We all question things from time to time.

Doubt, pain and fear can make us wonder about life changes be they great or small. Especially bizarre ones such as an epidemic or something everyone thought would never come to pass.

But this is a different scenario, be ready to open your eyes and ears to the truth!


In Las Cruces, New Mexico, a GC bus was hanging over the edge of Green Bridge, which had become unstable due to the asteroid impact. On board the bus were several panicking, screaming Mexican kids from 12 to 19, with the Mexican male GC bus driver panicking as well. The entire sky was covered with purple smoke that smelled like cotton candy.

The bridge then slowly started to collapse due to its unstableness and the bus's weight. The back door of the bus opened, revealing the Sailor Starlights.

"Okay, kids, it's alright now." Sailor Star Fighter assured.

All of the kids and the bus driver turned to see the Starlights.

"Hey, look, it's the Starlights!" said a 12-year old Mexican boy with long neck-length brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a white short-sleeve shirt with a big red spot design on the front, blue pants, and black and white sneakers.

"Come on, this way! Hurry! Hurry!" Sailor Star Healer said.

All of the kids and the bus driver exited the bus through the back door and the Starlights led them off the bridge.

"Are you all alright?" Sailor Star Maker asked.

"I think so. Thank you for saving us." The 12-year old boy said.

The Starlights were hardly surprised they could understand his words, being able speak to people from different cultures, races without a single lesson was a more subtle form of divine intervention.

"Any time." Maker said. "Who are you, by the way."

"Max. Max Luis." The 12-year old boy answered.

"Nice to meet you." Maker said.

"You guys, look!" A 13-year old Mexican girl said, pointing at the bus driver.

Everyone looked at the bus driver and watched in horror as his brown eyes began glowing purple. He then started snarling and growling like a wild animal.

"He's turning into a monster!" A 14-year old boy said.

"Look at his eyes!" A 15-year old boy panicked.

The bus driver looked at the Starlights and immediately become enraged and snarled as he charged at them.

"Star Serious Laser!" Sailor Star Fighter called before firing the attack the bus driver, with it hitting him and knocking down to the ground on his back unconscious.

"What's just happened? Why are all of the adults around here turning violent out of the blue?" Sailor Star Healer questioned.

"I don't know." Sailor Star Fighter said before glaring up at the purple smoke that was covering the sky. "But it must have something to do with that purple smoke. There must be something in it that's infecting the adults of this community."

"That makes them go psycho?" Sailor Star Healer asked.

"Yeah." Sailor Star Fighter answered.

"Look, we can figure this all out later. Right now we have to focus on getting these kids to safety." Sailor Star Maker said.

"Right." Sailor Star Fighter agreed before rushing back onto the bridge.

"Fighter, where are you going?!" Sailor Star Maker asked.

Sailor Star Fighter ran to the back of the bus, entered in through the open back door, closed it, carefully make her way up to the front, and sat in the driver-seat. She shifted the gear into reverse, backed the bus up away from the edge, then drove it off the bridge where the others were. She pulled the lever, opening the sliding glass-door. "Hurry, get it!"

Max and all of the Mexican teens, Healer and Maker rushed onto the bus, Sailor Star Fighter pushed the lever, closing the glass-door, followed by her driving off.


Silence.

That's all there was, silence as the Senshi, the River brothers and the McCafeey siblings walked down a street-like road through the blooming countryside of Bandera, Texas, with the Rivers leading the way and Perry holding the shotgun. Several minutes had passed since they'd left the burning ruins of James and Sally's farm and no one had spoken a single word. In fact, the only thing that was breaking the silence were the sounds of the group's foot-steps as they walked down the road. The Senshi were still holding onto their weapons just in case they ran into more enraged, infected people.

Sailor Moon looked at the faces of the Outers and the McCafeey siblings and saw that all of their faces were exactly the same. Blank expressions. And she was certain that Perry and Casey's were the same as well. To be honest, she could understand why. They had just lost their aunt and uncle and their home after all. Not to mention all of the adults they had killed prior to that. Adults they knew and were friends with.

"So...Perry..." Sailor Moon began, breaking the silence. "what we're you and Casey doing at the McCafeey place earlier before I showed up?"

"We were there investigating." Perry answered. "After the asteroid disaster, we heard screaming coming from the McCafeey residence and decided to check it out ourselves without waking Uncle James and Aunt Sally. I still can't believe I slept through the asteroid disaster. Anyway, when we got to the house, we saw that the front screen door was open and heard the screams of Richie and Jayla coming from inside with the sounds of banging. At first we thought Mr. McCafeey was drunk again and trying to break down one of the kids' bedrooms doors. I yelled for the person to come out and shortly after that, someone rushed out through the open front door and into the barn. Casey and I went to the barn to find out who it was, it turned out to be Mrs. McCafeey, she attacked me, and...well, you know the rest."

Boy, did she ever. Sailor Moon couldn't get that scene in the barn out of her mind. Even though it had been countless minutes since the incident in the McCafeey barn, it felt like it had just happened. It was like she would never get over it...or anything else that had happened here tonight.

A loud vehicle horn was then heard and everyone turned and saw an RV speeding toward them, with its head-lights on.

"We've got company." Sailor Uranus said.

"The good kind, I hope." Sailor Neptune said.

"Indeed." Sailor Saturn added.

The RV sped up to the gang, but the driver soon slammed on the breaks, bringing it to a screeching halt. The driver then exited the RV, revealing himself to be a man with brown hair and blue eyes. He Also wore a black hat and a black face-mask. "Perry, Casey? Rich, Jaybug? What the blazes are you all doing out here in the middle of the night?" He then noticed the Senshi. "And with them?" He asked.

