Chapter Two - New Ground
"Pluto, it will be your task to watch over her. Now that her family is dead she will act completely uncontrollable. We can't allow her to take vengeance. It would result into..."
"... the domination of Earth by an alien species", Pluto ended the sentence.
"Or even its destruction", Sailor Saturn added.
"That's right. So you all know what you have to do? Pluto?"
She bowed, "Yes, King Endymion."
"Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, you will help her to accomplish this task."
"Yes, King Endymion", they bowed as well, leaving the throne room together with Pluto.
Setsuna started up from sleep, almost at the same moment as Hotaru who had been by her side.
"Have you just dreamed the same?"
Setsuna nodded slowly. "Do you remember this conversation?", she enquired.
"Yes, I think so", Hotaru confirmed, "You think Haruka and Michiru remember it as well?"
"We should give them a call", she slid out of bed and walked over to the phone at once.
"You think she's dangerous?" Sam Carter exquired glancing at Janet's bandaged hand.
"No, I don't think so", she picked up her friend's worried look, "Except for my little accident nothing alarming happened. She only sat there staring around."
"Maybe I'd talk to her", O'Neill entered the room.
"Sir?" Sam spun around.
"Ya with me, Carter?"
"Well", she bit her lip thinking.
"If you're careful enough", Janet stated, "nothing should happen."
"Okay, sir, I'm coming."
"You, too, Doctor?" Jack asked with a look at her hand.
She raised it into her other hand responding, "Not at the moment. She doesn't seem to like me a lot."
"Fine", he turned around and Sam followed him.
"Hey."
The woman spun around at Jack's words her eyes glaring at him fierily.
"You remember me?"
She did not respond him, continuing to pierce him with her amber eyes.
O'Neill cleared his throat trying to start anew, "Well, I'm Jack", he pointed at himself and then at his 2IC, "and this is Sam."
She bowed her head aside still remaining silent.
"Don't you have a name as well?"
Now she reacted. "My name is unspeakable to inferior beings like you", she growled.
"Did she just say inferior?" Jack turned to Carter.
Sam nodded.
"Why does everybody always say that?" he rolled his eyes, "At least we managed to save her from this dang desert planet close to destruction."
"I could've saved myself."
He turned back to their 'guest'. "So? Ya think?"
She didn't respond him.
"It's nice talking to you", Jack sighed slowly losing his patience, "Listen, we also could throw you out again, back to your dying planet."
Her eyes went up and down his body for a while, it seemed as if she was thinking over his words. The she replied, "Your desperate tries to threaten me are amusing."
Now Sam said to her, 'We don't want to harm you in any way."
"You couldn't."
"But perhaps we could help you."
"That's unlikely."
"What about letting you stay here for a while?" Jack proposed.
The severe expression in her eyes softened a little and she nodded slowly with consent.
"Good. That's at least something", the colonel sighed, "Ya need anything else? Clothes or so?"
"I think so", she answered turning away from her visitors.
"Nice girl. Talks a little like a snakehead, but she's kinda nice, though", O'Neill told General Hammond who had come to get informed about their alien visitor.
"No indications that she could be an enemy?" the general exquired.
"No sign of her being host to a Goa'uld. Also she doesn't seem to be a human form replicator or anything else we've gotten to know", Fraiser stated, "Furthermore she doesn't have any contagious diseases. But though you shouldn't touch her, since her regular body temperature is kind of high."
"So you have nothing against releasing her?"
She shook her head, "No, sir."
"But though we shouldn't let her walk around everywhere", Sam pondered.
"Come on, Carter", O'Neill replied, "That's what we have VIP quarters for."
"Right, sir", she bit her lip.
Hammond thought for a moment finally stating, "If there's nothing else to consider, I think we can make it so."
"We have to find her", Haruka said decidedly.
Setsuna nodded, "Otherwise we all know what would happen."
"Yes", Michiru pondered, "But I'm not sure if we can stop her at all. I remember her being extremely powerful."
"You're right", Haruka consented, "We need to locate her though."
"And how?" Setsuna questioned.
"It's a little difficult to get her exact position here on Earth", Haruka gave in, "But if we combine our powers and..."
"I can feel her presence", Hotaru reminded her friends, "There's another way we can find her. I just need to concentrate...", all of a sudden, faster as she had expected it, her eyes blackened and she passed out experiencing a powerful vision:
She found herself in a corridor with concrete. It appeared to be deep under the earth, for there were no windows in sight and the ceiling was held by iron pillars.
Uniformed people were walking into different directions. Apparently this was some sort of military base.
Her presence was here somewhere. Hotaru let her spirit wander into its direction. After a while she found a young woman with strangely sparkling eyes dressed into blue coveralls, who was accompanied by two guards.
Hotaru felt that this was the one, though she looked completely different than in the past.
She left this base going outside to find out its location. She found its entrance on which it said 'Cheyenne Mountain Complex'.
Contently Hotaru returned into her physical form.
As Hotaru awoke her three friends eyed her expectantly.
"And?" Setsuna finally asked.
"She is currently at a place called 'Cheyenne Mountain Complex', which seems to be some military base.
"Where can it be?" Setsuna and Michiru exchanged a confused look.
Haruka stated, "I think it's in the United States. In...", she pondered for a moment, "Colorado. It houses the North American radar telemetry facility, NORAD. I've once been there taking a tour, because I've had a race in someplace near."
"And how do you think we can get there?" Michiru exquired.
"The race will soon take place again", Haruka replied, "And there's still time for me to apply. And you three can accompany me."
AN: So this is the second chapter. Points at screen . Some more action to follow soon.
