Moon yelled.
"Do it!" YSJ
cried. "AHHH!"
"Claudia, I can't!" Jupiter
cried.
"You can!" YSJ yelled back. "You five must
live to see the future! If you don't, none of us will ever be born!
Besides, I can't see you die here, mother. Not like the last
time!"
"You guys, we have to," Sailor Mercury
said, suddenly.
Everyone except YSJ and Rebeus turned to look at Sailor Mercury. "Come on! If we hurry, we can teleport out of here before the ship blows!"
The Sailor Scouts
nodded, reluctantly. So did the Younger Sailors. The Elder Sailor
Scouts gathered into one circle, the Younger Scouts in the middle.
"Sailor Tel-" the Scouts began, as they closed their
eyes, but were interrupted by a "No!"
Sailor Moon cried out the "No!" and broke apart from the circle. She ran to the Younger Sailor Scout and blocked the blasts of dark energy with her body.
YSJ sighed with
relief as she no longer felt the dark energy slamming against her
back, burning her body and suit. She knew that her suit had probably
been burned through and that her back had severe burns. She had been
able to feel it. As much as she hated it, she was grateful to Sailor
Moon for coming to her aide. With Rebeus' attack no longer pressing
on her, she could concentrate harder on the crystal. Sailor Moon
cried out in agony as Rebeus strengthened his blasts.
"Sailor
Moon, what are you doing?" YSJ groaned, as she continued to pull
on the middle crystal.
"I can't just leave you here,"
she argued.
"You have to get out of here," YSJ argued.
"If you die, Reenie won't have a mother!"
"Then I
won't die," Sailor Moon groaned, as the dark energy began to
burn through her suit.
"Sailor Moon!" the other Scouts
cried as they watched their leader run to the aide of the Younger
Scout.
"UGH!" YSJ cried out as she finally managed to
pull out the middle crystal. Sparks flew like mad from where the
middle crystal had been. Too tired to move, YSJ fell to the ground
exhausted and unconscious.
Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars, and Younger Sailor Venus ran to help their friends.
YSV
picked up YSJ and carried her to where the other Scouts were.
"Mars
Celestial Fire Surround!" Sailor Mars cried out as Sailor
Jupiter pulled Sailor Moon away from the blasts of dark energy and
the center crystals. Too tired from using so much dark energy, Rebeus
couldn't block Mars's attack. He cried out as it hit him.
"Come
on, you guys!" Younger Sailor Mars cried. "Quickly, we have
to teleport out of here! This ship's gonna blo-" YSM's sentence
was cut off by a tiny explosion from the control panel. Quickly, they
placed a tired and burnt Sailor Moon and Younger Sailor Jupiter in
the middle of the circle, grasped hands, and in unison, they cried,
"SAILOR TELEPORT!"
Darien and Reenie watched
the sky from Darien's apartment's balcony, wondering when the Scouts
would return. Praying that they would return. Suddenly, there was a
huge "BOOM!" from somewhere in the sky, and a bright flash
of light. Reenie cried out in terror. She didn't like loud noises.
"It's okay, Reenie," Darien said, trying to comfort
his future child. "Noise can't hurt you. It's okay."
"Are
they okay?" Reenie asked, scared for Sailor Moon, the Sailor
Scouts, and the Younger Sailors.
"I'm sure they are,"
Darien lied, not sure not all. "I'm sure they are."
Suddenly, the phone from inside Darien's apartment rang. Darien ran
inside to answer it. "Hello?" he asked.
"Darien?"
It was Raye.
"Raye? Where are you guys? Why aren't you guys
back here?"
"I'm at Tokyo General," Raye replied.
"Serena and Claudia got really badly burned fighting against
Rebeus. Claudia's unconcious and lying in the ICU. Serena's just
resting and recovering from her burns. Can you bring Reenie down
here?" Darien nodded, then remembering that Raye couldn't see
over the phone, replied, "Yeah, sure. We'll be down there as
soon as possible." Darien hung up the phone, almost in tears. He
knew that Serena being Sailor Moon was going to get her hurt one of
these days. He just hoped that she wasn't in too much pain. "Reenie!"
he called from inside his apartment. "Come on. We're going down
to Tokyo General Hospital."
"Who got hurt?"
Reenie asked, coming inside the apartment immediately.
"Serena
and Claudia," Darien said, in a tone that he hoped showed that
the two girls weren't seriously injured.
"Will they be
okay?" Reenie asked, as they rode down in the elevator. Darien
smiled at the younger girl and nodded.
"Of
course," he lied not sure if Claudia would be okay. "They'll
be okay. They just got hurt a little."
Reenie looked up at Darien, the look on her face telling him that if he was lying he didn't need to sugarcoat the truth. The look on her face told him that she had heard worse news than just someone getting injured. Still Darien couldn't bring himself to tell the girl the whole truth. He didn't want her to worry about Claudia and he had a feeling that Claudia and Reenie were pretty close. He sighed and just stared at the numbers passing them by.
