- Chapter 11 - Army

The Senshi were gathered at Alpha Castle's War room. All hope of seeing Sailor Omega arriving was long gone. Instead, they were surprised of Sailor Styx's absence… at least five of them were.

- "This meeting can not be delayed any longer. Any of you know the whereabouts of Styx?" - Alpha stated in a business-like way to the group in front of her.

- "I was hoping she would arrive. I am afraid she got caught in the explosion" - Princess Persephone answered.

- "What do you mean?" - Phi asked, clearly surprised.

- "Styx told me she had some business to attend at Planet Omega today. If she has not presented herself we may start thinking the worst" - Persephone told her, saddened, as Styx was like a sister to her.

Styx and Persephone were always together. It was a rare sight to found them apart these days. Persephone must have attributed Phi's surprise to this news, yet the truth was another.

Having acquired Galaxia's bracelets, enhanced with the power of Star Seeds, Phi and Chi had learned to detect the presence of fallen Senshis, the very same Star Seeds, and they were sure no other senshi had fallen on Omega. So… where was Styx?


- Outside Planet Theta's Atmosphere -

A tired Sailor Styx was flying at top speed, while maintaining her shield. She had been traveling as fast as she could since leaving Omega.

- "(Just a little more… I do not know how they got that much power, I just hope they did not notice me. I need to warn the rest, about their betrayal)" - Styx thought to herself.


- Alpha Castle, Chisa's room -

Phi had excused herself from the meeting and was currently filling Galaxia on the current information.

- "So you believe Styx witnessed your battle while hiding herself?" - Galaxia asked her, while caressing Chisa's hair.

- "Yes Galaxia-sama. She is known to be an expert in hiding her presence" - Phi answered the gold senshi in front of her.

- "What a coward, heh. Get her Star Seed as soon as she arrives. We shall speed up the plan" - Galaxia said, this time watching Phi directly in the eyes.

- "Alright. I shall go back to the meeting and tell Chi the news " - Phi answered, bowed and left the room.

Galaxia, thinking of a plan, was about to leave the room when…

- "Galaxia…" - Chisa, or rather Sailor Chaos, had woken up.


- "Chaos-sama" - Galaxia bowed in front of her.

- "Rise, Galaxia. I do not ask you to act that way in front of me" - Chaos told her, while sitting on the bed.

- "Sorry Chaos-sama. Are you alright? You have been sleeping for several weeks now" - Galaxia said, with genuine concern.

- "At first I was just resting, regaining my strength. But, while sleeping I found myself acquiring more and more knowledge from the Obsidian Crystal. Now tell me, where are we? And what have you been up to? - Chaos asked.

Galaxia proceeded to fill her on everything that involved their current location and situation.


- "I see… so you gathered trustworthy Senshi and pardoned their lands. Very well, I approve your judgment. Now I shall go back to sleep, to acquire more knowledge. But first, I shall teach you a technique you will find useful… 'SAILOR TELEPORT'"
- Planet Theta -

- "Finally" - Styx said, still breathing hard.

- "Make way. I am in a hurry" - Styx told the people in line to use the teleport system. Nobody said a thing, as they were still startled, or in shock, about Omega's explosion, and now at the sight of a frantic Sailor Styx.


- Back at Alpha Castle's War Room -

- Lethe's point of view -

This meeting is pointless. No matter what they say, they really do not care if Omega is really dead. Alpha is just interested in finding how will this affect the Alliance… HER Alliance. It is as Phi once said. She does not give a damn about us.


- Persephone's point of view -

Styx, where are you? I do not care about Omega, I just need to know if you are alive. I will not be able to live if you are dead. And Alpha is just talking about economical nonsense… typical. I want to go searching for you… Styx.


- Theta's point of view -

Omega is gone… maybe now my planet will have peace for a change. Since the days of that old war my planet has been in the middle of the discrepancies. And Alpha never lifted a finger to stop it. Some unknown power destroyed Omega, I am not sure if my people will remain safe.