"They're with us, Russ." Perry answered.

Later, the RV was driving down the street-like road, with the man known as Russ driving it, with Uranus sitting in the front passenger-seat. The man's name was Russ Case. A person Perry and Casey had known since they were little.

The rest of the Senshi, the River brothers and the McCafeey kids were all sitting in the back with Russ' three kids, 16-year old Mason, 14-year old Aria, and 11-year old Tory. The three Senshi sat at the table with the Case kids while Perry, Casey, Richie and Jayla sat on the sofa across from them. The Senshi had also made their weapons disappear, as they didn't want to give Russ the wrong impression when they first saw him.

Mason had long black neck-length hair and brown eyes, Aria had brown hair in a pony-tail that stopped at her upper-back, and her eyes were brown, and Tory had black hair and brown eyes like Mason.

Tory wore a blue/pale blue striped long sleeve shirt with an unbuttoned neckline, a black watch on his left wrist, light blue overalls, and black sneakers with white laces and white trims.

"And that's how we ended up on the road." Perry said, explaining the situation to the Case kids. He, Casey and the McCafeey siblings had known the Case kids all their lives.

"Wow. That's the scariest/saddest story I've ever heard. Sorry for your losses." Aria said.

"Thanks." Casey and Richie said.

"I can't believe Mr. and Mrs. Frances attacked you guys. I mean, Mrs. McCafeey I can understand, since she was so mean to Richie and Jayla, but...the Frances couple? I never thought I'd ever hear anything bad about them." Aria said.

"Me either. They were like the nicest people in town. They used to babysit me when I was little. Well, more little anyway." Tory said.

"They weren't acting too friendly when we saw them." Perry said.

Mason then eyed the three Senshi. "Thanks for rescuing and protecting our friends."

"No problem." Sailor Saturn said.

"The pleasure was all ours." Sailor Neptune said.

"We were glad to do it." Sailor Moon said.

Up front with Russ and Sailor Uranus...

"Boy, this countryside seems to go on forever." Uranus said.

"We should be in town in the next 18 minutes or so." Russ assured.

"Thank Heaven for that." Sailor Uranus said, casting her gaze to the sky. "Oh. Thanks for the lift, by the way. I don't think my friends and I could've walked another several miles."

"Don't mention it. And I do expect to be paid for this." Russ said.

"Oh, brother." Uranus said, rolling her eyes.

"Thank you kindly and welcome aboard." Russ said.

"Yeah, this lift into town better be worth it." Uranus said.

"Well, alien hitch-hikers can't be choosers." Russ said.

"What's happening is insane." Uranus said. More insane than any of the other strange things she and the rest of the Senshi have dealt with over the years.

"Hope you're not too afraid of what's happening." Russ said.

"Just get us to the police station in one piece, okay?" Uranus said.

"Sure thing." Russ said.

"So what's your take on what's happening?" Uranus said.

"Well, what I'm hearin' is that some people say it was you and your friends behind the asteroid disaster. Others say it was a natural event. Everyone else...they don't know. Personally, I believe it was aliens. But not you guys. I guess a lot of people were out in the open when they got infected. There are people all over the countryside that have just turned violent for no reason and are chasing after kids. Many of them being their own. Seems like most of the adults in the countryside are infected." Russ explained.

"Aren't things pretty much the same all over town?" Uranus asked. She hoped she was wrong about that.

"Very likely. Don't matter though. You can't expect everyone to act civilized after a disaster or when folks are changing moods like the wind and chasing down kids. All the rules go right out the window. One guy wanted me to drive him all the way to Dallas." Russ said.

"You should've taken him, you could've charged him a fortune instead of us." Uranus joked.

"I would've, except he turned violent when his eyes started glowing purple, so I had to speed off and leave him." Russ said.

"Understandable." Sailor Uranus said.

"Right. I mean, this disaster didn't exactly make everyone lose their common sense, if you know what I mean. Good thing my family and I came along when we did or you and your friends would still be walking down the road, fending for yourselves." Russ said as rock music started playing on the radio.

"Lucky us." Sailor Uranus grumbled.

"Yeah, well...I wouldn't put any hope into the police system these days. The law ain't what it used to be since the vanishings." Russ warned. "Like I said...all the rules have gone right out the window." He said before turning up the radio.

"And now here's one of Mio Kuroki's songs titled "World Gone Mad"." said a man on the radio, followed by Mio's singing voice, and the Casey kids, the River brothers, and the McCafeey siblings jamming to the song while the Senshi just sat annoyed.

So where are ya goin'
when this world's gone

crazy?

Let me take you for a
long last ride
Take me home do I can
find the answer

No room left for me
to hide

(World gone mad)

What happened to what
use to be in a

(World gone mad)

What does it mean
to you and me in a

(World gone mad)

All I want is to be free in a

(World gone mad)

In a

(World gone mad)

(World gone mad)

The rock song continued playing on the radio as Russ drove the RV down the road through the blooming countryside of Bandera. It was going to be a long ride.


Back in Indianapolis, Indiana-at a huge, white gothic architecture church-Reverend Fred Tanner sat at a table at the front of the service room, looking through his Bible that was resting on the table, opened to Revelation. He was heavyset, had gray hair, a gray beard, blue eyes, he wore glasses, a gray suit and black shoes. Rev Tanner was a TV minister. He was also the pastor of this church. Well, not anymore. As of yesterday, Rev Tanner had been served legal papers by the GC to turn the church over to them so they could make it into another New World Church as part of the One World Religion, which had been ordered by Mio Kuroki, the new governor of Indiana.

