Amy woke up in an unfamiliar place. It took her a few moments to realize
where she was, still back at Nephrite's room, in the negaverce. Right, she
remembered. She stood up a little shakily and walked over to a mirror. Her
eyes were red, her hair was all messed up and she was wearing a negaverse
uniform.gosh, did she ever look strange in it. The grey suited her though,
it somehow blended with the blue of her hair making it all look a little
mist-like.
The girl dismissed the thoughts, she wasn't going to ponder her situation any more, she was just going to try and survive in it. She was starving, she needed to eat something, she hadn't ate anything since the time Nephrite and Jaedite found her at the club. Looking around she realized that Nephrite was already gone, figures, those guys never rest. Only now was Amy realizing how wrong they were when they sometimes would think that the negaverce has hushed up for a while, they were not sitting lazily on their butts, they always did something, it was just that the scouts didn't always know what.
Running a hand through her hair to smooth it out Amy decided to look around. Nephrite warned her that only the four generals ever went down to Earth and that the rest here should not recognize her, but she should still be careful. Amy decided to heed his advice, being careful meant acting like you belong.
The senshi sighed and exited Nephrite's room. There were not too many people passing her by, well, creatures. She still didn't meet anyone who resembled a human being like she did. Her looking like the four generals gained her some authority among the common monsters she noticed, they tended to give way to her probably thinking that she was more powerful then them.
She wondered the corridors and halls until she found what was surprisingly a cafeteria. She looked at the food that all kinds of creatures ate, it didn't look like anything, she has ever ate before, and a lot of it was glowing.
'Can't be too good for me' thought Amy as she turned around to leave until she hear a voice from behind her and felt a tap on her shoulder.
She turned around alarmed and automatically raised her hand defensively.
"Wow, calm down, I was just wondering if you needed help, you seem lost, that all"
Before her stood a guy with short white hair like Malachilte's only short and wavy like Jaedites. He would look almost normal and human if for two small traits, his skin was very pale and had a bluish tint and his ears were slightly pointed. She guessed that he was of a higher rank though because he did approach her and because normal monsters didn't wear uniforms.
Amy raised an eyebrow skeptically, she didn't trust anyone here, especially some weird looking guy whom she didn't even know.
"Why would you want to help me?" she snapped a little angrier then she intended to. The guy didn't seem fazed, most likely he had expected this, after all, they were in the negaverce, no one here just helps you for no reason.
"No big deal, I was bored. The division is out target practicing, and I'm suspended, so I was looking for something to kill the time"
That seemed like a good enough reason for Amy, she was not looking forward to wondering around this place forever on her own either. And he also seemed harmless enough, so she supposed that she could go along for a while.
"Whatever" she said "Do you know where I can get something to eat and I mean something edible?" she glanced at the monsters and what they were eating in disgust.
"You are new here, aren't you? I heard about a portion of new recruits coming in, must be one of them."
Amy didn't say anything, new recruits, what was that all about? She didn't know anything about negaverse recruiting, but if that was true, they were planning something big. Mercury's heart sank, she had this knowledge, she knew now that she can have all the 'inside' knowledge they might ever need to defeat negaverce, but she could not tell the others. This was perhaps the hardest part of it all.
"You the silent type then ha? Well, I guess general Malachite would like to take you under his wing then, he likes the silent types."
"No thanks, I'm with general Nephrite." Amy shut up as soon as she said it, why did she say it, she was talking like she served the negaverce! More accurately, she was talking as if she served Nephrite!!!
"I see, they say he's all right, don't know much about him, personally, my division is under Jaedite's watch and to tell you the truth, it ain't sweet, the guy has no patience what so ever."
"So I heard" said Amy thinking back to Jaedite and how he was sometimes when they had to face him.
"Ok, here we are, you can pick whatever you want here, this is more edible then what is given to those freaks out there.
Amy looked at what was on the table before them, some round things that looked like meatballs in sauce, something that resembled roasted meat and something else that looked like some kind of fruits or vegetables, or whatever it was. There was also something that looked like fish with multiple fins and eyes, that was the closest she came to knowing what she was eating. And there were energy drinks, some fuzzy liquid with pure energy infused in it. Amy could guess where the energy came from, she didn't need to be told that.
"I'd rather have you pick, I still have no idea what this stuff is." Amy said looking at the food warily.
"Well, if you say so, personally, I would not touch the food, the drink has everything one needs, and there is less chance that you'll be poisoned by eating something that is not good for your species, whatever you are." He said smirking a little.