- Mneymosne's point of view -

I feel sorry for all those that died. True, I never liked Omega, but when I think about the dead, I am concerned about my own people. And what is the purpose of this meeting? We are not discussing what happened, but economical issues… what is wrong with Alpha? Is she not going to honor Omega, or search for Styx? This stinks.


- Chi's point of view -

Speed up the plan huh? Originally, we would had lay low for a while before striking once more… but that useless Styx had to be at Omega while we attacked. She must have… as sister believes… she may be reckless and irresponsible, but she would not miss such an important meeting. Hmm? What is this…? I feel her presence… she has finally arrived…


- Alpha's point of view -

Damn it, damn it, damn it. Why is this happening? With Omega gone all the balance I had created is ruined. Everything needs to be re-planned. I was counting with those new interchanges I settled between Styx and Omega. And on top of that now I need to find a new source of energy to replenish the power of my Aqua Crystal… I will not age… I will not allow it… I shall rule this system forever, and… huh?


Alpha's thoughts were stopped suddenly as the doors of the War room were opened brusquely. Between the majestic twin doors stood a tired woman. Sailor Styx had arrived at last.

- "Alpha! Phi and Chi! They killed Omega and…" - Styx stopped, horrified to see both twins, in front of her, grinning wickedly, and before she knew it they had launched themselves towards her. All hell broke lose.


A pair of soldiers were currently playing cards, instead of checking their posts. Nothing as trivial as the destruction of Omega could stop their weekly game. The tallest of them was about to win when an explosion occurred on the wall of the sixth floor… the wall of the War Room. They were startled at the sight, speechless when they saw the Senshi flying outside.
Chi held Styx's neck and right arm with her hands. Styx was terrified, she had not expected for them to be here already. She knew the only logical reason for this turn of events was their new powers.

- "Bad, bad Styx… you had to run into the meeting yelling that?" - Chi whispered to her ear, grinning maliciously.

As soon as Styx had entered the room accusing Phi and Chi, both sisters had launched themselves at her. Destroying the wall they flied towards the Frontal Garden, holding her as prisoner. To say that the rest of the Senshi were surprised would be an understatement, they were so shocked it took them a moment to grasp what Styx said and what Phi and Chi did in a flash. As soon as they started thinking once more, all of them flew towards the garden.

- "What is the meaning of this? Phi, Chi, what are you doing?" - Alpha yelled as she landed on the ground.

- "Is it true? You killed Omega and destroyed the planet? Answer!" - Mneymosne asked the pair of twins.

- "Of course its true sister. Do you not see their reaction? They launched themselves towards Styx as soon as they saw her" - Lethe said, calmly.

- "Let Styx go, you traitors!" - Persephone said, worried for her friend.

Theta just stood there, impressed… their actions were not unexpected to her. She always thought things would come to this one day, with the increasing discrepancies, but she never expected them so soon, or with such force.

Phi and Chi just stood in front of the group, holding their hostage, grinning. They were not even nervous. One would think being surrounded by other five senshi would be overwhelming, especially if Alpha was one of them, but they just stood there as if it were nothing.

- (What is the meaning of this? Why are they so calm? Damn those two… I should had killed them as soon as they were born. And why the hell is Styx not reacting? Those two are not even in their Senshi form.) - Alpha thought bitterly, then said: "Guards, seize them! Do not let them harm Styx".

Till now the soldiers had just stared at them dumbfounded. They were brought back to reality by their Princess order. They knew not to mess with a Senshi, but a direct order from their ruler could not be ignored. About twenty of them approached the trio.

- "Do not make laugh Alpha. You really believe your pathetic excuse of soldiers can do anything?" - Phi mocked.

- "You would not dare. You are surrounded by us, surrender peacefully and let Styx go." - Alpha told them.

- "This is my answer…" - Phi said, lifting her arm towards the now terrified soldiers. - "PLANT BLIZZARD!"

Thorns. That was the last thing the soldiers saw. Phi's storm, formed mainly of thorns, enveloped the soldiers and killed them instantly. Blood and flesh were scattered in the direction of the blast. The fragile bodies of normal beings were no match for such attack.