And as for why he hadn't been taken to Heaven with all of the other believers, well...he may have been a TV minister...he may have been the pastor of this church...he may have even led everyone in this church and millions around the world to the truth...but he was a spiritualist. He believed everything in the Bible was spiritual. He believed Jesus was the son of God, but not God himself. He believed Jesus died and rose again, but not physically. He believed in the Rapture, but thought that the believers' souls would be taken and their bodies would be left. He believed the events of Revelation would happen, but thought it would be a spiritual act. But he was wrong. He was wrong about all of it. And yet...all of his congregation was gone. All of the millions of people he had shared the truth with around the world with his TV ministry were gone. The people in his ministry were gone. Even everyone in his family was gone. All taken to Heaven.

But he was still here. He had been left behind. He even knew why, it didn't take a genius to figure that out. He had been to many churches where pastors had talked about the Rapture being a physical events, all believers disappearing, and that it could happen in his lifetime. Of course he didn't believe any of that then. But he did now. And believe he did. But too little too late. All of the believers and all children under 12, alive and dead, were gone and all hope was likely lost for him and the rest of humanity. According to his online research, the world had over 2.2 billion believing Christians before the Rapture. And they were now all gone.

"Oh, God...are you really gone?" Rev Tanner asked. "Is your holy spirit...really gone? Are we alone?" He wondered. "Some minister I am. Here it is, I preached to people at this church every Sunday, as well as to millions around the world through my TV ministry for years, and I never made the decision for Heaven myself. I am such a failure." He then laid his head face-down on the table. "God...how did I miss it? Why? Why?" Then he drifted off to sleep.

"Because it was the only way Heaven could get your attention." came a female voice.

Rev Tanner sat up and saw the small holographic image of Queen Serenity standing at the end of the altar between the pews, facing him, with gentle silvery moonlight projecting her shining through the round glass-stained window on the wall above the double-door entrance. "Oh, my land." He said shocked and stunned.

"Hello, Fredrick Tanner. I am Queen Serenity. Heaven has a message for you, and I do hope you will listen to it with your heart."

"Wh-what are you?" Rev Tanner asked as he stood up.

"I am the Queen of the late Moon Kingdom, sent by Heaven." Serenity said. "And bearing an important message for you."

"I must be dreaming." Rev Tanner said.

"Well, yes, this is a dream...but I'm as every bit as real as you are." Serenity said.

Rev Tanner walked up to Queen Serenity. "I'm listening."

"Being a minister does not guarantee a you a place in Heaven. Only receiving the true way does that. And I believe you know that now." Serenity explained.

Sighing, Rev Tanner nodded miserably. He did indeed know. "Yeah. Yeah, I do."

"You've been trying so hard to make your life mean something, you've failed to turn it over to the one who can give it meaning." Serenity explained.

Rev Tanner nodded. "Yes, I can."

"The question is what are you going to do about it?" Serenity asked. "Are you going to spend the next five years feeling sorry for yourself and blaming yourself for getting left behind? Or are you going to turn your life over to God's loving care now, and accept his call on your life? God truly loves you, Fredric Tanner. And his Heavenly council has sent me to give you that message. What you do with it is up to you. Even though it's too late now for you to be taken to Heaven, the Lord still has a plan for you. There is work for you to do in this dark period. Work that God will use to save many. Are you willing to accept it? Are you willing to turn your life over to God and let him use you as he wishes?"

Tears filled Rev Tanner's eyes, then ran down his face.

"Your soul has been illuminated by Heaven's light, Fredric. You have been stumbling and feeling your way through life in the dark for years, because you have not had the light of Heaven to illuminate the way for you. God is calling you now to let him truly come into your life." Serenity said.

All was silent for a moment.

"Yes." Rev Tanner said before wiping the tears from his face. "Yes, I am willing. And I'm ready. I don't know if you're real or not, but...you're right. Now that the apocalypse is in process, I can't afford to waste any more time than I already have. I do need Heaven's light. What does the Lord want me to do?"

"Pray to God." Serenity said. "Ask him to forgive you. Ask his son to come into your heart. He will if you ask him."

"Thank you." Rev Tanner said. "Thank you so much. I know Heaven is calling me to continue my TV ministry to share the truth with those who want to hear it, but do you have any idea what other work it is calling me to do?"

"Not yet, but you will find out very soon. In the next few minutes, in fact. Heaven be with you." Queen Serenity said before disappearing along with the light projecting her through the round glass-stained window.

Rev Tanner awoke, sitting up in his chair, looked at the spot of the altar between the pews, and saw that no one was there. Then he looked at the round glass-stained window and saw that no light was coming in through it. He was right. It was only a dream. But dream or not...he knew what he had to do. He clasped his hands together, bowed his head, and closed his eyes. "Dear God...I am sorry for all the wrong I have done. Please forgive me. Forgive me for thinking becoming a minister would save me. I know now that your son is the only way. Please, Jesus...come into my heart...and make my life brand new. In your name I pray...Amen." He opened his eyes, raised his head, put his hands down, and the sealed appeared on his forehead. He felt so much better.

At that moment, the front double-doors swung open, and Sailor Mars came in, followed by five pre-teens, four boys and one girl, four of them being white and one boy being black.

Rev Tanner stood up, ran to the spot of the alter between the pews, and stared in shock as Sailor Mars-one of the supposed 'moon aliens'-walked down the aisle with the five children and then stopped in their tracks when they made it to the end of the altar where he was.

"Hello." Mars greeted. "You must be the pastor of this church. I'm Sailor Mars, one of the Guardians of Earth." She then noticed the seal on the man's forehead, realizing he was a believer and that she and the kids had come to the right place.