"Right." Said Amy apathetically, how in hell was she supposed to drink that?!
She poured herself a drink, it was so weird, it fizzed inside and the energy was literally snaking around her hand as she held the glass. It was so weird and disgusting, but she needed some kind of nourishment, she was not about to die here just because she is disgusted.
She took a sip. The sensation that she felt was so different from anything she has ever felt before. It was overwhelming to say the least, the pure energy was fed straight into her making the fatigue go away instantly. Her body did not need to digest it, did not need to do anything to it to make it suitable for intake, it was already ready to be used.
Amy emptied the glass very fast, she needed the energy, and she needed it a lot.
"Wow buddy, someone was on a diet for a while, how long were you starving for?" Amy glared at the guy, she was not about to be telling him any details. It was fortunate that Amy was in a cranky mood, if she wasn't, she would pass for too nice and even be a suspicious character in here, perhaps her own crankiness saved her this time.
"Fine, don't answer, not that I care anyways. But tell me this, why is it that I don't feel any nega-energy inside of you, you don't have any power or something?" he looked at her suspiciously and then remembered. "Ah! Of course, there was one person missing yesterday at the welcoming ceremony of the new recruits, you must've been that person, that's why you are different. Guess you didn't get your welcome gift then, c'mon, that can be taken care of" he grabbed Amy's hand and teleported them somewhere.
Mercury gasped as they were teleported into a different room. Missing person, what in hell was he talking about?
It was a coincidence, the person the guy was talking about was killed, but no one knew that.
Amy pulled her hand out of his grasp
"What in hell are you doing?!" she yelled angrily, she was not in the mood to be dragged around by some nega-freak and allow him to do anything he wanted with her just because she didn't have any power. The whole atmosphere of this place was making her edgy and more prone to snapping back at someone then she normally would.
"Just making sure you're not left behind, you'd be in big trouble with no power in this place."
"Wha?" Amy didn't get to finish as she was pushed into a tube-like thing that closed around her trapping her in some kind of claws. The thing looked like the two leaves of the giant venutian trap plant (don't know if I spelled that right). She was trapped and she panicked. "What! What are you doing?!!!"
"Calm down, just relax and let the thing do what it was made to do." he said as the walls of the thing she was in started to glow.
Amy felt like she was suffocating, the dark energy was entering her body and she could not do a damn thing about it. She panicked even more trying to break free, but she found that she couldn't move. Her whole body was encircled by black vine-like things that carried the dark nega-energy in them.
"Relax, it won't do you any good to fight it, for your own good anyways, don't know why you are freaking out, haven't your kind ever heard of trust, you don't seem to believe one thing that is said to you, so suspicious about everything, shish, you people need to chill a little."
Amy's mind was clouding, she could not resist the energy entering her, more so, it was hard to resist the urge to enjoy what was happening; it felt good. It was like strength was filling you, but at the same time, it was dark, and it made Amy feel regret, it was wrong.
"Hey, I forgot, never asked your name, what should I call you, or should I just continue to call you 'yo, girly looking boy with blue hair'?"
Amy's eyes widened, for a moment she forgot about where she was and what was happening to her, forgot that in a few minutes her entire energy signature was going to be changed. This guy, he thought that she was a boy!!! Ok, Amy, calm down, maybe it is for the best if he thinks you're a guy, less chances he'll recognize you. Her mind was racing a mile per second as she stared at him blankly.
"Amy, name's Amy, your?" she asked trying not to sound weird.
The guy suppressed a giggle, this guy didn't only have girly features, he also had a girly name too. Little did the alien know that this 'guy' was a girl.
"My name's Shen, you might want to not tell many people your name, unless you want to be the next jokes victim."
"Right." said Amy somewhat blankly, her head was buzzing and it was hard to concentrate on him, the new sensations, this energy, it was so different.
The nega-energy was thick, dark and hard to control, it was not natural to her, not adapted to her being. But why would it be, everyone could use this energy when they had it. The nega-energy had a way of mixing with the person's natural energy to create a new power, something different and unique, yet at the same time similar to every other energy signature that was created in a similar way.
Finally Amy could not resist it any more, it was not doing her any good at all, she was only straining herself. She hung her head and just let it happened. As she did, there was a strange sense of distance, it was like being inside her body and at the same time looking at it from the side.
