The Fall of Neo Crystal Tokyo

Phase 5

Operion floated above the city as he watched the creatures he controlled destroy and kill the inhabitants of Crystal Tokyo. As he watched, his smile became wider and wider as he took a sick and perverse joy in watching the mayhem and destruction. Also, as he watched the destruction, he wondered how much more time it would take before the sailor senchi arrived to try and stop him. He knew that if they did come, there was no way that they could possibly stop him and this delighted him to no end. In the past, they had managed to cause him problems that he didn't think were capable, But he decided that he wouldn't seek out the sailor warriors, he would wait for them to search out him, and when they did he would destroy them.

"Master, all of the people left in Crystal Tokyo have been either eliminated or captured. What is our next move my liege?" on of the cryon creatures asked Operion from below on the street. The sound of its voice took him by surprise and brought him back to reality from the daydream he was having.

Operion thought for a moment, silently contemplating the question. Then suddenly he raised his eyes and smiled darkly.

"Take the prisoners back to the ship and lock them away. Gather the remaining cryons and report back to the ship." Operion said as he turned and looked at the crystal palace. 'I know your watching me Queen Serenity. I will have your planet for my own. And once I have the planet, I will rule it with you by my side'

Michiru, Chibiusa, Haruka and Minako watched the cryons flock back to the ship from which they came. They looked at the damage the creatures had caused the short time they were on the planet. The City of Crystal Tokyo was completely and utterly destroyed. Buildings were toppled and streets were uprooted from where they had been. Craters surrounded the city where massive blast of energy had rained down. Millions of people were dead, more buildings and homes destroyed then were countable. The streets where completely abandoned except for the bloody bodies of the fallen that were unfortunate enough to cross the paths of the cryons. Chibiusa turned away from the site of her city and buried her face in her hands sobbing loudly. She felt like a failure. A failure as the queen and as a senchi. She was unable to protect her people. She definitely was not her mother.

"I am so sorry mother." she cried as she burried her face into Minako's shoulder. Minako stoked her hair but said nothing. There were no words that she could say to make Chibiusa feel better.

"He's toying with us." Michiru commented as she watched the crystal ship sitting in the middle of the downtown business district.

"What could he be planning?" Haruka asked , "The next logical step after taking the city would to be attack the palace while you have the upper hand."

"Maybe he's not attacking us because he knows that he cant stand up to the power of the silver crystal." Minako suggested.

"There's nothing that we can do." Chibiusa cried as she removed herself from Minako's shoulder and fell to her knees. Her head was returned to her hands as her sobs became louder. Michiru and Haruka turned away from the window and looked at the queen. Haruka's face became angry and she reached out and turned Chibiusa around to face her, shaking her hard.

"What is the matter with you? I've never seen you like this before. Even as a child you were stronger then your mother. You've always been a strong girl Chibiusa. Start acting like the queen that you are destined to be!" she shouted loudly as her cold light blue eyes met Chibiusa's reddish-brown ones. The tears still flowed from Chibiusa's face as she choked back her sobs. She reached to her chest where she wore a broach that housed the silver imperial crystal.

Minako started to stop Haruka, but hesitated and was glad she did. Haruka's speech seemed to rekindle the fire to fight in Chibiusa's eyes. Slowly Chibiusa raised herself to her feet and faced the window to see the carnage that was her city.

"So does this mean that were gonna attack the ship?" asked Minako as she looked at Chibiusa, who was now holding the silver crystal in her hand. The three sailor senchi watched as the power of the silver crystal washed over chibiusa's body transforming her bedclothes into the fuku of Neo SailorMoon.

Neo Sailor moon looked at the three senchi who closed their eyes and concentrated as they transformed wordlessly. Neo Sailor Moon now sported a pair of transparent wings on her back as she flew out of the window of her bedchamber. Sailor Venus, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus followed her jumping out after her.

Operion sat in his chamber on one of the ends of his massive ship. He held a long sword in his hand examining it. The blade was as thin as a rapier but as strong as a long sword. After examining the weapon, he picked up a large chalice that sat on the table in front of him, placed the sword on the table and took a sip from the chalice as he recalled the events of the day. In the matter of hours of landing on earth, he had managed to decimate the kingdom of crystal Tokyo and take many of its people as slaves. He was able to tople the most powerful empire in the entire Universe in only a few hours, something that no one else was able to come close to doing. His plans were coming to fruition and this pleased him immensely. Suddenly , his thoughts were disrupted by a raping on his chamber door.

"Enter." it was more of a demand then it was an answer. The door opened and in walked one of the cryons, bowing before its master.

"Master, we have detected the presence of sailor senchi on a direct course with out ship" the creature said.

Operion turned to his side and waived his right hand as an image screen appeared before him. The image on the screen was of Neo Sailor Moon flying toward the ship with Neptune Uranus and Venus Followed behind jumping roof top to roof top.

Operion Smiled widely. This couldn't get any better he thought. He could get his queen and exact his vengeance all at the same time.

Neo Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune stood on the outside of the ship looking up at its immense form. There appeared to be no way in or out, the surfaces were completely solid.

"It appears that there is no way in." Neptune commented as she extended her left hand and her deep aqua mirror materialized into it. She looked at her reflection in the glass then pointed the glass toward the side of the ship shouting,

"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!" The beam of white light emitted from the mirror ran along the outer side of the ship. As Neptune ran the light of the mirror across the ship, no type of entrance was revealed to her.

