Chapter 20

DC: I don't own Sailor Moon

Serena felt arms around her. She looked up, and saw Darien. She nodded, a little, and got up. She looked straight at the three. Was this what Helios was trying to tell them?

"Hello, Sailor Moon." Wicked Lady said. "Nice of you to join us."

"Rini? I know you're in there!" Serena said. "I'm going to get you out!"

"No chance." Mistress 9 said. "She's gone, locked up just like my good side."

Serena looked into Rini's eyes, and saw nothing. Not one tiny ounce of purity left.

The sailor scouts stepped up. Helios looked a little scared, but other then that he looked ready. Even for the worst.

"Were ready, when you are, Serena." Raye said. Serena looked over. Raye's expression showed concern, and a little anger. Serena nodded sadly.

"Oh, but before I fight," The Flute Player said, with a glint in her eye. "I must get more power!"

She punched her fists into Mistress 9, and Wicked Lady's chest. Her hands went right in, although there was no blood. This surprised everyone, including Wicked Lady, and Mistress 9. The Flute Player's hands came back out, holding what seemed like dark balls of dark energy.

"You tricked us!" Mistress 9 exclaimed, as her body went haywire.

"You promised us we wouldn't be alone! You promised us greatness!" Wicked Lady yelled, as her body glowed pink.

"I tricked you." The Flute Player sneered. The dark energy balls were absorbed into her palms, and she could feel herself growing stronger.

The sailors watched as Mistress 9, and Wicked Lady's bodies started to glow, and melt away, leaving nothing. Serena looked all over, but didn't see anything forming out of the bodies.

"Rini?" She yelled. But Wicked Lady's face, just melted away into nothing.

Meanwhile, everyone watched as The Flute Player grew in power. The dark boost boosted her up higher, and higher. Her appearance changed too. Her hair grew longer, and she seemed to grow in age a little. She had a wicked smile on her face, and held her flute.

"I shall send you away, Moon princess!"

She played her flute, and Tokyo Park disappeared.

Serena didn't feel the warmth of arms around her anymore, and couldn't see anything but darkness.

"Where did everyone go?" She asked herself. Inside she could feel something moving inside her. She hoped that since the older Rini wasn't here, it meant that the little Rini inside her wouldn't die.

"Little moon…" She said to herself. Something was bugging her about it.

After a moment, she started to walk. She knew it wasn't a good idea, but she had to find someone.

"Raye? Lita? Mina? Amy, Darien, Helios? Michelle, Trista, Amara? Where are you guys?" She called.

No one answered back. She stopped, and looked around. No one was there, nothing was there. She felt the presence of nothing, but darkness, and didn't like it. She started to walk again, but this time she stepped down, and fell through.

With a scream, she fell down, and kept on falling. She tried her wings, but they didn't seem to work either.

Finally she came to a stop, and when she opened her eyes, she was in, what looked like, Tokyo Park. Except it was destroyed.

She gained enough courage to walk around. She hated this place, it was so deserted, and lonely. She was about to give up, and sit and wait for someone to come, when she saw a light. She gained more courage.She went toward it.

When she got closer, the light dimmed, and she could see it was a ball like object. And when she got even closer, she could tell someone was in it.

She stepped up to it, and gasped. It was Rini. She ran to it, and banged on the clear wall between them. Rini didn't stir, or do anything.

"Rini? Please answer me!" Serena cried. She was crying, but didn't care. Her daughter was in there.She wanted to know she was alive. If she was alive.

"Rini?" Serena had stopped banging on the glass. She stepped back, and thought a little.

"Is there anyway to break the glass?" She asked herself. She thought of using her Tier, but knew that it could either kill her, or be a useless thing to try.

"My crystal…" She opened her broach, and held the Silver Imperium Crystal. This seemed to make Rini glow inside the ball. Serena stepped closer, and could see Rini's own Crystal glowing inside her.

"Maybe…" She concentrated on using a little of her power to break the glass. And sure enough Rini's crystal reacted that way, and the glass shattered.

