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.