Amy and Lita climbed up the hill to walk with Rei to school but found Erin sitting cross-legged in front of the temple doors. Rei lay bound and still before him.
"Don't make me fight you please," Erin said in a sad and calm voice, "The Celest has turn forward the schedule and I need you to surrender now."
Amy stared at Rei's form and then looked up at Erin. Lita stated their thoughts, "You were working for the Celest the whole time, weren't you? So you just want us to surrender now and then what?"
"The Celest plans to kill you," Erin answered apologetically, "I couldn't think of a better solution. Please don't make this harder than it has to be."
"You don't seem to know us very well," Lita countered, "Jupiter power." She glowed green for a few moments and reappeared as Sailor Jupiter. Amy also transformed.
Erin just shook his head, "No, the problem is that I know you too well. There is more at stake here than you can imagine." He waited a moment, shrugged, and pulled two boxes from his pockets. They had the recognizable shape of a pistol but with red and yellow stripes down the barrel. Amy recoiled for a moment and Lita growled as she charged. Erin dropped one and leapt over Rei. They had closed the distance immediately. Sailor Jupiter's jab and left hook found their marks before Erin dodged to one side, leveled the barrel at her back, and pulled the trigger. The front half of the barrel slammed into Sailor Jupiter's back and she slammed to the ground a few feet away.
"It's a taser, Sailor Mercury," Erin said, "I only fired the cartridge but I could send 50,000 volts through her. You know as well as I do that it wouldn't kill her, though it would cause her a lot of pain. I really don't want to fight you." Amy dropped her shoulders and bowed her head.
Darien pulled up to Sakura High and called over to Serena and Mina. Serena came over, "Oh, Darien I'm so glad you could come. Rei, Lita, and Amy aren't here yet."
"Erin was filming Rei today," Mina continued, "Lita and Amy were going to walk her to school. What if something went wrong?"
Darien scowled, "I knew this would happen. Erin was unstable when he left who knows what he's doing now."
"I can answer that," Erin answered simply. Serena and Mina turned to find Erin stand a few feet away with his hands behind his back. "When I left, I was unstable. Now I'm more stable that you can imagine. But the Celest wants you to surrender now, you really have no choice."
"Just how do you figure that?" Mina quipped slyly.
"'Cause you can't transform here," Erin smiled as he gestured to the crowd of students, "And don't forget that the Celest already has Lita, Rei, and Amy."
Darien tensed behind the wheel and Serena looked at him, "How could you do this? Do you even know what you're doing? Do you want the Celest to win?"
Erin smiled and approached the car, "Always remember that we are but pawns to our fate and to the gods who mold us. You can't imagine my god and the world will applaud me when this is done. Now drive, rose boy."