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Chapter 12
Keiko, Chloe, and the inner senshi were standing around Carmen, who was now lying on the ground, deceased.
"She deserves a proper burial." said Chloe. "We should bring her out."
However, before anything could be done, Carmen began to fade out of existence until there was nothing left but a strand of her hair.
Chloe looked confused.
"It's normally what happens when a person's star seed is stolen. If they are destroyed as a phage and their star seed is not returned to them in its original state, they'll fade." Ami informed her.
"Oh." Chloe said sadly, looking down. "Well I guess we had better get out of here and see how everyone else is doing."
"Good idea." Keiko said.
"I feel as though the fight is not nearly over yet." Mako said. "It seemed too easy."
"You're right. There is still a negative feeling to this place. Let's go." Rei agreed.
"Usagi!" Clark cried out. "He had been trying to get her to answer with no luck. That and he couldn't find his way out of the dark room he was in. He had never seen a room so engulfed with darkness his whole life. But unexpectedly, Usagi showed up again.
"Usagi, you have to stop this!" he said.
"Oh, but I'm having a blast!" she retorted.
Clark focused his vision to check Usagi for any red kryptonite, but none showed. Somehow she was being affected by it, but didn't have it on her.
"Weird." He thought.
Out of nowhere he started to feel really strange. He looked at Usagi's eyes, which were blinking red, and he began to feel as though he was being ripped in two. A wave of pain went through his body, and he felt so weak that he dropped down on his knees, and completely fell over. The pain became increasingly intense until Clark began to black out. Out of nowhere, it stopped as soon as it started.
Clark looked around. His breathing was shallow and it was the only thing he could hear. Usagi was still looking at him, smiling – no – more like smirking.
"Smirking at what?" he wondered.
He slowly turned around and came face to face with his identical twin; only they weren't identical in mind. It was Kal-el.
"What?" he exclaimed, both surprised and relieved at the same time.
"Finally, I have a brother who'll help me." Usagi said. "I figured you were too much of a goody two shoes so I called on Kal-el."
"How the hell do you even know about him?" Clark asked.
"A little birdie told me." She said.
Kal-el grabbed Clark and they began to fight. For the most part they were evenly matched but Kal-el kept getting the upper hand, for a reason he seemed to think was that Clark was weak. This wasn't the case. Kal-el could fly, Clark couldn't, so Kal-el would randomly lift Clark up and throw him around, often letting him linger for a half second so Clark's fear of heights would unnerve him enough to make him weaker. Clark wasn't so sure he could take anymore.
A thudding pain shot through Clark just as he was getting up, knocking him down again. He recognized the feeling as that of Kryptonite. Looking up, he took notice of Kal-el's predicament too. Even Usagi was kneeling down and holding her stomach. A figure approached, who held a box. Clark knew what was in it.
"Who are you?" Clark asked, struggling to stand.
"Clark? It's Mamoru. I'm really sorry I had to do this to you but it's the only way to stop Usagi."
"... and my other half." Clark responded.
"Other half?" Mamoru asked, surprised.
"I don't talk about this often but I have an evil half who calls himself Kal-el. Usagi separated him from me." Clark said.
"You're the one who won't accept your destiny as a true Kryptonian." Kal-el said snidely. "I'm just as glad to be rid of you as you are of me, Kent."
Mamoru held out the Kryptonite closer to where Kal-el seemed to be standing. Kal-el winced even more in pain. Usagi began to stand, weak as she was, and she knocked the box shut. Immediately she felt stronger and picked Mamoru up. The box made a thudding noise and Clark ran to get it. However, the box opened and the kryptonite broke into a million shards, so Clark couldn't even get close.
"Usako." Mamoru said. "I know this is not you. I know it isn't, because you let me in here."
She pulled him closer and glared at him, making no motion to speak. Then, she disappeared with him.
"What! Damnit!" Clark yelled, as Usagi disappeared with Mamoru.