The other five senshi, plus the hostage, were horrified at the magnitude of the massacre.

- (What? How is this possible? How are they able to create such power when they are not even in their senshi form? What have they done?) - Lethe thought after seeing Phi using her trademark attack. This seemed to be the same thoughts of the rest.

- "Hahaha" - Both Phi and Chi laughed maniacally. Styx was almost crying at what they did. She had seen how cruel they were at Omega, and she knew she was done for.

As sensing her friend's discomfort, Persephone decided to make her move. She was about to launch herself towards the distracted twins, who were laughing with their eyes closed (which Persephone thought would be a chance). But… once more something unexpected occurred. Planet Styx blew up.


- Five minutes before -

- (So they begun… okay, let us use Chaos-sama's new technique) - an already transformed Galaxia thought, then yelled - "SAILOR TELEPORT" -

In less than a second Galaxia had teleported herself to planet Styx. She appeared on the top of Styx's Castle. She looked quite pleased with herself. This new technique was quite usefull.

- "Good bye planet Styx… we hardly knew you." - Galaxia gathered power to her palms, ready to unleash and kill. The concentration of power was something impressive. Galaxia was soon ready to annihilate.

- "GALAXIAN EXPLOSION!" -

The only thing the inhabitants of Styx could see was as if other planets, asteroids or stars were falling upon them, exploding one after another. In less than a minute the whole planet was covered with the illusion of destruction. Unfortunately for them, the illusion became real as buildings started to crumble, volcanoes to erupt, tsunamis to unleash, tornados to form. The destruction ended almost as soon as it started. The force of the impact destroyed the whole planet. Galaxia simply teleported herself once more.


Disbelief and chaos reigned. Everywhere you looked there was panic. It had been a replay of the morning's events. At first they though it had been a natural disaster, the end a planet is always destined to reach. But two planets in one day brought a fear never felt before on the Jedo Alliance.

By now Styx was crying. She was horrified and speechless. Was this a punishment for not helping the natives of Omega when she had the chance? Was her planet paying for not trying to protect other innocents? Instinctively she walked, not noticing Chi had release her grip on her.

- "Rest in peace Sailor Styx…" - Chi whispered before exclaiming - "PLANT JAVELIN BLASTER" - The energy javelin pierced Chi in the back, directly in the heart. In her sorrow she died instantly, without pain.

- "NOOOO!" - Persephone screamed, tears flowing from her eyes.

Alpha and the others came back from another shock at this scream. Sailor Styx had died in front of their eyes and they had not even noticed. Styx, lifeless, fell to the ground. Chi kneeled besides her and brought her hand near the hole left by the blast. From Styx's back a shining crystal appeared, which Chi took immediately. As soon as the crystal left the body, Styx's body started to disappear in flashes of light.


- "PERSEPHONE SEASONS POWER, MAKE UP!" - In a flash, Princess Persephone acquired her senshi form. - "You will pay, I am going to kill you!"

- "Be that way…" - Chi said, while staring at Styx's Star Seed. - "CHI FATE POWER!", "PHI FATE POWER!", "MAKE UP!" - Both sisters acquired their senshi form. This worried the others, if they had shown a great display of power in their princess form, of what could they be capable now? The other princess followed suit.

- "LETHE MEMORIES POWER!" - "MNEYMOSNE OBLIVION POWER!" - "THETA PEACE POWER" - "ALPHA AQUA POWER" - "MAKE UP!" - All the present princess had transformed to their Senshi form.

Before Persephone launched herself, Alpha stopped her. She knew Persephone loved Styx as a sister. True enough, as almost all the Alliance believed that way, though they were not related by blood.

- "How could you? You do know the consequences of your sin? And what is that stone you pulled out of her?" - Alpha tried to gather information from the two, she wanted to… no… she needed to know how they got that kind of power.