"Looks like were not gonna have an easy time with this," Uranus started. She raised her hand above her head palm down as streaks of gold energy entered her palm. She closed them inside her palm as a gold ring came from the ground to her hand. A large gold ball grew inside the ring which she bent over and slammed into the ground shouting,

"WORLD SHAKING!" The golden orb hit the ground and traveled along it and slammed into the side of the ship. After a bright flash of light there was nothing there but smoke where the attack had struck the ship

"Dammit" Uranus scoffed. Before anyone else could try their attacks, there was a blinding white light which immediately caused everyone to shield their eyes. They last thing Venus herd was the screaming of her friends before a warm sensation took over her body and she lost consciousness………..

Sailor Venus opened her eyes slowly. Her vision was very blurred, which she noted as a sign of being unconscious for a long period of time. Once the world came back into focus, she began to examine her surroundings. She lay on the floor of a room that was completely white. The room had no furniture, no doors and no windows, it was just a white box.

Venus stood up and walked across the white floor to the wall, the heals of her shoes clicked loudly with each steep she took. She placed her gloved hand on the surface of the wall palm down and ran her hand across the surface feeling for an exit. She sighed loudly when she was unable to find one and took a step back from the wall.

Venus looked at each of the four walls that surrounded her then she looked at the ceiling and the floor. Still there was no trace of anything. She raised her right arm to about shoulder height and braced her right harm with her left had as she shouted….

"CRESENT BEAM!"

Sailor Neptune awoke in what appeared to be a small lovely orange grove. As she awoke the sent of fresh oranges filled her nostrils and lulled her consciousness. As she sat up she instinctively looked around for Haruka and then Chibiusa and Minako. Once she established she was by herself, she decided to investigate her surroundings. With all her senses on full allert, she picked on of the oranges off of a tree and sniffed it.

'Only moments ago I was outside of this ship, and now I'm in the middle of an orange grove?' she asked to herself. While she was thinking this she could feel a shift in the air around her that made her uneasy. She could sense a presence behind her, like icy fingers sliding down her neck. Neptune jumped forward and turned around to face the impending danger.

"Who's there?" Neptune demanded sternly. There was not a sound but the air seemed to become stale and the wind picked up to violent speeds. Neptune shielded her eyes from flying debris as she caught part of the shadow of a being coming closer to her. Before she could raise her hand up to call forth her deep submerge attack, she felt something grab her hands and feet and hold her up in a crucified manner.

The shadow came closer and closer until Operion stood face to face with Sailor Neptune. HE gazed into her eyes for a moment before he gently reached up with his left hand and placed it on her chin with the gentleness of a lover touch. Neptune jerked her head back to take her chin from his hand.

"Who are you?" Neptune spat with an anger that she was surprised to hear in her own voice. The man stepped back and laughed loudly.

"You are just as feisty as the blonde." he mused. "My name is Operion, I come from the Herrion Galaxy. I have orders to eradicate all life on this planet in order to expand the Herrionian Empire. This planet will be assimilated into the empire as a slave planet." the man said as he turned his head away from Neptune.

"Of all the worlds in the galaxy, why this one?" Neptune asked as she fought against her restraints, which showed no signs of weakening.

"Why this planet? That's simple really. The planet has an abundance of humans that can be used as slave labor throughout the empire. You planet will be used as a sort of giant green house in which your people will be forced to cultivate the agricultural food supply for the entire empire." Operion said as he paced around Neptune's bound form.

"You plan to make all the people of earth slaves to your empire? I wont allow this. We will stop you!" Neptune decreed.

"We?" Operion laughed, "My dear, you are the only one here. And by the looks of things…." he paused as he looked her up and down, "your not doing to well yourself." he laughed deeply at his own cleverness, before he walked away from Neptune leaving her all alone in the sweet smelling grove. Neptune watched Operion melt away from the plane where she was and struggled more fearcly to release herself from her bondage. After a moment or two of intense struggle, Neptune stopped and hung her head. She felt shamed that she couldn't protect the city and she couldn't protect her princess. Even worse, she didn't know where Haruka was. As her head hung and her aquamarine hair hid her face, Neptune did something that she rarely every did…….she cried………..

Operion sat in the control room of the massive ship he arrived on earth in. He looked at the four screens that were light up in front of him. One monitor displayed Sailor Venus as she let her energy hit the walls of the room she was is, but unable to blast herself free. Another screen showed Sailor Neptune Crucified by the tree branches of the orange grove, her head down and hair covering any emotion that her face showed. The third screen showed Sailor Uranus. Uranus was in a dark room and noting around her was lit up enough to tell what it was. She still lay out cold from the previous assault. The last screen showed Neo Sailor Moon laying on a huge bed dressed in the gown of her royal line and she was gently tucked underneath the blankets. She wore pearls around her odango and she wore a beautiful massive ruby around her neck on a gold chain. The jewel sat squarely on her chest while she slept. She looked more at home then a prisoner.

Operion looked at this image of the queen of the earth and love sick grin played on his face. As he turned to look at Sailor Uranus, his demeanor quickly changed from love struck to one of bitter hatred.

"When this planet is mine, not only will I have billions of slaves and a new planet to add to my kingdom, but I will have a new bride as well." he said to himself as he stared at Chibiusa's sleeping form. He looked the screen that showed Uranus and his faced twisted in anger again. He pulled up the sleeve of his right arm and looked at the massive scar and then at Uranus' image again.

"and you," he said looking daggers at Uranus' unconscious form, "You will pay the biggest price of all." he said before putting his hand through the glass of the monitor.