Chapter 13 - End of Days
After running around for hours, the inner scouts and the outer scouts finally met up.
"Where have you guys been?" Seiya asked.
"Not now. We have to get out of here. If my calculations are correct, this hallway will seize to exist bringing us with it." Sailor Mercury replied.
"Well, I'm open to any suggestions. I, for one, don't want to seize to exist." Yaten said.
"We've been running around for hours and still we end up here. We might have been going in circles." Taiki said.
"Well, we can't give up! Not when we're near." Sailor Jupiter said.
Then a wave of energy blasted them. They all screamed in pain as the wave seems to pierce into their bones. The pain grew and grew until one by one, they fell. Slowly, they gained consciousness but they were no longer in the hallway but in the throne room.
"Welcome, friends." the dark princess smiled.
"Usagi-chan!" Sailor Venus called out.
"Usagi is dead. There's no one in here but the darkenss that consumed her." the princess replied.
"Why are you doing this?" Sailor Mars asked.
"You still don't get it. I tried to make you see but you don't get it. I guess, only one of you did get it." she replied and looked dead straight at Uranus.
"Wait...where's Neptune?" Taiki asked. The outer scouts looked avoided their eyes.
"No! You left her! Sailor Mars couldn't believe it. How could they leave a soldier behind? How could Uranus leave her?
"We had no choice." Seiya replied.
Sailor Jupiter shook her head, tears falling from her eyes. "There's always a choice! You could've get her!" she cried.
"There's no choice for the dead." the dark princess pointed out.
The other scouts gasped in shock. Sailor Venus and Mercury fall in their knees. Tears were falling from their eyes. However, Uranus seemed stoic and tranquil.
"Pity isn't it? She died knowing that her lover saw what she shouldn't have seen." the princess smiled. Slowly, Uranus' state began to change. Rage filled her body...her fist are gripped tightly.
"She died knowing that her lover couldn't accept her past...knowing that her lover ran away from her." the princess continued.
Uranus lets out an raging yell and ran towards the princess. She had her sword and she was about to strike her when the dark princess raised her hand and blasted her with a high voltage of dark energy. The wave consumed Uranus and she lets out an agonizing scream.
"Uranus!" the remaining scouts cried out. They were about to help the soldier of the sky but the three lights stopped them.
"Look." Seiya pointed to the floor. They were surrounded by an electric trigger that could blast them like Uranus.
"We have to help her!" Sailor Jupiter exclaimed.
"Wait, look!" Yaten pointed out. They all look at Uranus. She was fighting the blast. The princess beamed evily. This is what she wanted. She wanted her to fight. She wanted her energy. Uranus' aura began to leave her body and the others noticed.
"No! She's dying!" Sailor Mars exclaimed.
"Uranus!" Sailor Saturn called out. They see Uranus' slowly losing her transformation. With what little energy left, she turns to the scouts and smiled. She completely lost her transformation and fall to the ground. Then she disappears.
"No!" They all screamed. The scouts didn't notice that they've stepped over the barrier and now, they were consumed by the same blast. The three lights tumbled backwards as they see the remaining scouts being electicuted.
The dark princess laughed at the sight of the scouts in agony. Seiya punched the ground in anger. He stared at the princess with rage in his eyes. He pushed himself off the ground and ran towards her. For some reason, he got through. He picks up Uranus' dagger, jumped up and stabs her. The scouts dropped to the ground, they were all shocked at what happened. Seiya lands and looked at the princess. Her eyes were wide in shock. The dagger went through her, in front the handle can be seen and at her back was the tip of the dagger.
"U..Usagi.." that's what all Sailor Venus could utter.
The dark princess faced her assailant. Seiya looked at her, couldn't believe that he just stab the one person who he loves. He forced himself to think that she's no longer that person but as the princess looked at him, he thought otherwise. She goes down her thrown, every step seems to be as heavy as the first. She falls on her knees, grabs the handle and takes the dagger off her. Seiya ran to her to help her.
"Usagi...I-I'm sorry." he whispered.
"Seiya...no." Sailor Mars uttered. But it was too late, the princess grips the dagger tightly and stabs Seiya.
She pulled him to her and whispered, "Did you really think that this flesh wound will stop me? It isn't even enough to hurt me...but it's enough to kill you." She takes out the dagger and pushed his body off her. Seiya grabs his wound, he was bleeding so much and his breathing became shallow.
"Seiya!" Yaten cried out.
"You're powerless! You will never defeat me! I know your deepest thoughts...your deepest fear. I am darkness...I am something you could never conceive. Nothing in this world will ever stop me!" she exclaimed.
The dark princess began to harness her powers. The room began to tremble as a large amount of dark energy surrounds the princess. A beam of this energy blasts through the roof of the room and into the night sky. As the energy grows, it engulf the princess and lifts her up. The walls of the throne room gives out and the scouts together with Yaten and Taiki are now exposed to the city. They see their world being ripped apart by the dark princess's power. Dark crystal towers rise from the ground, destroying houses and buildings. They can hear the screams of the people in the city. Their greastest fear was happening all around them.
"No!" Sailor Mercury cried out.
"It's over." Sailor Jupiter fall on her knees.
"How did we come to this?" Sailor Venus asked.
"To what?" Sailor Pluto asked.
"The end." Sailor Mars replied.
Sailor Saturn looked at her glaive. They still have another option. She walked towards the dark princess.
"Saturn!" Sailor Pluto called out.
"There is no other choice. I have to use my attack. I have to give up my life." Saturn explained.
"But..." Sailor Mercury started.
"It's okay. I've accepted my destiny a long time ago. This is what I'm here for." Saturn replied. "Thank you, for everything."
With that, Sailor Saturn runs towards the dark princess and prepares to attack. As she charges her glaive, the princess just smiled. Saturn jumps in the beam. The remaining scouts and three lights just watched as Sailor Saturn tries to destroy the dark princess. After disappearing in the beam for a minute, they see a large white blast. They all regained hope, that is until Sailor Saturn came flying out of the beam. Her clothes were tattered and her glaive was destroyed. She had cuts on her skin and bruises on her face.
"Saturn!" Pluto rushed to her aid. "What happened?"
"She's too powerful. I-I couldn't stop her." Saturn replied.
The glimmer of hope in their hearts disappeared. Not even Sailor Saturn, the soldier of ruin, could destroy her. Nothing could stop the darkness from overtaking the world. They've lost. The dark princess looked at the realization in their faces. She began to laught evily and victoriously. She have won; no one can stop her now.
Meanwhile, in a small, dark room. Prince Endymion lays unconcsious in what seems to be a sacrificial table. On the side, there was Sailor Uranus - hanging from a cross. A single tear fall from her eyes. A small glow...a hint of hope surrounded the room. There was still hope.