- "Yeah, we know the consequences you fear… you fear of losing your precious empire! What was you were talking in the meeting? About who killed Omega? Wait, that was not the chosen topic. You were talking about the economical consequences of the Alliance, or should I say… YOUR economical consequences" - Phi spat at her.

This words touched a string in Lethe's mind. What Phi had said was not farfetched. Could it be true? That the Alliance was nothing more than a front, setup by Alpha to control them all? Both Mneymosne and Theta seemed to be thinking the same words.

But Persephone had enough. Freeing herself from Alpha's grip she launched herself towards Chi. Rage was blinding her. She ran directly towards Chi, who, with her arms crossed, just side stepped and tripped her. Sailor Persephone flew a few meters, all thanks to the inertia of her own movements.

- "SEASONAL FIRST TIDE: SPRING!" - A tidal wave of water was sent towards Chi. She did not even moved, and received the full impact. But it had no effect.

- "Is that your best? Think straight you fool. You can not expect that to harm me. Especially if you are using the power of plants. Heh, you are so little and pathetic compared to me!" - Chi moved so fast that only Phi could saw her. The next instant, Persephone had flew back towards Alpha, having been kicked in the face. Blood was pouring from her nose and broken lip.

- "How did you acquire such power? What did you do?" - Alpha inquired once more. Not even looking at the bleeding Persephone at her feet.

- "I gave it to them" - A new voice said. When the senshi turned around to see to whom it belonged, they saw Galaxia, sitting in the outer wall of the castle, smiling at them with her full armor on.


A second later Galaxia was gone, only to reappear behind Phi and Chi. When the Senshi turned around, both sisters were bowing to her. The rest of the senshi were shocked and speechless by this display of power. Phi and Chi acquired theirs from Galaxia? And both were bowing to her?

- "Galaxia-sama" - Both twins said.

- "We present you Sailor Styx's Star Seed" - Chi said, handing the crystal towards Galaxia.

- "It is beautiful. As beautiful as Omega's. Well done." - Galaxia said before making the crystal disappear into a sub-space pocket, another gift from Chaos. - "Did you like my fireworks, Alpha?"

- "You... you did that!" - Alpha said, understanding what she was referring to. - "How could you? We allowed you to stay in our lands, we helped you, and this is the way you pay?" - Alpha yelled.

- "Hahaha… you do not really believe all the crap you are saying, do you? You allowed me to stay to give credit to yourself, to create a merciful mask." - Galaxia mocked her.

Alpha ordered the other to not move yet. She was thinking of some way to strike down the traitors. And also… if Galaxia had given them that kind of power… how powerful was she? But Persephone could not wait any more.

- "Then it is your fault Styx died? Damn you!" - Persephone screamed -"SEASONAL SECOND TIDE: SUMMER!" - A boiling tide was sent towards Galaxia, who simply stopped the blast with the wave of a mere finger.

- "Persephone, stop it! You are no rival for her! - Mneymosne yelled, clearly understanding the difference in powers.

Lethe hated what she was seeing. But she hated even more that she did not wanted to help. Such display of power was overwhelming her. She could not believe this was the very same Galaxia she greeted and brought to Alpha Castle. She was ashamed and afraid. Ashamed cause she did not want to help Persephone. Afraid of the immense difference between their powers.

- "SEASONAL THIRD TIDE: AUTUMN" - Persephone yelled. A cold water strike flew towards Galaxia, who once more dismissed it with a finger.

- "You really do not learn, do you? Maybe I have to teach you a lesson and…" - Galaxia was cut out by another voice.

- "You are all so loud… can one not have a peaceful sleep here?"

At the entrance of the Castle was a woman in a long black dress: Chisa.


- "Chaos-sama!" - Galaxia looked at her. Horrified for having disturbed her sleep. She knew Chaos was learning secrets of the universe in her sleep, it was very important.

Galaxia, Phi and Chi bowed fast. Phi and Chi understood in a second that if Galaxia held such respect for her, she would be important. After all, Chaos did gave Galaxia her power.

