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To Shadowcub: I don't know if Smallville follows the whole 'magic hurts Supes' idea, but to honestly say, I didn't know about it. I'm just going to leave kryptonite as his weakness for now. Thanks for the bit of info though. I am glad you pointed it out, because I may use it in my other stories.
Chapter 8
Everyone was standing in shock of what had just happened, but no one besides Clark and Pete realized the true seriousness of the situation. They had seen the red kryptonite.
With Usagi gone, Keiko took charge. "Rei-san, Ami-san, go round up the rest of the senshi quickly. Inform Chiba-san of Usagi's disappearance. Don't make any rash moves, and get to the caves quickly." She instructed.
"Hai!" Rei answered, as she and Ami ran out of the barn.
"Clark, Chloe, and Pete, we're going to the caves." Keiko stated.
"But Pete doesn't have any sort of...power." Chloe stated.
Keiko nodded in agreement, and instructed that Pete stay back in case Usagi returned.
The three of them ran out of the loft and to Clark's truck, but Clark, being the loner, threw the keys to Chloe and sped off. Chloe sighed, and got into Clark's truck, along with Keiko. With a sharp turn of the key and a rev of the engine, they were off.
Every moment seemed like an eternity, every minute forever. Each was a minute that the princess could be dead, and they couldn't have that.
Chloe mulled over the way she was thinking. She could never have imagined what could be stored in the databanks of her memory. Keiko's voice snapped her out of her thoughts though, and she pressed harder on the gas pedal.
"Do you have the henshin stick Usagi gave to you?" Keiko asked.
"No, it disappeared when I touched it." Chloe admitted.
"Well that means that the power is inside you then."
Chloe looked confused.
"Your power is of energy. You need a 'charge' to jump start your power in this universe." Keiko explained. With that, she took out her locket, which was encased in solid gold and used it to transfer some energy into her hand. She let it drift and told Chloe to breathe it in, which she did.
Almost immediately, she felt a surge of power go through her. It was enough to divert her concentration from the road, which was a mistake altogether. Clark's truck went flying over a huge lump, landing on its side with a crunch and rolling five times. A bruised and shaken Chloe and Keiko emerged from the badly damaged vehicle.
"I guess I shouldn't have done that while you were driving." Keiko said sheepishly.
"Clark's going to be pissed." Chloe said, glancing at the damaged vehicle. Although she was hurt, she was more worried about the truck. Not that Clark would ever get pissed, of course, but he definitely wasn't going to be happy. She couldn't count the number of times that the Kent's had to buy Clark a new truck, or rather a used one.
Luckily the caves were just across the field from them. They started running as fast as they could. Just as they neared, a small explosion erupted, throwing them backward. Chloe quickly pulled herself to her feet, while Keiko continued to cough from the dust. Her eyes widened, as she took in the sight, not believing her eyes. Clark was laying with his face in the dirt, beat to a pulp, and Mamoru was laying about two meters away from him, obviously thrown farther and injured more. She didn't know who to run to first.
Clark managed to pull himself up to lean on one arm, and reached out the other. The look in his eyes told her that he needed help badly, but his logic betrayed him when he whispered, "Chloe, don't come any nearer."
Mamoru was out like a light, and Chloe saw the laceration on his head. Keiko stood behind Chloe now, and the both of them ran toward the cave opening, only to be met with another blast, stronger than the last one. Chloe flew back, and landed on her leg, feeling a small crack. Clark screamed as he went flying another ten meters.
"Who is this powerful?" Chloe asked, clutching her leg. She knew that she had successfully fractured it.
"Only one person I know of." Keiko answered. "Sailor Cosmos. Usagi."
A sharp laughter came from the caves and a figure emerged. The blonde hair buns identified the person as Usagi, but her eyes were cold, and...red? She prepared to shoot another blast, as Chloe hobbled over to Clark. She picked him up a little, and half dragged him through the grass, while at the same time struggling to stay off her leg.
"Keiko, get Mamoru!" Chloe yelled.
Keiko nodded and ran over to him. As she knelt down, all she saw was a rather large ball of pink energy coming her way.
"Mamo-chan is mine!" Usagi yelled, as she continued to shoot more energy from her hands.
Keiko curled up to brace herself for the blast and waited.
"Silence Wall!" yelled Hotaru, putting a barrier between the energy and them. "Keiko, run!" she yelled.
Keiko ran back from the barrier, and held up her index finger, as she did so long ago. This released many little discs of yellow light, which flew toward Usagi rapidly. Only this time they weren't for taking star seeds, though she would if she had to.
One sliced Usagi's neck, but it closed up almost as soon as it hit. Hotaru was having a bit of a time trying to keep up the barrier. She was weak and couldn't take much more.
"How long have you been here?" Keiko yelled over the noise.
"We just came here. The inner senshi are inside." offered Michiru. "Rei's telepathy reached us as we were coming back from our trip in Metropolis."
Meanwhile, Clark was now recovering rapidly and was the one holding Chloe up.
"I'll be okay." He said, as the welt on his lip closed up. "You need to stay over here."
Chloe tried to protest but it was no use. She couldn't walk so she would only be baggage.
A piercing cry came from the caves and a shimmer of blue light was seen. This distracted Usagi for a second. Then Ami flew out of the caves, and landed next to Chloe. Every exposed part of skin had a gash or cut, and Ami was covered in bruises. Though, weak as she was, she stood up to make her way back to the caves. That's when Chloe realized that they would die to save the princess, even if the princess was now evil.