The former Sailor Mercury closed her eyes as she took steady breaths of somewhat cold air in. She could feel the tingling sensation of energy passing through her, like electricity. Her head spun a little, it was like being high or drunk on something, her perception of things was altered a little, her perception of time changed, everything seemed different.
Things were all of a sudden clearer in the dark, her vision was better, her hearing was sharper, she could even smell things better. And there was something else that she has never felt before, she started to pick up on energy signatures, she could vaguely tell apart how strong each one was, she could feel the nega-energy in all creatures here, some were pure, made of that energy completely. Others were like Shen, their energy was some kind of energy mixed with nega-energy. This experience, this new sense, new perception of being, it was so overwhelming.
Slowly Amy opened her eyes, the room looked crystal clear to her now, even Shen looked different. His skin seemed paler, she could see his blue eyes clearer now, and every strand of his silver hair stood out for her.
A few moments later the thing that transformed Amy released her and she fell to her knees disoriented. After a few moments she regained her composure, but she was still a little disoriented, it was like the person who couldn't see well getting glasses and feeling disoriented because everything seemed that much more clear to them.
Amy ran her gloved hand through her messy strands of rich blue hair and leaned against the wall. To her surprise, she was right before, the walls here were indeed alive, it was some kind of deviational plant that could be controlled to grow in whatever fashion one willed it too. And she was right about the walls shying away from her before too, they felt an outsider, and they wanted her away, they didn't move now though and it scared Amy the most.
Was it true, was it really true, was she really a creature of the negaverrce now? She had the negaverce energy running inside of her, and she knew that she could never use her transformation stick again anyways, it would not listen to her now. She sighed as she once again ran a shaky hand through her hair. Glancing up at Shen she noticed that he was looking at her weirdly.
"What's the matter with you?" she asked looking at him suspiciously.
Shen was baking away, the energy that was coming from this 'guy' was not what he expected, whoever 'he' was, 'he' was very strong, Amy was almost at the same level as the four great generals.
Shen's hands shook a little as he took another step away.
"Who in hell are you?!!" he asked scared half to death. This person, whoever this person was 'he' was definitely not the lost recruit that he originally thought 'he' was.
"I thought I told you." said Amy with a tired expression on her face, she thought that the nega-energy will turn her into some kind of monster, make her evil, but it didn't do any of those things, it just made her strong. So she was wrong once again about the negaverce, it's creatures were not evil by nature, they were just raised under conditions that shaped them to be as they were.
"You told me nothing, I've gotta tell someone, this was a mistake, I've got to tell" he was about to run, but before he did, Amy's survival instinct kicked in and throwing out her hand as if to grab him she yelled
"Wait!"
Something that she has not expected happened, a sharp icicle flew right after him and pierced him killing him on the spot. Amy watched in horror, it was not the first time she killed a creature of the negaverce, but this was different, this was the first time she has done it without meaning to.
The guy glowed a little and disappeared into ash, no one will ever know how he died. Amy stared in horror as he disappeared. All of a sudden she wanted to be away from this place, she wished she never left Nephrite's room. Unknowingly, a blue mist surrounded her, first swirling in sparkly waved and spirals around her feet and then encircling her whole.
The next thing Amy knew she was back in Nephrite's room and the mist around her dissipated. She fell forward and was caught by a pair of strong arms.
"So I see you've been exploring, my, did you ever change, I wonder if Nephrite will even recognize his little pet when he sees her." he laughed.
Amy knew who was holding her before he even spoke and before she saw him, she sensed his energy, it was Jaedite. That annoying sarcastic voice, couldn't he ever be a little more humane and not taunt ever single living being he came across?!
Amy didn't say anything, she was shaking and she didn't care if Jaedite held her, she needed the support or she would fall.
"What's wrong with you anyways, it's not like this is the forst time you killed someone."
Amy's eyes widened, so he knew?
"How do you know?" she asked weakly closing her eyes, she could clearly feel the fiery mix of Martian power inside of him, Nephrite was not lying.
"I was watching you."
"Why didn't you stop him, was it fun to see me be changed against my will?"
"Somewhat, but mainly, I didn't stop him because you were becoming a nuisance weak as you were, it would be near impossible to keep you here if Nephrite had to watch you all the time protecting you from anything that came your way"
"So, amn't I considered a threat now?"
"You did promise, didn't you?" he said smirking triumphantly
Amy nodded her head still fully leaning against his chest, she needed to get herself under control before she could pull away from him and stand up straight.
"Where's Nephrite?" she asked sighing a little and taking deep breaths of air to steady herself.
