"Lunch Duo. Lets go get lunch." he nodded and the three of them left. Minako had smiled at her princess, but that disappeared when Irea turned back to her.
"Is Usagi pregnant?"
"Um...yes..yes she was. Oh no, she's not in a good position to have Rini right now." Minako cried, her eyes growing 2x their normal size.
"I'm afraid that won't be a problem now. You see...she had a miscarriage." Minako froze.
"Ri-rini's...dead?" Irea nodded. "No...no that...that wasn't supposed to happen..She was going to be born and become..." Minako stopped. Tears slid down her face. Another one of her friends..was gone. Why did this have to happen? Crystal Tokyo would never be built now. Rini would never be born and see all her old friends.
"Why is this happening! None of us deserve this. Usagi doesn't deserve this. No one in this world does! Why!" she screamed while clutching her head. Irea tried to comfort her, but found it was no use. She just hoped this girl wouldn't end up like her friend. She got up and quietly left the girl to cry.
Minako lay back down and clutched her knees to her chest. Her eyes were teared up and getting red from so much crying. She didn't even notice the door open and someone come lay next to her, until she heard the familiar song of Usagi's star locket being hummed. She knew the small princess had sensed her grief and had come in hopes of cheering her up. Minako slightly smiled and turned to face Usagi who was stilling humming that song. Slowly she noticed her hime falling asleep, and draped the covers over her. "Thanks Usagi. You always manage to cheer me up." She said before drifting into her dreams as well.
In her dreams she was running down a stone path. A light was on the other side that she was trying to reach. Finally she was close enough to make out a person standing there. When she realized who it was she stopped. "He-Helios"
The boy nodded. "Hello Princess Venus. It has been a long time."
"Helios...do you know..about..Ri-" she stopped when he nodded his head sadly.
"Yes I heard about it from Princess Pluto."
"Pluto?...Pluto's still alive!" Minako cried. He shook his head.
"No, well not really. Her body was destroyed, however she has not been released of her duty as Time Guardian. Therefore she must remain at the gates till the next Heir to it comes." he explained. "How is the Queen?"
"She's...not doing so well. She's lost all her sanity. But a part of her is still there. The need to make her friends happy is still there. And the love of food." she added with a small sad smile. Helios smiled to, but that quickly faded away.
"I'm afraid Crystal Tokyo will never come. What with Mamoro and the others being gone. Only you Queen Usagi, and Princess Saturn are left. If the princess does not die of her coma." Minako nodded. Understanding Hotaru was battling death as they spoke. Who knows if she would win or not.
"I must go now, for I have stayed too long. Whenever you need me I'll be here though. Farewell Princess." he said, the light and he faded away leaving Minako in the dark till she woke up.
Usagi was shacking her friend to wake up. Minako moaned and slowly opened her eyes. She blinked at the light which made Usagi giggle at her. "Food! Food!" she cried happily. Minako sat up and looked around. A tray of food had been set next to her. Usagi was eying the ice-cream which Minako handed to her. She didn't feel like having sweets at the moment.
"Than ku." Usagi said and gobbled the stuff down.
"Man you eat like me." Minako looked up to see Duo leaning on the wall. He waved and sat down on a chair next to Usagi.
"Glad to see you up. Usagi-chan here had been trying to wake you for over an hour now. But Quatre said you needed your sleep, so we had to keep her from waking you." Minako looked at her hime and smiled at the site of her licking her ice-cream covered fingers. She turned back to him.
"Well thanks I guess. How's Hotaru-chan"
He sighed. "Still the same. Nothing good has happened, yet nothing bad either. I guess that's a good sign for now."
Suddenly a soldier appeared in the room. Minako almost growled at him, but remembered these weren't the same soldiers who killed her friends. "Duo they need you." he said then hastily left. Duo sighed and got up. He patted Usagi's head and headed towards the door.
"I'll be back in a moment. Usa try not to get into trouble when I'm gone." he said and left. Minako wondered what was going on, but had no time to think about it as she saw Usagi reach for her sliced apples.
"I'm here so what's the story?" Duo announced as he entered the meeting room. All the other pilots sat around a table. Dr. J was at the head with a bunch of files.
"Hello Duo. Please take a seat. And I will explain your next assignment." Duo did so and the doctor started. "As you know this knew organization known as E.D, has been targeting civilians and small military bases. Just a few days ago they targeted a park near the center of Tokyo. Where they killed 67 civilians and captured two. Why is still unknown. Heero have you any information on those two girls yet?"
All turned to the Perfect Soldier who was typing on his laptop. "All I could fine was basic information. Their age, school, addresses, birth dates, things like that. Though on Hotaru I found more. Her father was a scientist. When she was eight there was a lab explosion, the whole building caught fire. They were the only two survivors. But that's not the weird thing. That happened twelve years ago. Which would make her twenty years old, but the record shows she's only eighteen. So did all the tests too."
"So what happened during the two years?" Trowa asked. Heero shrugged.
"Her friends might know something, or at least that Minako will. Are any of their parents still alive?" Wufei asked.
"No, all were found dead." Heero said.
"I wonder if they know about that. I don't think Minako can take anymore pain." Quatre said. The others nodded.
"We'll boys your knew mission is to find out what E.D wants with these girl and any other useful information as to where they might strike next. You must also protect them for the time being." Dr. J said.
"What about Relena?" Duo asked.
"She is in hiding as of now. She will be fine until they find her location, which better not happen. That is all boys." the guys nodded and left the room.