Serena hurriedly put her crystal back into her broach, and caught Rini. When she did, Rini opened her eyes, and everything went dark again.

"Momma…" Rini whispered. Serena, with tears in her eyes, smiled, and hugged her.

When they broke the hug, they were back in the old Tokyo Park. Serena smiled even more, when she saw the other scouts, and Helios around them.

"Rini's she's…"

Helios stopped himself, and quickly turned around. He was blushing red, as he took off his cape, attached to his clothes, and handed it to Darien. Darien looked down, and noticed, like Hotaru, Rini was wearing nothing. Smiling at Helios's gesture, he took the cape, handed it to Serena, and Serena covered Rini.

"I'm so sorry!"

A cloak already covered Hotaru, also belonging to Helios. She was crying in Michelle's arms.

"Are you okay, Hotaru?" Michelle asked. Hotaru nodded.

"But I'm still all grown up." She said.

"It's only because this isn't over."

Everyone looked up to see The Flute Player hovering overhead. She no longer held her flute, but just floated there, with her arms crossed.

"I was hoping you wouldn't find out how to save the stupid girl." The Flute Player said, towards Serena.

Serena looked coldly up to her. As did everyone else, but Rini looked at her a different way. She looked to her hand, and saw something she really didn't want to see. On one of her fingers was a pink cloth. She suddenly felt her heart beat faster.

"No…" She said. Everyone looked at her. "You're…no…"

"What is it, Rini?" Helios asked.

"Sheena, how could you?" She yelled.

"Sheena?" Serena asked. She looked up at The Flute Player, who had a frown on her face.

"Yes Rini. I am Sheena." The Flute Player announced. "But why do you call me like you know me?"

"I do know you!" Rini cried. "I'm the one who bandaged you up! You have my torn handkerchief!"

The Flute Player looked down, and saw wrapped around one of her fingers was Rini's torn handkerchief. She smiled down at it, and tore it off.

"Was this like a symbol of friendship, or something?" She asked. Rini could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. "It's useless. It gives me no power."

She let it fall, and hit the ground. Serena became angry.

"How could you do that? You're her friend!" She yelled.

"No… She is not my friend. Not the friend I knew." Rini said. She tried to get up, but collapsed. Helios caught her, and she just sat there. She felt weak.

"Now it's time," The Flute Player yelled. "For little Moon to die."

She held up her hand, and a dark energy ball formed. All the scouts stood in front of Rini and Serena. Even Darien was protecting them.

"We can't allow you to kill our Princess, and Queen!" Amara yelled.

"You can't sacrifice yourselves!" Serena yelled. Darien turned to her, and held her hand.

"I can't bare to see you, or Rini killed"

"And how do you expect me to react?" Serena yelled, tears streaming down her face. "That I won't be sad either? You think I'll just walk away happy after you and everyoneelsesacrifices themselves, for me?"

Darien didn't know what to say. He just kept a hold of her hand. Serena started to cry more, and The Flute Player brought her hand down.

Everything happened to quickly. As the dark energy flew toward them, Hotaru spread out a wall of her energy, to block the attack. She was drained of her power almost immediately, but it held up. Hotaru fainted, and the barrier broke right after the energy was stopped.

"I have more where that came from." The Flute Player said held her hand up.

Serena wondered if there was anyway to stop this. Her mind went back to when she last felt Rini move inside her.

The Flute Player threw her hand down, and no one could block it. But instead of everyone dieing in the darkness, it just went dark.

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Preview:

Serena woke up. She was lying in bed, and everything seemed to be normal. Well, it was just the fact that she was just in a battle to her death.

She climbed out of bed, and looked around. Luna slept peacefully in a corner. Darien was in the bed, sleeping soundly, and her alarm clock still sat there on her desk.

"My alarm clock?"

She looked at it. That was what was making her think otherwise. It was flashing all sorts of numbers. It was nine o'clock, and then it was ten-fifty. It jumped around, and Serena knew this wasn't normal.

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