"Yes, I've heard about you and your comrades on the News. I'm Reverend Fred Tanner. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Actually, yes. I have one request to make, if I may. I found and rescued these kids in an alley from seven purple-eyed adults. I talked with them and found out they got separated from their parents during the earthquake/meteor shower several weeks ago. They've been on their own ever since. These five kids need a place to stay and some to care for them." Sailor Mars explained.

"Make that six!" Came a female voice from behind.

Everyone looked and saw Sailor Venus standing in the open doorway, with the boy she had rescued by her side.

"Sailor Venus!" Mars said.

"Tony!" Oliver said before running toward the boy standing by Venus.

"Oliver!" The boy known as Tony said before running toward Oliver.

The boys ran up to each other, embraced with a hug, and cried.

"Oh, thank goodness you're safe. I thought you were dead." Oliver said in tears.

"I thought you were dead too." Tony said also crying.

"You two know each other?" Venus asked as she, Mars, the other four kids, and Rev Tanner walked up to the boys on both sides.

Oliver and Tony loosened from their hug.

"Of course we do." Oliver said. "Everyone, this is my little brother, Tony. Tony, this is Sailor Mars. She saved me and these other kids from seven of the purple-eyed adults."

"And this is Sailor Venus. She saved my life." Tony said.

"You did?" Oliver asked, looking at Sailor Venus. "Oh, thank you. Thank you so much."

"No need to thank me. The fact that he's alive is thanks enough." Sailor Venus said.

"Oh, yeah. I should probably introduce these other kids to you." Mars said, turning to Rev Tanner. "This is Mikey, Jay, Jake and Amber." She said. "So how 'bout it, pastor? Will you take them in?"

"Good thing you got here when you did. An hour ago and I would've just flat-out refused you." Rev Tanner said before he gazed at the five pre-teens. All were dirty, hungry and tired. It was evident that they hadn't eaten much of anything in a while. The sixth kid, Tony, looked traumatized. "However, I'm beginning to see that Heaven has work for me, and it may involve helping homeless kids, as well as continuing my TV ministry to share the truth with those who don't know and want to hear it."

"You're a TV minister?" Sailor Venus asked with raised eyebrows.

"I was. But after the vanishings two years ago, I fell into depression when my whole family, congregation and ministry staff disappeared." Rev Tanner answered.

Sailor Mars stared at the pastor in sadness. It was clear that this man had relied on his position to get him into Heaven, only for him to miss it when it took all of the believers and the vast majority of kids under 12. This whole situation reminded her of the scenario with Bruce Barnes and the young Trib-Force after the vanishings.

"But why are you...you know...still-"

"Still here?" Rev Tanner asked, cutting Jay off. "Easy, it's a horror flick out there."

"That's not what I meant." Jay said.

"I know, and we'll get to that later. Right now let's go into the kitchen and get you kids something to eat. You must be starving." Rev Tanner said.

"We'll close the doors." Sailor Mars said quickly, referring to her and Sailor Venus.

"Thank you." Rev Tanner said before he and the six pre-teens walked off.

"What's wrong, Venus?" Sailor Mars asked, noticing the sad expression on Sailor Venus' face.

"Nothing, it's just...I can't seem to understand why people who knew the truth before would wait until now to accept it." Sailor Venus answered.

"Because they thought the end of the world was millions of years off...and it wasn't. They didn't expect it to happen in their lifetime. That's the thing about the apocalypse. You know it's going to happen, you just think that you won't be around when it does. But then it does start to happen...and you are around when it does. That is the way it has always been since the beginning of time. What's important now is that those types of people-those who knew the truth, but never acted on it-are receiving it now." Sailor Mars explained morosely.

"Yeah. I guess you're right. Come on. Let's close these doors." Sailor Venus said before she and Mars walked off, heading for the front open double-doors to close them.


At the Trib-Force's place, Ray and Chloe were in the living-room with Hattie, who was sitting on the sofa, watching the GNN News on TV concerning the asteroid disaster and the aftermath results.

"Breaking News coming to you live from a News helicopter in Birmingham, Alabama." Said the voice of a man on TV.

The scene on the TV showed the view of the chaotic ruined community of Birmingham that the News helicopters camera was recording.

"This is the News helicopter." Said the voice of a male reporter. "And we are directly above the community of Birmingham, Alabama, where the strangest thing we have ever seen is taking place. All of the adults outside have become erratically violent after the asteroid disaster for no apparent reason. When we first approached the city, we thought it was a riot or an angry mob. But I can tell you that the scene below us is not the act of a riot or an angry mob. All over the city of Birmingham, there are adults doing the exact same thing. According to 9-1-1 calls from frantic kids, The adults' eyes are glowing purple and they have turned against all children, including their own, and no one under the age of adulthood is safe. No apparent connection between the asteroid disaster, the purple smoke covering the sky, or the violent change in the adult population towards the children population. There is just an un-ending strain of violent adult citizens. We have covered more than six miles of Birmingham and there is no end in sight to the violence. There is absolutely no way to tell what caused the sudden change in the adult population's behavior. To all adults inside buildings, do not attempt to go outside anywhere in the community. We will give you further information as we cover the different areas of the city."

"Are you hearing this?" Rayford asked, stunned.

"Are you seeing this?" Hattie asked.

"Yeah. But I'm sure not believing it." Chloe said, eyes wide.

"That cannot be real." Hattie said, clearly in denial.


At the Young Trib-Force's hideout, they, Melinda and Janey were all watching the GNN News.