"Reporting to the snake, it's his turn now." Jaedite wrinkled his nose and then without a waning picked Amy up and threw her on Nephrite's bed "I'm not a post you know" he said in an annoyed tone.
Amy didn't reply, she was somewhat relieved that she wasn't forced to lean on Jaedite any more, and she was not worried about him being annoyed, he was not mad at her, just annoyed, she could live with that.
Mercury was laying on her back staring at the ceiling and thinking, she knew better now, that was perhaps why she was no longer so afraid of Jaedite. He was not evil, he was just a person with power, however dark it was serving an evil person. She reasoned that if that was so, all she had to do to keep on his good side and avoid her ass being kicked that however strong was still no match for him, was to treat him like she would any other normal person with a short temper,
"So, now that you can pop in and out of places, what are you going to be doing?" asked Jaedite falling into a chair.
"Watching"
"Watching?"
"Well, what else am I supposed to do, I am not going to be joining you in your cause, I think you know why, and I'm not going to stand in your way because I promised I won't, therefore all I can do is watch. And maybe play pranks on people to pass the time." she said somewhat sadly, in reality, she didn't know what she could do with this new power. The possibilities were endless, but did she really want to think about those?
"Pathetic" murmured Jaedite as he closed his eyes.
At that moment Nephrite chose to appear in the room and immediately sensed the change in Amy.
"Ok, what in hell happened to her?" he asked not Amy but Jaedite suspecting that he had something to do with it.
"To make the long story short, you forgot that she needs to eat, she went out and ended up being thrown into a generator."
Nephrite glared a little, he had an idea that it was against Amy's will and was wondering what would that do to her emotions, he was afraid that she would freak due to the fact that she was technically one with the negaverce.
But as he looked at her, she seemed fine enough.
"Amy?"
"I'm fine, it's not what I expected it to be. You know what I thought, I thought that everyone here is naturally evil, but this, it made me realize that things are not as they seemed. The nega-energy inside a person doesn't make him or her evil, it's like with people on earth, it is what that person thinks, not even does, but thinks inside that head of theirs that makes them what they are"
"Braniac" said Jaedite staring at the girl weirdly.
"Yeah, that's what they all say."
Nephrite was bewildered, she was acting like nothing happened, like everything was just fine. Was it really like she said, was it that they didn't know any better and thought that of every creature that came from here, was that why they destroyed negaverce creatures without giving a second thought to it?
It made sense, it made a lot of very twisted sense now. Amy was not freaking out because she was seeing the other side of the coin, she was finally able so hear both sides of the story. It was different, and bewildering, but it was true. And the only way she was able to truly see it for what it was, was by experiencing it herself. That was why Amy was not mad, or terrified of what she was, she realized that in reality she was still the very same person that she has always been.
Well, not really, revelations have a way of changing people, but that was not unnatural, what mattered that when her energy changed, when she obtained new powers, her heart and mind didn't change, she was still Amy.
Nephrite sat on the bed beside her and stroked her blue hair. She reminded him a lot of Zoicite like this, she was still much weaker then Ziocite, but she was stronger then most others, and her energy, it was just like Zoicite's.
'I bet she can form ice crystals too, Zoicite's special attack, it is only a different version of their original power.'
Amy relaxed as his fingers played with her hair. She didn't feel guilty for being here with them any more, she didn't feel guilty for enjoying Nephrite's company any more. Her previous guilt came from not knowing the situation truly, now she did, she was in a different place, she was in a place where creatures are forced to be strong, cold and even cruel to survive, but not in a place that was evil by nature.
And there was something else, she knew that she would still miss her friends terribly, she missed them every moment, every second, but if she never promised, and left now, she thought that she would miss Nephrite too.
Amy didn't know why she would miss Nephrite, she only truly knew him for a few days, but that didn't matter, what she was finding out bound her closer to him. It was a sense that she needed him because he could understand the knowledge that she now had, the others would never understand, they would think her a traitor. She understood now why he served the negaverce, he just had no other place to go, and this place is not as horrible as one was taught to think. She needed Nephrite to be able to share that knowledge.
And she thought that he needed her too. This place, it was not evil, but it was cold, it was dark, it was ugly and it was corrupted, the fact that it was not evil didn't make it pleasant, in a place like this, she now understood why Jaedite and Nephrite didn't kill her and why Nephrite wanted to keep her, he looking for something better in a place of darkness.
