Act IV: Sorrowful Destiny

Characters in Act 4:

Usagi Tsukino
Haruka Tenoh
Mamoru Chiba
Hectus
Doctor
Luna
Artemis
Woman
Ami Mizuno
Makoto Kino
Rei Hino
Ikuko Tsukino
Shingo Tsukino
Nurse
Doom Phantom
Hotaru Tomoe

The sky dims as night enters Earth's atmosphere. A light opens up at a apartment building.

Mamoru closes the door to his room.

Usagi and Haruka are seated on Mamoru's bed.

Mamoru pulls up a chair and sits down across from them.

Mamoru: So... what you're telling us is...

Haruka: Yes... it's hard to believe... but it is true...

Mamoru: That explains everything...

Usagi stands up.

Usagi: This... this can't be true! I don't want to lose Ami... Makoto... and Rei...

Haruka: Then we must hurry...

Mamoru cups his hands over his mouth.

Mamoru: Where did this new enemy come from...?

Haruka stands up and rubs her swollen eyes with her hand.

Haruka: I wish I knew... but all I know is that two of my dearest friends are gone and you...

She slips a look at Usagi.

Haruka: Usagi... our princess... is in danger along with the Earth. ... with this Sailor Venus person and Sailor Neptune erased from history... demon's that were written as defeated would slowly regenerate and reappear on Earth... ...And since they were never defeated... that leaves that... we've...

Mamoru: Lost those battles...

Usagi whispers to herself, as if she was searching for something missing in her head.

Usagi: Sailor Venus...

Mamoru: I see...

Haruka: It's a matter of time before we start disappearing as well...

Usagi: Mako... Rei... Ami...

Usagi turns to Haruka. She smooths out her face and puts on a serious expression, as she tries to keep in her tears.

Usagi: Nonsense... I'll protect my friends... our planet, and the people on it. I'll find a way to stop this monster. I WILL RETURN EVERYTHING TO AS IT WAS!

Usagi dashes out of the room.

Mamoru: Usako...

Mamoru turns to Haruka.

Haruka: I just hope there's a way... for Michiru...

Haruka's hand forms into a fist and starts trembling.

Mamoru stares at Haruka with a sympathetic expression.

Haruka takes a deep breath and says...

Haruka: Excuse me... I have limited amount of time so I better be off...

Mamoru: ...Take care...

In the hallway, Usagi runs towards the elevator and stops. She falls on her knees, overwhelmed with her feelings.

Usagi: I'll save them... I promise...

At Hectus's dreary lair, he walks around his collection of humans. He stares into the faces of the victims. There petrified expressions, frozen in time, raised a sense of joy within Hectus.

Hectus: Beautiful... precious memories.

He opens up one of the caskets. The person inside slowly came to.

Woman: Wha... uh...

She opens her eyes wide and sees Hectus in front of her and quickly screams in terror.

Woman:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!SOMEONE HELP! HELP ME!

Hectus puts his hand on her forhead.

Woman: NOO! LET ME GO! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!

A dark energy starts coming out of his hand and it wraps itself around the woman's head.

Woman: MMM! MMMMMM! MMMM!

Hectus: Now...

Woman: MMMMMM! Mmmmm... mmmm... mm...

The woman's body falls limp as energy spewed out of her head and heart into Hectus.

Hectus: HAHAHAHA! Wonderful... memories... so magnifacent!

The draining stops and Hectus lets the woman go. The woman topples over and turns into dust.

Hectus walks to his right onto the next casket.

Hectus: I'll make sure that I would have sufficient power this time.

At the end of the numerous roles of caskets laid Minako and Sailor Neptune.

On Earth, at Usagi's house, within her room, she tells everything to Luna. Luna steps back in terror from the magnitude of the news.

Luna: No... all of the enemy's will return! ... this can't be...

Usagi: I'm afraid... Luna...

Luna raises her voice.