- "Who the hell are you? You are Galaxia's friend, are you not?" - Persephone yelled at her.

Chisa lifted her face towards the offending senshi. She was annoyed for being awoken by the sudden changes of temperature. Persephone's techniques, based on seasons, had an after-effect on the surrounding climate, and she had used it three times already.

- "Show more respect you lowly senshi. You do not know who you are talking too" - Chisa told her. Her voice was low and cold. But Persephone missed this in her rage.

- "Respect? I will show you respect! - Persephone gathered power once more into her palms. - "SEASONAL LAST TIDE: WINTER!" - An icy blast was fired towards Chisa.

Galaxia grinned at the action. Persephone had dug her own grave now. And she was excited, she would be able to witness Chaos' power at last. Deep inside she knew how powerful she was, but she clearly desired to see it for herself.

- "Fool" - Chisa told her after receiving the impact. She did not even tried to stop it, as Galaxia had done, she just stood her ground, and did not had the slightest scratch on her skin.

- "Impossible… not even my strongest attack" - Persephone was afraid for the first time. With her rage gone she was finally thinking rationally, and she knew the situation was extremely bad. And why had the others not interfered yet?

- "I will hand you my judgment now, Sailor Persephone" - Chisa looked towards the sky, glancing at Planet Persephone she transformed. - "CHAOS DARKNESS POWER, MAKE UP" - Shadows engulfed the girl, for a moment a pitch darkness was seen in the place she stood, as if a black hole had swallowed her. When the darkness diluted, there stood Chisa, wearing a shining dark suit.

- "I am Sailor Chaos, judge of the worlds. My judgment to your land is… oblivion" - With a snap of her fingers, a ray of light left her hand and flew towards planet Persephone. Violating all laws of physics, the blast arrived at Persephone in a fraction of a second. Upon impact Persephone vanished from the universe. It disappeared as if a black hole had ate it. For the third time in the same day, Jedo had lost a planet.

Persephone fell to her knees, watching towards the sky. - (It must be a dream… please tell me it is a dream…) - She frantically thought, although in her heart she felt the deaths of all her people. But before she knew it, a second ray from Chaos blasted her. Even then, Galaxia was disappointed, as Chaos had not used 1 percent of the power she wielded. Only Persephone's Star Seed remained. Chaos took it, morphed back to her Princess form, and walked towards Galaxia.

- "Take this. You will need it… take care of the rest. I will go to sleep once more. Having took care of that climate freak, I can rest once more" - Chaos said to Galaxia, handing her the Star Seed. She gave a sweet smile to her, then did the same to Phi and Chi.

Phi and Chi were impacted to put it simply. That power was something incredible. Now, more than ever, they knew they had made the correct choice. By joining Galaxia their planets were spared. True, they wanted power and more, but they too loved their home.

- "So… who is next?" - Galaxia told the other four senshi.

Alpha was scared. Who was that girl? Or rather… what was she? A judge of worlds? That power was a danger to her Alliance. She had to kill those four no matter what. - "Lethe, Mneymosne, Theta, kill them, now"

Lethe looked incredulous at Alpha. Had she heard right? She wanted them to attack those four? Was she insane? She witnessed everything, and yet she wanted them to fight? So it was true after all, Alpha did not care about them, they were her tools. Lethe made her decision that moment.

- "Mneymosne. Follow me sister" - Lethe said.

- "What? You are going to fight? No, I do not want to!" - Mneymosne said, backing.

- "Trust me, my dear sister. I will not let anything happen to you" - Lethe said, receiving an approval nod from her sister.

Both walked towards Galaxia, Phi and Chi. Phi was about to unleash energy on them when Galaxia lifted her hand to stop her. Phi just crossed her arms, and met her sister's eyes.

Alpha was about to yell at Lethe and Mneymosne to do something; they knew what Galaxia was capable of. She wanted to yell what was wrong with them, walking so calmly towards them. And then, it happened. They bowed.


- "Galaxia… no… Galaxia-sama, please spare our lands" - Lethe said.