AN: Here you go guys, another weird chapter. I know, this is so strange, Amy gets turned into a negaverse something by accident, and she is not freaking out about it. She is musing about all the things that she didn't know and was now finding out. I know, I'm weird. Pease, review, I love reviews a lot, the more I have the sooner I'll get the next chapter up.
The girl dismissed the thoughts, she wasn't going to ponder her situation any more, she was just going to try and survive in it. She was starving, she needed to eat something, she hadn't ate anything since the time Nephrite and Jaedite found her at the club. Looking around she realized that Nephrite was already gone, figures, those guys never rest. Only now was Amy realizing how wrong they were when they sometimes would think that the negaverce has hushed up for a while, they were not sitting lazily on their butts, they always did something, it was just that the scouts didn't always know what.
Running a hand through her hair to smooth it out Amy decided to look around. Nephrite warned her that only the four generals ever went down to Earth and that the rest here should not recognize her, but she should still be careful. Amy decided to heed his advice, being careful meant acting like you belong.
The senshi sighed and exited Nephrite's room. There were not too many people passing her by, well, creatures. She still didn't meet anyone who resembled a human being like she did. Her looking like the four generals gained her some authority among the common monsters she noticed, they tended to give way to her probably thinking that she was more powerful then them.
She wondered the corridors and halls until she found what was surprisingly a cafeteria. She looked at the food that all kinds of creatures ate, it didn't look like anything, she has ever ate before, and a lot of it was glowing.
'Can't be too good for me' thought Amy as she turned around to leave until she hear a voice from behind her and felt a tap on her shoulder.
She turned around alarmed and automatically raised her hand defensively.
"Wow, calm down, I was just wondering if you needed help, you seem lost, that all"
Before her stood a guy with short white hair like Malachilte's only short and wavy like Jaedites. He would look almost normal and human if for two small traits, his skin was very pale and had a bluish tint and his ears were slightly pointed. She guessed that he was of a higher rank though because he did approach her and because normal monsters didn't wear uniforms.
Amy raised an eyebrow skeptically, she didn't trust anyone here, especially some weird looking guy whom she didn't even know.
"Why would you want to help me?" she snapped a little angrier then she intended to. The guy didn't seem fazed, most likely he had expected this, after all, they were in the negaverce, no one here just helps you for no reason.
"No big deal, I was bored. The division is out target practicing, and I'm suspended, so I was looking for something to kill the time"
That seemed like a good enough reason for Amy, she was not looking forward to wondering around this place forever on her own either. And he also seemed harmless enough, so she supposed that she could go along for a while.
"Whatever" she said "Do you know where I can get something to eat and I mean something edible?" she glanced at the monsters and what they were eating in disgust.
"You are new here, aren't you? I heard about a portion of new recruits coming in, must be one of them."
Amy didn't say anything, new recruits, what was that all about? She didn't know anything about negaverse recruiting, but if that was true, they were planning something big. Mercury's heart sank, she had this knowledge, she knew now that she can have all the 'inside' knowledge they might ever need to defeat negaverce, but she could not tell the others. This was perhaps the hardest part of it all.
"You the silent type then ha? Well, I guess general Malachite would like to take you under his wing then, he likes the silent types."
"No thanks, I'm with general Nephrite." Amy shut up as soon as she said it, why did she say it, she was talking like she served the negaverce! More accurately, she was talking as if she served Nephrite!!!
"I see, they say he's all right, don't know much about him, personally, my division is under Jaedite's watch and to tell you the truth, it ain't sweet, the guy has no patience what so ever."
"So I heard" said Amy thinking back to Jaedite and how he was sometimes when they had to face him.
"Ok, here we are, you can pick whatever you want here, this is more edible then what is given to those freaks out there.
Amy looked at what was on the table before them, some round things that looked like meatballs in sauce, something that resembled roasted meat and something else that looked like some kind of fruits or vegetables, or whatever it was. There was also something that looked like fish with multiple fins and eyes, that was the closest she came to knowing what she was eating. And there were energy drinks, some fuzzy liquid with pure energy infused in it. Amy could guess where the energy came from, she didn't need to be told that.
"I'd rather have you pick, I still have no idea what this stuff is." Amy said looking at the food warily.
"Well, if you say so, personally, I would not touch the food, the drink has everything one needs, and there is less chance that you'll be poisoned by eating something that is not good for your species, whatever you are." He said smirking a little.
"Right." Said Amy apathetically, how in hell was she supposed to drink that?!