However, the distraction cost Usagi. She gasped as two planets of energy flew at her, one green and one yellow. She couldn't avoid it and landed on the ground, unconscious, although everything began to heal at once.
"Clark! Restrain her!" Haruka yelled at a now healed Clark.
"I...I can't!" Clark said.
Haruka became angry. "She's going to die unless we do something, and I'll be damned if the princess is going to die on my watch."
"You don't understand." Clark stated.
Haruka snorted and ran over, picking up Usagi. She brought her over to where Michiru was, so they could tie her up until they figured out what was wrong with her.
Hotaru and Keiko took the opportunity to head inside the caves, where the slaughter was supposedly occurring. Clark followed. Surprisingly, Ami had made it back inside. The sight inside sickened their stomachs. Three of the inner senshi lay battered and bruised, barely standing. Rei constantly wiped blood from a welt on her mouth. Her hands were stained with blood. Mako was constantly trying to punch, kick and scratch Carmen whenever she appeared in a new place. Minako was lying in her own blood on the floor, obviously unconscious, and suffering from blood loss. Ami was trying to muster up the strength to use some sort of attack, but she was so weak that she just fell over.
"Pathetic!" yelled Carmen. "If you want to beat me you'll have to do better than that!"
She was met with a glaive to her face.
"Do not mock my friends." Hotaru said.
"And who might you be, little girl?" Carmen asked.
"I am the senshi of destruction and silence and I would not advise that you taunt me, for I am all too ready to sacrifice myself to defeat you."
Carmen's eyes turned black. "I remember you. I killed you once, and I'll kill you again. And you!" she said, pointed to Keiko. "I gave you power, and you failed to kill the legendary senshi, Sailor Moon! You will be punished!"
Keiko put her hand out in front, meaning to shoot yellow energy at Carmen, who was now overtaken by Chaos, but she was stopped as Carmen grabbed her hand. She threw Keiko against the wall and as if on cue, handcuffs appeared, chaining her to the wall.
Clark checked Carmen with his x-ray vision, to see if she had any weak points. He couldn't see any. Ami, who was barely holding on to her consciousness whispered to him. "Use the computer." She mouthed. Then she slid her mini computer to him with her last ounce of energy before she died.
Clark picked it up and opened it, to which it automatically began analyzing Carmen. "This is going to take forever," thought Clark. He laid the computer down in a carefully concealed place and took his place among the others. In super speed he began throwing punches and using his heat vision, as Rei shot flame arrows, Mako continued to punch and use lightning attacks, and Hotaru used her glaive to create energy blasts. This tired out Carmen, and she disappeared inside the wall. It wasn't over though. White light sprang from the cave walls and hit everyone repeatedly. Rei went down and so did everyone else beside Saturn, who had been so weak that the only silence wall she could muster was protecting herself. Keiko hung limply from the wall. The light that went through Clark made him feel as though a bundle of pins and needles pierced through his spine. He screamed in agony.
Ten minutes before, outside
Chloe was chewing her nails down to the quick, something she had never done in her life. She, as well as Mamoru and Usagi were currently casualties in this fight. It irked her that she could do nothing to help.
Unexpectedly to Michiru and Haruka, Usagi awoke while they were tying her bonds. Her eyes flashed red again and she smirked.
"Oh, Odango, you're awake?" Haruka asked.
Usagi quickly turned around, breaking her bonds. She faced the two outer senshi and a light shot from her crescent moon, engulfing them before they could move away.
Michiru looked up. "Usagi, why?"
Usagi picked Michiru up by her hair. "You want to know why, Michiru-san? I'm sick of being the princess. I'm sick of being fussed over by everyone. I'm sick of following my destiny and not being normal. I'm sick of your bullshit, and on top of that, I'm sick of having to save everyone's ass!" Then she threw Michiru on top of Mamoru, who was beginning to come around. He coughed up blood, and lay still again.
"Michiru!" Haruka whispered, with great emotion.
"Time to take out the trash!" Usagi laughed, as she began to pick up Haruka. But Haruka fought back and the two tried to force the other off their feet.
A piercing scream came from the caves. Chloe recognized it as Clark's.
"Clark!" she yelled, overwhelmed with emotion.
Haruka turned her head to notice a glowing green heart with a cross on Chloe's forehead.
Chloe stood on her bad leg, immediately falling from the pain. The shock was over, and now it hurt. She became incredibly frustrated and began to crawl over the grass, determined to get to Clark. Again she tried to stand. This time, she was surprised at what happened. Green energy circled her, all the way up her body, healing the scrapes, cuts, bruises and most importantly the fractured bone in her leg. New strength filled her and new confidence. She understood now what power she held.
"Sailor Earth, with mother nature's healing power." Haruka mouthed in awe. Usagi shoved her off her feet, and Haruka pulled Usagi down to the ground.
Chloe ran over to Michiru and Mamoru and pulled Michiru off of him. She put her hands on both, emitting a green radiance. The more waves that covered Michiru and Mamoru, the more they both healed. Soon they were conscious again.
Usagi looked gravely at Chloe. "Do you realize what you just did?" she asked. "You just brought them back from the dead."
Chloe nodded, although she was still shocked.
"No one should rival me in that regard. You're going to die! I am the most powerful senshi!" Usagi yelled.
Chloe quickly ducked the attacks and ran into the caves, just in time to see Hotaru raise her glaive and whisper, "Death Reborn..."
AN: Ooh, ooh, cliffie!!! LoL I'm evil. Anyways I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm currently working on the next one, and it'll be up soon, since college registrations are over and I have lots of time.