- "We beg you, Galaxia-sama" - Mneymosne said. She had understood her twin's intentions when she looked at her eyes. Both had enough maturity to forget their pride for the sake of their lands.

- "And what will I gain if I do so?" - Galaxia said, looking at them.

- "Our allegiance!" - Both said. - "So please spare our lands and we shall follow your orders!"

- "TRAITORS!" - Alpha yelled. It was a nightmare, all she had worked for, falling into pieces.

- "You, my dears… have made the correct choice". - Galaxia kneeled in front of both, and touching their cheeks, gave each of them a kiss on their foreheads. Both saw her with shocked eyes, this was the Galaxia they knew from all those chats they had in Chisa's room. How could she be so different and yet remain the same?

- "Stand up, both of you, and acquire the power bestowed to us by Chaos-sama!" - Galaxia took three Star Seeds from her sub-space pocket and handed two of them to Sailor Lethe and Sailor Mneymosne. Both of the girls received the bracelets infused with the power of Star Seeds. They felt the power flooding their veins.

Phi and Chi moved to the right of Galaxia. Lethe and Mneymosne took their place at her left. Together, the five of them, now possessed a power unimaginable.

- "What do you say Theta? Want to join too?" - Galaxia told Sailor Theta, who till now had not said a thing.

Alpha turned around to her and said. - "Do not do it! Do not follow the traitors! Think about the Alliance they are betraying!" -

- "What Alliance…?" - Theta whispered. - "I am no fool Alpha… I know you control this system for your own selfish purposes… which include your prolonged life…as Phi and Chi had stated… there is no real Alliance… proof of that is that Lethe and Mneymosne have left you too…" - Theta walked towards Galaxia and bowed.

- "I would be honored to follow you Galaxia-sama, so please, spare my land" - Theta said.

- "And it shall be done my child" - Galaxia kissed her forehead and then handed her the last Star Seed. Her army was complete.

- "Now my children… I have a task for you three… Lethe, Mneymosne, Theta, get me Alpha's Star Seed" - Galaxia stated.


Glossary:

- Aqua Crystal - A minor crystal in the universe. The minor crystals can have many uses, although normal people can not use them. To unleash their power, you need power of your own. Alone they are nothing but a precious stone.

- Sub-space pocket - A pocket that is opened on normal space, to held items in another dimension. Only the person who opens it can access them. No living being can open the sub-space pocket of another.

- Lethe Memories Power - As the guardian of the river of memories, Lethe uses the power of the mind to transform.

- Theta Peace Power - As one of the guardians of the Peace Gardens, Theta draws power from peacefulness. Contrary to the late Omega, Theta uses her techniques correctly.

- Alpha Aqua Power - Alpha draws power from her minor crystal, the Aqua Crystal to transform. This crystal is also the reason of her long life, as she had been feeding it with energy drawn from other planets.

- Mneymosne Oblivion Power - As the guardian of the river of oblivion, Mneymosne uses the power of deletion to transform.

- Persephone Seasons Power - As the guardian of the river of seasons, Persephone uses the power of the four seasons. Depending on which season she chooses, will be the outcome of her attacks.

- Seasonal First Tide: Spring - The first of the four seasonal tides. This one represents a new life. It is said that this tide draws power from the plants born in spring.

- Seasonal Second Tide: Summer - The second tide represents growth in life. It draws power from the heat, so in one way, it is a boiling tide of water.

- Seasonal Third Tide: Autumn - The third tide represents maturity and late ageing. It uses cold water as a medium of attack.

- Seasonal Last Tide: Winter - The last tide represent death. It uses freezing water as its means of attack.

- Chaos Darkness Power - Chisa draws power from her crystal, the obsidian crystal, otherwise known as the dark crystal.

- Sailor Teleport - A teleportation technique that requires a lot of energy. Usually only the strongest senshi can use it.

- Galaxian Explosion - This technique creates an illusion of planets, stars and other systems drawing themselves towards a center point and exploding. The real attack is as devastating as those explosions.

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