"We'll get back to our News helicopter as soon as we can. Now we take you directly to the Indianapolis News station." said the anchor-man on TV.

The scene changed to another anchor-man sitting at his desk, with an ear-piece on his left ear. "Everything has suddenly gone crazy here since the asteroid disaster. The female News reporter in our GNN News helicopter radioed in just now. She's in shock. Says that the adult population of this community have simply turned violent. When she and the pilot flew in closer to the scene, she could see that the adults' eyes were glowing purple and they are chasing after children. We still haven't heard-" He then touched his ear-piece. "Wait. Here's a report from the 9-1-1 dispatch service. What? I can't believe it. One of the dispatchers and several others have gotten frantic calls from many kids, ages 12 and over, but they are unable to send law enforcement due to the severity of the asteroid disaster, as well as the fact that many officers are unavailable for reasons unknown. All over the state of Indiana, chaos has just broken loose because of the asteroid impact, which was a state-wide event. To make matters worse, children have disappeared all over Indiana. They're nowhere to be seen. According to 9-1-1 calls from frantic parents, their kids were beamed in by lights, leaving nothing behind. What's going on? People are going crazy. We need help."

"What in the world is happening?" Mark asked.

"Ya got me." Darrion said.

"The world if I know." Conrad added.

"I dunno." Charlie said.

"Well, Byrne...does your apocalypse book predict this too?" Janey asked.

"No. But it does say that there will be all kinds of disasters during this time." Vicki said, shaking her head with a thoughtful frown.

"Well, that's reassuring." Janey said sarcastically.

"Everyone...I think we need to pray for the Sailor Senshi, Tuxedo Mask and the Starlights." Vicki said.

"And that's my cue to leave." Janey said before leaving out of the room.

"I'm right behind you." Melinda added, following after Janey.

"Guess we should've seen that coming." Darrion said.

"Ah, don't worry about it. We all felt the same way once upon a time." Vicki shrugged it off. "Now come on, let's pray."


In Israel, Mr. Stein was with other believers, Judd, Lionel, and their new ally Sam were watching the GNN News.

An anchor-man was on screen, with a radio on his desk, facing him. "This is GNN News reporting live from Bandera, Texas. We're interrupting all previously scheduled programs to bring you all the factual information as to what is taking place as we receive it." He said in a Texas accent. "A few minutes ago after the asteroid impact, our phone-lines were suddenly jammed by what we originally thought to be a mass hoax. We can now assure you, however, that it is not a hoax. Something has happened. Our News helicopters have confirmed something has happened. Purple smoke has covered the entire sky of the western cow-boy town of Bandera, and it's severely damaged due to the asteroid impact, don't attempt to leave buildings or go anywhere in your vehicles. We're continually receiving calls from 9-1-1 dispatchers who are receiving calls from hysterical kids claiming that the majority of the adult population outside has suddenly turned violent, with their eyes glowing purple. Many of the reports we're receiving are a result of panic. Of course we just don't know, we urge you not to panic, as this can only add to the chaos. Here in Bandera, we have direct lines to all law enforcements in the community, several mobile units throughout the area. Our teletypes and radios link us to all the towns and cities in the state of Texas. You're urged to please stay off the telephone so emergency calls can get through. Do not call this station or the police with anything but factual reports. Don't ask us for factual reports. Please give your information, then clear the line." He said. "This is GNN News in Bandera, Texas, go ahead." He said on the radio.

"I'm the manager of one of the Bandera stores, and I can tell you the adults outside have turned violent." said the voice of a man on the radio in a Texas accent. "Everything is in chaos here in town. Every grown-up outside has turned psycho since the asteroid disaster, and there's not one normal one to be seen. All of the customers and staff and I have taken refuge in the store and we have locked ourselves in. Several other stores, and restaurants, in town are all reporting the same thing. The adults outside have gone crazy, they're chasing after kids, many of them bring their own, for reasons unknown, with no one to stop them. We need help. Help us, please help us. I can't get through to the police, we need help."

"Let's pray." One believer said to the others.

Back in Bandera, Texas, the RV drove down the street-like road of the blooming countryside as Mio's song, "World Gone Mad", continued playing on the radio inside the vehicle.

(World gone mad)

What happened to
what use to be
In a

(World gone mad)

What does it mean
to you and me
In a

(World gone mad)

All I want is to
be free-

"We interrupt this program to bring you an important News report the GNN radio News." said a man on the radio, interrupting Mio's song. "Reports are unclear as to the extent of the devastation of the asteroid disaster and the sudden mood change in the adult population, but from all accounts, Birmingham-Alabama, Indiana, Bandera-Texas, Las Cruces-New Mexico and Tokyo-Japan have been left in ruins due to the asteroid disaster, with the skies covered with purple smoke and of all their adults populations turning violent and against children, including their own. There are no answers at this time, but the space centers believe this to be an attack from forces from outer space."

"Good Texas." Russ said before looking at Sailor Uranus. "I've been sayin' it. I've been sayin' it for 12 long years." He said. "Ain't I been sayin' it, Mason?" He said as he looked back at Mason. "Huh? I've been sayin' it."

"SHOULDN'T YOU KEEP WATCHING THE ROAD?!" Sailor Uranus screamed frantically, making Russ turn his attention back to the road. "Don't do that again."

"Sorry, sorry about that." Russ said apologizing.

"I may have taken a leap of faith two years ago, but I don't wanna see Heaven tonight." Uranus said.

A sweaty Tory got up from the table and ran up to Russ. "Dad, I'm sick, I don't feel good. Pull it over, man."

Russ stopped the RV and Tory rushed out of the vehicle, with Mason following, he bent over, and threw up.