Thus, Clark and Kal-el were left in the room, feeling the pain from a hundred shards of kryptonite, immobile.
Chloe, Keiko and the sailor senshi stood in shock as they witnessed the disaster inside the caves. A crystal covering was everywhere and the outers as well as Lex stood as sculptures, expressions of pain and surprise on their faces. Even more so, Usagi was no where to be found. They walked around and glanced wearily at the crystal statues, vaguely discussing ways to bring them back. Chloe snapped them back to reality.
"It won't matter if we bring them back if Usagi destroys us." Chloe said. "It's her we need to find first."
"Good idea." Rei said.
They walked out and found the crystal tower. The red was halfway down its peak now. Keiko looked gravely at the others.
"I tried to get in. It's near impossible. I say that because Clark got inside with Usagi's star seed and Mamoru got in, but I couldn't, even after trying many times. Besides that, I don't know if we should weaken ourselves more than we are."
"How about lending our energy to Mamoru since he is inside?" Ami suggested.
"Or Clark." Mako added.
"No probably not a good idea since we don't know how he'd react to it. After all, we are from different worlds and he isn't used to our energy." Ami told the group.
"Alright well let's try sending it to Mamoru." Mina said.
This was agreed upon.
All the girls stood back to back, joining hands and concentrated on their inner power. A wave of colored light moved from each, penetrating the towers forces. It disappeared into the crystal structure. They were now powerless, having given up even Jor-el's power as well as their own.
"I hope that worked." Chloe said.
But the power didn't go where they'd hoped. The tower was too confusing, with too many twists and turns, so it went straight to the room where Clark was fighting for his life, and into the shattered piece of kryptonite. Clark and Kal-el looked up at the same time to see the lights combine with the kryptonite and re-form it. It turned to black, and sat silently in its place, while both Clark and Kal-el recovered and scrambled for it. With a desperate shove, Kal-el went flying backwards and Clark successfully grabbed the piece. He examined it. It looked exactly like normal Kryptonite but it wasn't hurting him.
Using his advanced hearing he realized Kal-el was creeping over to him. He didn't react, letting Kal-el think he had successfully surprised him. Just as Kal-el reached Clark's back, Clark turned around quickly and slammed the enhanced Kryptonite into Kal-el's chest.
It glowed white and began to seriously harm Kal-el. The scar on Kal-el's chest began to glow as well, and Clark watched and Kal-el struggled. Kal-el reached out desperately to try and push Clark back, but he was too weak. After a minute, the shining stopped and Kal-el fell limply on the ground, dead. Clark bent down to look but Kal-el turned to air and disappeared.
"What was that?" Clark thought, looking at the Kryptonite in his hand. "And what is this?"
An idea struck him. Maybe he could use this to save Usagi. Quickly pocketing the rock, he scanned the room for a doorway. Surprisingly there was one now. He headed in that direction and walked through the door.
He felt a surge of strength go through him. Looking at the rock he noticed it was pulsating. Lightheadedness went through him and looking down, he realized he was floating about three feet above the ground. Then, looking around him, he saw many people in bubble like things floating and a lone woman with hair like Usagi's lying on a damaged pinnacle. She was still alive and two cats stood by her. The world looked to be destroyed. To his right was Earth. Clark didn't know whether to be scared by where he was or the fact that he was floating.
The woman died and Clark heard something whispered from her lips.
"Save my Serenity." She said.
Then the wand dropped and the two cats were encased in capsules.
The scene disappeared as quickly as it came and another one replaced it. This one was a bit funny. Clark watched as Usagi was told by someone who looked a lot like Mamoru that a young pink haired girl was her daughter. This scene too, disappeared to Usagi and the young girl fighting someone in long flowing dresses. Clark felt the ground hit him in the rear, as he unknowingly hit the ground without realizing it. When he looked up again, the illusion had faded and he was inside another room, this time with no door.
"Now what?" he thought.
Suddenly someone grabbed his shoulder from behind and turned him around. It was Mamoru.