Luna: Usagi! YOU HAVE TO STAY STRONG! ... I'm afraid as well... but... if we don't do anything... Earth will have no FUTURE!

Luna walks to the window.

Luna: I'm going to go see Artemis.

She jumps out of the window and runs off.

Usagi: ... I'm afraid...

Usagi runs through her memories with her friends and

the battles thye have went through.

(Flashback)

At the battle with Queen Metalia.

Princess Serenity: My friends... I need your help!

Just then Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor

Mars reached there hands out and grabbed the Crescant wand. There was another figure, but she couldn't make out the image.

Mercury: Mercury Power!

Mars: Mars Power!

Jupiter: Jupiter Power!

Serenity: Moon Cosmic POWER!

The power of the scouts gets sucked into the Silver crystal and explodes with a violent pure light towards Metalia... but then... the image cracks in her head.

(Flashback ends)

Usagi: (Gasp) Wha... what... happened afterwards?I don't remember...

She tries to remember her other battles... but couldn't. She grabs her head and waves it about.

Usagi: No... not my memories... NOT MY MEMORIES!

At the Juuban Hospital a doctor enters Rei's room.

Doctor: Hmm... lets see her condition today...

The doctor looks up.

Doctor: AHHH! What... What's this?

He sees Rei's body fading in and out.

Doctor: Ah...ah...ah... SOMEONE! COME IN HERE!

The doctor runs up to Rei.

Doctor: HANG IN THERE!

Artemis, walking by, looks into the room.

Artemis: OH NO! REI! I have to tell the scouts!

Artemis's crescent moon starts to shine as he contacts everyone.

Luna stops on her path to the Juuban hospital.

Artemis's message reaches her.

Luna: WHAT?

Luna quickly picks up her pace as she dashes towardsthe hospital.

Usagi's telephatically recieves a message from Artemis. Confused, Usagi answered in a depressed tone.

Usagi: Yes...?

Artemis: Usagi! COME QUICK! IT'S REI! SHE'S DISAPPEARING!

Usagi: NO! I'll be right there!

Usagi runs downstairs. Her mom hears Usagi running and

calls out from the kitchen.

Ikuko: Usagi! Dinner's ready!

Usagi: Not now mom! I have to go!

Ikuko: Where?

Usagi: No time!

She runs out of the house.

Shingo: What's wrong with her?

Ikuko: I don't know... hmmm...

Outside, she sprints towards the hospital with all of her might.

Usagi: Rei... Don't leave me...

On the way, she runs into Mamoru in his car. Usagi runs up to Mamoru.

Usagi: Mamo! It's Rei!

Mamoru answers quickly.

Mamoru: I know, I'm on my way there! Hop in!

Usagi gets into his car and they drive towards the hospital.

At the hospital, the doctor exams Rei and tries to figure out what's going on.

Doctor: ...What am I suppose to do!

Rei's body now has almost entirely vanished.

A nurse runs into the room.

Nurse: Doctor! Room 402! Ami Mizuno! Her body is doing the same thing! Come quick!

The doctor gets up and dashes out of the room. As the doctor runs out another pair of feet travels towards the room. Artemis appears leading Usagi, Luna, and Mamoru.

Usagi: REI!

Mamoru: Rei!

Luna: Hurry!

The four enters the room just to catch the last seconds of Rei's body.

Usagi: REI!

Usagi runs towards the bed. She quickly tries to grab Rei, but it was too late...

Her arms passed through Rei.

Usagi: NOOO! REI!

She continues trying to grab her.

Rei's body vanishes.

Usagi opens her eyes wide as tears rolled down her face. She stares into ceiling, as if she was mortally wounded by a blade.

She screams out in pain at the top of her lungs.

Usagi:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Mamoru hears a nurse running to another room.

Nurse: Doctor! The girl in room 405 and 402 are disappearing! Miss Mizuno and Miss Kino!

Mamoru: What!