Russ and Sailor Uranus exited the RV, followed by Sailor Moon, Neptune and Saturn.

"We're going to be alright, Tory." Mason assured.

"Leave me alone, man. I got it." Tory said.

Just then, the lights in the buns of Sailor Moon's hair lit up.

"HELP! HELP!" screamed a young female voice from the red lights.

"What was that?" Russ asked.

"The lights in my hair. They're letting me know someone's in danger." Super Sailor Moon said.

"That sounds like Alexa. And it sounds like she's in trouble." Russ said.

"Does she live around here?" Uranus asked.

"Yeah. But she's not home tonight, she's over at the Sawyers, babysitting the Sawyer brothers while their mother, Brenda is at work." Russ answered and explained.

"Okay, where is that?" Sailor Neptune asked.

"In this area." Russ said. "Right through there, to be exact." He said, pointing at the blooming grass land.

"Thanks. Wait here, we'll be right back." Sailor Saturn said.

Uranus, Neptune and Saturn's weapons reappeared in their right hands, then they and Sailor Moon disappeared.

The Senshi appeared outside a mobile home, with the door wide open, and screaming came from inside.

Wasting no time, the Senshi rushed inside the house and heard the screaming coming from the back, then they ran to the back, which was a bedroom, and stopped in their tracks when they saw a purple-glowing-eyed man with brown hair, who's arms were wrapped around a young teenage-girl with blond hair that went past her shoulders and stopped at her upper-back, and her eyes were brown. No doubt this girl had to be Alexa.

"Let her go!" Sailor Moon shouted, getting the attention of the man and the girl. "I said let her go!" She said. "I am Sailor Moon! The champion of justice!" She said. "By the son of the most High in Heaven..." She said, beginning her pose. "he shall right all wrongs and judge all evil, and that means you!" She said finishing her pose.

"And don't forget about us! Sailor Uranus!"

"Sailor Neptune!"

"Sailor Saturn!"

The man just snarled and growled at the Senshi like a wild animal. The blond-haired girl, assumed to be Alexa, resumed struggling against the man.

"Get your hands off that girl! Let her go right now!" Sailor Moon said. She then focused on the man's forehead and saw he didn't have the seal.

The man continued snarling as Alexa struggled against him.

"Alright, you asked for it!" Uranus said. "Spacesword-"

A loud explosion was then heard, followed by a shot hitting the man in the left arm, making him release Alexa, who then fell to the floor and shuffled back away from him.

The Senshi looked behind them and saw Perry pointing the shotgun at the man, with Casey standing at his side. It was clear that the shot came from Perry's gun due to the smoke coming out of the barrel.

The snarling man then started running towards the River brothers, with the Senshi turning to face him, and Perry fired six more rounds of bullets into him, with the last one going into his head, followed by him falling on the floor on his back dead, and his eyes stopped glowing purple.

The Senshi and the River brothers walked up to the crying Alexa and gazed upon the fearful expression on her face. A look Sailor Moon was all too familiar with. This was the same exact look she had on her face when she got scared during her first assignment as a super-hero when she was 14 in Naru's family jewelry store. What a horrible experience that was for her. This poor girl looked like a scared little child who had just woken up from a bad dream, which unfortunately wasn't true. No, this was not the reaction of a bad dream. This was the nightmare of reality. It would take her days to absorbed this truth and a number of weeks to ponder it.

"Alexa?" Perry said, breaking the silence.

The girl confirmed to be Alexa looked up at the River brothers. "Thank you. What are you and Casey doing here?" She then noticed the Senshi. "And what are they doing here?"

"We're here to help you." Sailor Moon assured.

"And in the nick of time, thank Heaven." Alexa said before wiping the tears from her face.

"Who is this guy?" Neptune asked, looking at the dead man lying on the floor.

"Mr. Sawyer. Mark and Ricky's Dad." Alexa answered. "He and their mother had split up last year because he was abusive towards her and the boys, and they hadn't seen him since. Mighty strange that he would come back after all this time."

"Well...thanks to Perry, Mr. Sawyer won't be able to hurt them ever again." Casey said.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." Saturn said.

"No, we gotta find Mark and Ricky." Alexa said.

"They're not here with you?" Perry asked.

"They were, but they ran out of the trailer when I told them to go get the cops." Alexa explained.

"So they're headed into town." Sailor Moon said.

"What a coincidence, so are we. Come on. Let's get out of here." Sailor Uranus said.

Perry offered his right hand, Alexa took it, and he helped her up to her feet, followed by her and the gang leaving out of the bedroom to exit the trailer.

Later, the RV was back to driving down the street-like road, with Russ driving it and Uranus back in the front passenger-seat. The Senshi were in the back, sitting at the table with Alexa and the Case kids, with the River brothers and the McCafeey siblings sitting on the sofa.

"And that's how we ended up traveling with the Cases." Perry said, having finished explaining to Alexa how he, Casey, four of the Senshi, and the McCafeey kids wound up with the Case family.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that happened to all of you." Alexa said.

"Thanks, Alexa. That means a lot." Casey said.

"So where are Mark and Ricky?" Richie asked.

"The last time I saw them, they were running out of the trailer to get the cops like I told them to. My guess is they're headed into town to find the sheriff. Who happens to be my father, by the way." Alexa explained.

"Your father is the sheriff of Bandera, Texas?" Saturn asked, stunned. The fact that she and the other three Senshi were even going to law enforcement for help in the first place was bad enough, but knowing they now had a cop's kid-the sheriff's daughter, no less-somehow made the situation worse.

"Yes, he is." Alexa answered.