"How did you get away from her?" Clark asked.
"I'm still asking myself that question." Mamoru said. "This is really confusing. I walked in here and now there's no way out."
"Tell me about it. Did you see the illusion? I can't seem to figure out what it is. I keep seeing mirages with Usagi in them." Clark wondered.
"From what I can tell, they are memories, since they are memories of mine as well. It seems as though this entire tower is like a casing for Usagi's mind. Her memories are floating everywhere, causing the tower to be unstable."
"I believe I did see you in one of them." Clark remembered.
"I was probably in a few. But anyway, we need to find a way out of here."
"Do you know which direction to go?"
"There was a flight of stairs somewhere to the left, but that could've changed since I've been here." Mamoru answered earnestly.
Clark nodded and ran toward the wall at top speed. Unfortunately it didn't budge, and Clark flew back a few meters. When he walked up to the wall to give it another attempt, he unknowingly put his hand with the black kryptonite on the wall. It glowed and the wall shattered outward, leaving Mamoru to look on in amazement and Clark to look at the black mass in his hand.
Out of nowhere, Kunzite appeared through the opening and Mamoru wondered why Kunzite would materialize from Usagi's memories. He received his answer when D-Point appeared around him, and he saw Usagi cry over his death.
"Clark, we need to get out of here! The tower is becoming increasingly unstable. Her memories are starting to become real." Mamoru exclaimed.
"Is that you?" Clark asked.
"Yes. I'll explain later, but now we need to get out of here."
Clark nodded and both men left.
However, neither noticed Kunzite following them. Nor did they notice Mistress 9 appear behind them just as they reached the stairway. Mamoru heard "Death Reborn Revolution" behind him and quickly shoved Clark ahead, telling him to speed up. Clark's foot touched the top floor and Mamoru stepped on the ledge, just as an explosion appeared behind them, ribbons writhing and the stairwell collapsing.
Clark turned to find a wheezing Mamoru next to him.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure, just give me a minute." Mamoru said.
"What was that?"
"Remember when Usagi introduced you to Hotaru?"
Clark nodded.
"We were almost caught in a very real memory of Saturn's awakening." Mamoru explained.
Somehow, though, Kunzite managed to get through and appeared floating above the collapsed staircase.
"Prince Endymion. Beryl demands your presence. Will you go, or do I have to force you?" Kunzite asked.
Mamoru walked up to Kunzite to see if he was real. Before he got the chance, Mamoru was kicked across the room. Immediately Clark grabbed Kunzite's foot and flung him into a nearby wall. Kunzite didn't like this very much and formed two energy blades, which he threw at Clark. They all missed Clark, of course. Out of nowhere, Clark saw a shower of roses, and turned his head to the left. Realizing it was Mamoru he had to force himself not to laugh.
"It's not that funny," he scolded himself. And it wasn't. He looked on as each rose pierced into Kunzite, pissing him off incredibly, and immediately Clark was impressed.
"I didn't know a few roses could do that." Clark stated.
"You learn something new every day." Mamoru told him.
"Where the hell do they come from?" Clark asked. "It's not like you had any on your person."
"Watch out!" Mamoru yelled, as he shoved Clark out of the way, receiving the brunt of Kunzite's sword attack.
Weakened, he hunched a little. Yet he managed to gather some strength and using his "Smoking Bomber" attack, he knocked Kunzite back.
Clark looked on with surprise for a second before using his heat vision to fry Kunzite's hands, causing him to drop the swords, which disappeared. Mamoru threw another rose and it hit direct with Kunzite's heart, causing him to completely fade.
"You know, I didn't expect you to have any 'power' like the senshi." Clark stated. "And I sure as hell never saw a rose do that before."
"I'm full of surprises." Mamoru said. "We're a pretty good team. Anyway, let's go before some other general materializes and we have to defeat it."
With that, Mamoru and Clark turned to walk toward the corridor.