He runs out of the room, leaving Usagi in the room by herself. Luna and Artemis tugs on Usagi's arm as she kneeled there as if her soul was sucked out of her body. With there voices filled with emotions, Luna and Artemis forces Usagi to get up.

Luna: It's Ami! Usagi! Ami's...

Artemis: Makoto's... Disappearing!

Usagi struggles to her feet and runs out of the room uttering...

Usagi: I'll bring you back... Rei... I will...

The view sets itself outside of the hospital. The doctors and nurses yells of amazement and sorrow could be heard from the outside.

Doctor: She vanished...

Nurse: The other patient did too.

Behind a tree outside, 2 figure steps out of the shadows. It was Hotaru and Haruka.

Haruka: Do you see the problem now?

Hotaru keeps her tears in and maintains a serious expression.

Hotaru: Yes...

Haruka: We don't have much time left either...

Haruka's maintains a cool face as she takes hold of her hand. Hotaru looks at Haruka's hand and notices it was fading.

Hotaru: Haruka!

Haruka: I'll be all right... Let's go.

Hotaru, with an unsure voice answers...

Hotaru: All right...

The two leaves the scene.

At Hectus's lair, Hectus continues devouring his captured victim's memories. By now he has gotten through almost all of the caskets.

Hectus: POWER! MORE POWER! MORE BEAUTIFUL POWER!

Hectus's size starts to increase as the amount of memories he absorbed, builds up. Hectus reaches Minako's casket. He puts his hand on the lid preparing to pull it off.

Then he stops.

Hectus: ... Hmmm... not yet...

He looks over at Sailor Neptune.

Hectus: Not... yet... I'll have another use for these two. ...

Hectus fades out and reappears sitting on his spiked throne chair in a thinking position.

Hectus: But I still crave for more energy...

Then a voice travels to Hectus from the abyss.

Doom Phantom: More energy you say?

Hectus turns towards the voice.

Hectus: Doom Phantom... get out of here! This jobs mine!

Doom Phantom: I know... I'm just here to visit my dear brother.

Hectus: What do you want you scurge!

A skull with the dark moon symbol appears out of thin air. The skull's eyes grew red as the rest of his body fades in.

Doom Phantom: I just want to support my dear elder sibling... on his all so important mission.

The Doom Phantom evily smiles. He forms a small dark crystal in his hand behind his back.

Hectus: Oh?

Doom Phantom: Here... take this.

The Doom Phantom swings the crystal around and hovers it over to Hectus.

Hectus: What's this?

Doom Phantom: To make sure you don't fail... This Black Poison Crystal has the power to increase your capacitance for energy.It will also increaseyour strength by10 folds, and that's just the beginning!

This CRYSTAL'S POWER IS LIMITLESS!

Hectus, intrigued by what the Death Phantom told him, grabs the crystal and looks up at him maliciously.

Hectus: You're up to something... You always are... what's the catch?

The Doom Phantom laughs out loud.

Doom Phantom: HAHAHHAHAHAAA! It's your choice Hectus...

Do you want more power or not?

The shadow starts to fade out of the scene.

Doom Phantom: You decide... HAHAHAHHAHAHAAA!

Hectus stares at the Death Phantoms aura until all of it was gone. He looks down at the crystal in his hand.

Hectus: What is he up to?

He closes his hand to absorb some of the power of the crystal. Hectus's eyes grew blood red. He feels the crystals power surging through him.

Hectus: HEhahhaa... not bad... ... but what is he up to? ... Bah... I have more important things to worry about at the moment

He snaps his finger and a image of the Earth appears in front of him.

Hectus: Next time I'm down there... I'll finish the job that I was assigned... That'll shut him up. ... That smirk of his... I'll kill him once I'm done with this mission. HEHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAA!

The Doom Phantom reappears at his own lair smiling.

Doom Phantom: Not if I destroy you first. HEHAHAHAHAAAAA!

To be continued...