"What's his name?" Neptune asked.

"Terrence. Terrence Baldwin." Alexa said.

"And your mother?" Sailor Moon asked.

"I don't know where she is. My Dad's been a single father for five years ever since she drove off one crisp October morning, never to return." Alexa said.

"I'm sorry." Sailor Moon said. Judging by the way Alexa explained the situation, it sounded like her mother walked away from her and her father and just didn't want to be in the picture anymore. That had to be hard on her. Especially since she was likely a teenager when it happened.

"It's alright. I made peace with it the year it happened." Alexa said. "Anyway, back to my Dad. He is as strict as you'd imagine a single father/sheriff might be.

"Don't I know it. And while I am respectful to him, there isn't a lot of affection between us. And I have a feeling there'll be even less once we tell him about shooting and killing four grown-ups and having four of the moon aliens with us." Perry said.

"How do you know so much about Alexa's father?" Sailor Neptune asked.

"Alexa is Perry's girlfriend. College girlfriend, to be exact." Casey answered. "The three of us have been best friends since forever. And then she and Perry had turned into "her and Perry" in college. But she and I have stayed best friends."

"That's sweet." Sailor Moon said.

"You guys, come here, quick!" called the voice of Sailor Uranus.

The Senshi and Alexa then got up from the table and ran up front where they looked out the windshield and saw the back of two young boys running down the blooming countryside on the right side of the road.

"Oh, snap, that's Mark and Ricky!" Alexa said.

"Pull over." Uranus said.

Russ sped the RV up to the boy and slowing it down, but the boys just kept running.

Mark appeared to be 10 years old, he had brown hair and brown eyes, he wore boys hoop ear-rings, a plaid sleeveless un-buttoned shirt, a black sleeveless shirt, faded blue pants, black and white sneakers, and a boys hand-made bracelet on his right wrist.

Ricky looked to be about 8, his face was tear-stained, he had long light brown neck-length hair, brown eyes, he wore a white short sleeveless shirt with a yellow stripe on both sleeves, blue overalls, black and white sneakers, and a hand-made bracelet on his left wrist.

The RV door opened, with Uranus standing on the other side. "Hey, Mark, Ricky!" She called.

But the Sawyer brothers kept on running.

"Come on, boys, get in the RV! Let's go!" Uranus said.

Mark and Ricky didn't cease running. Clearly they were scared out of their minds of whatever was going on.

Russ picked up his hand-radio. "It's Russ, come on, Mark and Rick!" He said into the hand-radio.

Mark and Ricky stopped in their tracks, making Russ stop the RV.

"Come on! Let's go!" Sailor Uranus said.

Mark stood into place, staring at Sailor Uranus, while Ricky was just crying.

Alexa rushed to Uranus's side. "Come on!"

"Alexa!" Mark and Ricky said in southern accents before they rushed inside the RV, followed by the door closing and the vehicle resuming it's trip down the road, with the view of the town of Bandera just up ahead.


With the Meeting of the Witnesses complete, the Young Trib force faced new dangers. Judd and Lionel Washington are in Jerusalem with their friend Mitchell Stein. When Mr. Stein is arrested by the Global Community, they stumble onto Samuel Goldberg, a boy who witnessed the deaths of Tsion Ben-Judah's family. Samuel wants to help Judd and Lionel, but his father works for the Global Community. After a frightening escape from Samuel's house, Judd and Lionel meet another believer, named Jamal. He and his family give Judd and Lionel a place to stay. While there, they learn of Mr. Stein's miraculous release from jail. Mr. Stein then leaves for an extended time of training.

During their ventures, Taylor Graham and his significant other, Hasina Kamen, were discovered and sadly eliminated by Global Community soldiers due to their involvement with the militia. Not one of them took the needed leap of faith.

Judd was crushed by the deaths of Taylor and Hasina. He wanted to call the media and tell them the truth about what happened, but he knew the media was controlled by Nicolae Carpathia. A sense of despair set in. Not only had they lost two friends, but they had also lost their best chance of getting home to the States. He and Lionel dared not contact the sailor senshi, so as not to risk them. First thing first he had to inform Conrad.


Before dinner, Vicki had a chance to talk more with Melinda. The girl seemed less angry and a little more open since she had returned. "I just couldn't stay here," Melinda said. "Listening to all those prophecies, all the bad stuff to come, knowing that it might be true. It just overwhelmed me."

"How do you feel now?" Vicki said.

"Afraid I'll be the one who leads the GC here."

"We have people watching around the dock," Vicki said. "And we always have a way to escape if we have to."

Melinda pulled her hair from her face. "I want to go to your classes and all that, but I'm still not sure if I can believe the way you guys do."

"You mean you're not sure if what we're saying is true?"

Melinda shook her head. "I'm pretty convinced you're on the right track. I'm just not sure I can study the Bible. Still feels a little weird to me."

"If you'll ask God into your heart, it won't feel weird. I remember when I did it. It was a couple of years ago. I'd never even thought of what would happen to me after I died. Reading the Bible was for losers. Then I realized it was true. Practical. What I read in the Bible every day helps me. Every day is a new chance to really live."

Mark walked into the room holding a few sheets of paper. He had a blank stare on his face.

"What's wrong with you?" Melinda said.

"I can't believe we missed it," Mark said.

"Missed what?" Vicki said.

"Tsion's message from the Meeting of the Witnesses. It's all right here, and we missed it."

Vicki took the paper and scanned the message. "I remember hearing this. Tsion said the sun, moon, and stars are going to be affected by the next judgment."

"Don't you see what that means?" Mark said.

"We'll have a third less light," Vicki said, "but that's what the generator's for."