She poured herself a drink, it was so weird, it fizzed inside and the energy was literally snaking around her hand as she held the glass. It was so weird and disgusting, but she needed some kind of nourishment, she was not about to die here just because she is disgusted.
She took a sip. The sensation that she felt was so different from anything she has ever felt before. It was overwhelming to say the least, the pure energy was fed straight into her making the fatigue go away instantly. Her body did not need to digest it, did not need to do anything to it to make it suitable for intake, it was already ready to be used.
Amy emptied the glass very fast, she needed the energy, and she needed it a lot.
"Wow buddy, someone was on a diet for a while, how long were you starving for?" Amy glared at the guy, she was not about to be telling him any details. It was fortunate that Amy was in a cranky mood, if she wasn't, she would pass for too nice and even be a suspicious character in here, perhaps her own crankiness saved her this time.
"Fine, don't answer, not that I care anyways. But tell me this, why is it that I don't feel any nega-energy inside of you, you don't have any power or something?" he looked at her suspiciously and then remembered. "Ah! Of course, there was one person missing yesterday at the welcoming ceremony of the new recruits, you must've been that person, that's why you are different. Guess you didn't get your welcome gift then, c'mon, that can be taken care of" he grabbed Amy's hand and teleported them somewhere.
Mercury gasped as they were teleported into a different room. Missing person, what in hell was he talking about?
It was a coincidence, the person the guy was talking about was killed, but no one knew that.
Amy pulled her hand out of his grasp
"What in hell are you doing?!" she yelled angrily, she was not in the mood to be dragged around by some nega-freak and allow him to do anything he wanted with her just because she didn't have any power. The whole atmosphere of this place was making her edgy and more prone to snapping back at someone then she normally would.
"Just making sure you're not left behind, you'd be in big trouble with no power in this place."
"Wha?" Amy didn't get to finish as she was pushed into a tube-like thing that closed around her trapping her in some kind of claws. The thing looked like the two leaves of the giant venutian trap plant (don't know if I spelled that right). She was trapped and she panicked. "What! What are you doing?!!!"
"Calm down, just relax and let the thing do what it was made to do." he said as the walls of the thing she was in started to glow.
Amy felt like she was suffocating, the dark energy was entering her body and she could not do a damn thing about it. She panicked even more trying to break free, but she found that she couldn't move. Her whole body was encircled by black vine-like things that carried the dark nega-energy in them.
"Relax, it won't do you any good to fight it, for your own good anyways, don't know why you are freaking out, haven't your kind ever heard of trust, you don't seem to believe one thing that is said to you, so suspicious about everything, shish, you people need to chill a little."
Amy's mind was clouding, she could not resist the energy entering her, more so, it was hard to resist the urge to enjoy what was happening; it felt good. It was like strength was filling you, but at the same time, it was dark, and it made Amy feel regret, it was wrong.
"Hey, I forgot, never asked your name, what should I call you, or should I just continue to call you 'yo, girly looking boy with blue hair'?"
Amy's eyes widened, for a moment she forgot about where she was and what was happening to her, forgot that in a few minutes her entire energy signature was going to be changed. This guy, he thought that she was a boy!!! Ok, Amy, calm down, maybe it is for the best if he thinks you're a guy, less chances he'll recognize you. Her mind was racing a mile per second as she stared at him blankly.
"Amy, name's Amy, your?" she asked trying not to sound weird.
The guy suppressed a giggle, this guy didn't only have girly features, he also had a girly name too. Little did the alien know that this 'guy' was a girl.
"My name's Shen, you might want to not tell many people your name, unless you want to be the next jokes victim."
"Right." said Amy somewhat blankly, her head was buzzing and it was hard to concentrate on him, the new sensations, this energy, it was so different.
The nega-energy was thick, dark and hard to control, it was not natural to her, not adapted to her being. But why would it be, everyone could use this energy when they had it. The nega-energy had a way of mixing with the person's natural energy to create a new power, something different and unique, yet at the same time similar to every other energy signature that was created in a similar way.
Finally Amy could not resist it any more, it was not doing her any good at all, she was only straining herself. She hung her head and just let it happened. As she did, there was a strange sense of distance, it was like being inside her body and at the same time looking at it from the side.
The former Sailor Mercury closed her eyes as she took steady breaths of somewhat cold air in. She could feel the tingling sensation of energy passing through her, like electricity. Her head spun a little, it was like being high or drunk on something, her perception of things was altered a little, her perception of time changed, everything seemed different.
Things were all of a sudden clearer in the dark, her vision was better, her hearing was sharper, she could even smell things better. And there was something else that she has never felt before, she started to pick up on energy signatures, she could vaguely tell apart how strong each one was, she could feel the nega-energy in all creatures here, some were pure, made of that energy completely. Others were like Shen, their energy was some kind of energy mixed with nega-energy. This experience, this new sense, new perception of being, it was so overwhelming.
Slowly Amy opened her eyes, the room looked crystal clear to her now, even Shen looked different. His skin seemed paler, she could see his blue eyes clearer now, and every strand of his silver hair stood out for her.
A few moments later the thing that transformed Amy released her and she fell to her knees disoriented. After a few moments she regained her composure, but she was still a little disoriented, it was like the person who couldn't see well getting glasses and feeling disoriented because everything seemed that much more clear to them.
Amy ran her gloved hand through her messy strands of rich blue hair and leaned against the wall. To her surprise, she was right before, the walls here were indeed alive, it was some kind of deviational plant that could be controlled to grow in whatever fashion one willed it too. And she was right about the walls shying away from her before too, they felt an outsider, and they wanted her away, they didn't move now though and it scared Amy the most.
Was it true, was it really true, was she really a creature of the negaverrce now? She had the negaverce energy running inside of her, and she knew that she could never use her transformation stick again anyways, it would not listen to her now. She sighed as she once again ran a shaky hand through her hair. Glancing up at Shen she noticed that he was looking at her weirdly.
"What's the matter with you?" she asked looking at him suspiciously.
Shen was baking away, the energy that was coming from this 'guy' was not what he expected, whoever 'he' was, 'he' was very strong, Amy was almost at the same level as the four great generals.
Shen's hands shook a little as he took another step away.
"Who in hell are you?!!" he asked scared half to death. This person, whoever this person was 'he' was definitely not the lost recruit that he originally thought 'he' was.
"I thought I told you." said Amy with a tired expression on her face, she thought that the nega-energy will turn her into some kind of monster, make her evil, but it didn't do any of those things, it just made her strong. So she was wrong once again about the negaverce, it's creatures were not evil by nature, they were just raised under conditions that shaped them to be as they were.
"You told me nothing, I've gotta tell someone, this was a mistake, I've got to tell" he was about to run, but before he did, Amy's survival instinct kicked in and throwing out her hand as if to grab him she yelled
"Wait!"
Something that she has not expected happened, a sharp icicle flew right after him and pierced him killing him on the spot. Amy watched in horror, it was not the first time she killed a creature of the negaverce, but this was different, this was the first time she has done it without meaning to.
The guy glowed a little and disappeared into ash, no one will ever know how he died. Amy stared in horror as he disappeared. All of a sudden she wanted to be away from this place, she wished she never left Nephrite's room. Unknowingly, a blue mist surrounded her, first swirling in sparkly waved and spirals around her feet and then encircling her whole.
The next thing Amy knew she was back in Nephrite's room and the mist around her dissipated. She fell forward and was caught by a pair of strong arms.
"So I see you've been exploring, my, did you ever change, I wonder if Nephrite will even recognize his little pet when he sees her." he laughed.
Amy knew who was holding her before he even spoke and before she saw him, she sensed his energy, it was Jaedite. That annoying sarcastic voice, couldn't he ever be a little more humane and not taunt ever single living being he came across?!
Amy didn't say anything, she was shaking and she didn't care if Jaedite held her, she needed the support or she would fall.
"What's wrong with you anyways, it's not like this is the forst time you killed someone."
Amy's eyes widened, so he knew?
"How do you know?" she asked weakly closing her eyes, she could clearly feel the fiery mix of Martian power inside of him, Nephrite was not lying.
"I was watching you."
"Why didn't you stop him, was it fun to see me be changed against my will?"
"Somewhat, but mainly, I didn't stop him because you were becoming a nuisance weak as you were, it would be near impossible to keep you here if Nephrite had to watch you all the time protecting you from anything that came your way"
"So, amn't I considered a threat now?"
"You did promise, didn't you?" he said smirking triumphantly
Amy nodded her head still fully leaning against his chest, she needed to get herself under control before she could pull away from him and stand up straight.
"Where's Nephrite?" she asked sighing a little and taking deep breaths of air to steady herself.
"Reporting to the snake, it's his turn now." Jaedite wrinkled his nose and then without a waning picked Amy up and threw her on Nephrite's bed "I'm not a post you know" he said in an annoyed tone.
Amy didn't reply, she was somewhat relieved that she wasn't forced to lean on Jaedite any more, and she was not worried about him being annoyed, he was not mad at her, just annoyed, she could live with that.
Mercury was laying on her back staring at the ceiling and thinking, she knew better now, that was perhaps why she was no longer so afraid of Jaedite. He was not evil, he was just a person with power, however dark it was serving an evil person. She reasoned that if that was so, all she had to do to keep on his good side and avoid her ass being kicked that however strong was still no match for him, was to treat him like she would any other normal person with a short temper,
"So, now that you can pop in and out of places, what are you going to be doing?" asked Jaedite falling into a chair.
"Watching"
"Watching?"
"Well, what else am I supposed to do, I am not going to be joining you in your cause, I think you know why, and I'm not going to stand in your way because I promised I won't, therefore all I can do is watch. And maybe play pranks on people to pass the time." she said somewhat sadly, in reality, she didn't know what she could do with this new power. The possibilities were endless, but did she really want to think about those?
"Pathetic" murmured Jaedite as he closed his eyes.
At that moment Nephrite chose to appear in the room and immediately sensed the change in Amy.
"Ok, what in hell happened to her?" he asked not Amy but Jaedite suspecting that he had something to do with it.
"To make the long story short, you forgot that she needs to eat, she went out and ended up being thrown into a generator."
Nephrite glared a little, he had an idea that it was against Amy's will and was wondering what would that do to her emotions, he was afraid that she would freak due to the fact that she was technically one with the negaverce.
But as he looked at her, she seemed fine enough.
"Amy?"
"I'm fine, it's not what I expected it to be. You know what I thought, I thought that everyone here is naturally evil, but this, it made me realize that things are not as they seemed. The nega-energy inside a person doesn't make him or her evil, it's like with people on earth, it is what that person thinks, not even does, but thinks inside that head of theirs that makes them what they are"
"Braniac" said Jaedite staring at the girl weirdly.
"Yeah, that's what they all say."
Nephrite was bewildered, she was acting like nothing happened, like everything was just fine. Was it really like she said, was it that they didn't know any better and thought that of every creature that came from here, was that why they destroyed negaverce creatures without giving a second thought to it?
It made sense, it made a lot of very twisted sense now. Amy was not freaking out because she was seeing the other side of the coin, she was finally able so hear both sides of the story. It was different, and bewildering, but it was true. And the only way she was able to truly see it for what it was, was by experiencing it herself. That was why Amy was not mad, or terrified of what she was, she realized that in reality she was still the very same person that she has always been.
Well, not really, revelations have a way of changing people, but that was not unnatural, what mattered that when her energy changed, when she obtained new powers, her heart and mind didn't change, she was still Amy.
Nephrite sat on the bed beside her and stroked her blue hair. She reminded him a lot of Zoicite like this, she was still much weaker then Ziocite, but she was stronger then most others, and her energy, it was just like Zoicite's.
'I bet she can form ice crystals too, Zoicite's special attack, it is only a different version of their original power.'
Amy relaxed as his fingers played with her hair. She didn't feel guilty for being here with them any more, she didn't feel guilty for enjoying Nephrite's company any more. Her previous guilt came from not knowing the situation truly, now she did, she was in a different place, she was in a place where creatures are forced to be strong, cold and even cruel to survive, but not in a place that was evil by nature.
And there was something else, she knew that she would still miss her friends terribly, she missed them every moment, every second, but if she never promised, and left now, she thought that she would miss Nephrite too.
Amy didn't know why she would miss Nephrite, she only truly knew him for a few days, but that didn't matter, what she was finding out bound her closer to him. It was a sense that she needed him because he could understand the knowledge that she now had, the others would never understand, they would think her a traitor. She understood now why he served the negaverce, he just had no other place to go, and this place is not as horrible as one was taught to think. She needed Nephrite to be able to share that knowledge.
And she thought that he needed her too. This place, it was not evil, but it was cold, it was dark, it was ugly and it was corrupted, the fact that it was not evil didn't make it pleasant, in a place like this, she now understood why Jaedite and Nephrite didn't kill her and why Nephrite wanted to keep her, he looking for something better in a place of darkness.
AN: Here you go guys, another weird chapter. I know, this is so strange, Amy gets turned into a negaverse something by accident, and she is not freaking out about it. She is musing about all the things that she didn't know and was now finding out. I know, I'm weird. Pease, review, I love reviews a lot, the more I have the sooner I'll get the next chapter up.