"You don't understand," Mark said. "A third less solar energy means disaster. The whole planet's going into the deep freeze."

"We happen to be out in the middle of the woods," Melinda said. "If what's been predicted actually happens, we can just cut down some trees and throw another log on the fire."

Mark shook his head. "You still don't get it. I've worked it out on the computer. The temperature's not going down by a third. You cut direct sunlight like this and we're all in big trouble. People are going to die."

It was going to get very cold pretty soon.

Back in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the GC bus drove through the ruin, chaotic town of purple-eyed snarling violent adults and soon stopped at a homeless shelter where the door slid open, followed by the Starlights, Max and the teenagers rushing off the bus, with the seal now on the foreheads of Max and the teens after the Starlights had shared the truth with them on the way here. The gang rushed up to the double-doors of the shelter, which had windows in them, and Fighter and Healer attempted to open the doors, but they wouldn't open.

"The doors are locked!" Fighter said.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Healer said.

Maker looked behind the gang. "Don't look now, but I think we've got bigger problems than that."

The other two Starlights, Max and the teens turned to see all the purple-eyed snarling adults slowly making their way towards them.

"Oh, great!" Fighter said she and the others turned back to the doors she and Healer banged on them. "Hey, open up in there!"

No response.

"Open the doors! Let us in!" Max screamed.

"Over here!" came a male voice.

Everyone looked to see a Mexican man looking around the corner of the building at them.

"This way, hurry! Vamos!" The Mexican man said.

The Starlights, Max and the teens all ran to the corner, with the purple-eyed adults following after them, they ran around the corner and saw the man holding open the side door to the shelter, and they rushed through the open door, which the man closed back afterward and locked.

Inside, the Starlights, Max and the teens were all catching their breath.

"We should be safe in here until this whole mess blows over." The man said.

"Thanks for the help." Fighter said.

"Don't mention it. I'm always willing to help those in need. Especially if they're Heaven's people." The man said. The seal appeared on his forehead and everyone noticed.

"You. You've got the seal." Healer said, eyes wide.

"So do all of you, I see. Like I said, I'm always willing to help Heaven's people. I'm Carlos Lopez, by the way." said the man now known as Carlos.

"That means you're a believer like us." Maker said.

"I'm so glad you figured that out. Now come along. Let me show you where the others are." Carlos said.

"Others?" Max asked, confused.

"Refugees." Carlos answered.

"Oh." Max said.

The Starlights, Max and the teens followed Carlos out of the room that led to the side door.

Later, Carlos led the gang into the refugee-room, filled with bed, where all of the teen/adult refugees were, with some sitting on their beds and others standing. The teens were ages 13 through 19.

"This is where we sleep at night. Make yourselves at home, dinner will be ready shortly." Carlos said.

"Are all of these people homeless?" Fighter asked.

"Just the adults. The teens are all refugees seeking shelter from the nightmare outside. Who were the staff and I to turn them away?" Carlos said.

"Do you think you can take these kids in? At least until this nightmare blows over." Healer said.

"Certainly. There's plenty of room left." Carlos answered.

"Thank you." Maker said.

"Max?" Came a female voice.

The gang looked to see a 19-year old Mexican girl with dark brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.

"Max!" The girl said before running toward Max.

"Carmen!" Max said before he ran toward Carmen.

Carmen and Max is to each other and embraced with a hug.

"Max!" Carmen said. "Oh, thank goodness you're safe." She said before she and Max ended the hug. "I'm so glad you're okay."

"I might not be if it weren't for the Starlights. They rescued me and these teens from a GC bus that was about to go over a bridge." Max explained.

"You did that?" Carmen asked, looking at the Starlights as they walked up to her and the boy. "Oh, thank you. Thank you for rescuing my little brother."

"Don't thank us, thank Heaven." Fighter said.

"What?" Carmen asked, confused.

Max turned to Carmen. "There's something I have to share with you. Something life-changing."

"Really? Well...tell me all about it." Cameron said before she and Max turned and walked off.

"Think she'll believe the truth?" Maker asked.

"I hope so. Her afterlife depends on it." Healer said.


The RV drove through the ruin, chaotic, western town of Bandera, Texas, with several violent, purple-eyed adults attacking the community. It looked like a riot and an angry mob rolled into one.

"And that's our story as the Sailor Guardians." Super Sailor Moon said, having just shared the history of her and her friends as the Sailor Senshi. Leaving out their identities, of course. It wasn't that they didn't trust these people, they just didn't want to put them in danger with Carpathia and the Global Community.

Mark and Ricky were sitting on the floor Indian style in front of the sofa the River brothers and the McCafeey siblings were sitting on. Sailor Uranus had returned to the front passenger-seat.

"Wow. That's some story." Perry said.

"So you're not aliens then?" Casey asked.

"That's right." Sailor Moon said.

"You're super-heroes?" Richie asked.

"That's right." Neptune said.

"Awesome! Super-heroes! Real life super-heroes!" Richie said excitedly.

"And you're not here to destroy the world?" Jayla asked.

"No, of course not." Saturn assured.

"Then why is the News saying you are? Why is there a video of you speaking to the world before the disappearances? Why would Carpathia and that pop teen Asian singer, Mio, say that you're aliens and are behind the vanishings and all of the disasters if none of it is true? They have nothing to gain from that." Russ said.

"Because Carpathia and Mio don't want the world to know where all those missing people went." Sailor Uranus said sternly.

"Where they went? You mean you actually know what happened to the missing people?" Mason asked.

"And the real source behind everything that's been going on since then." Sailor Moon said.

"The real source?" Aria asked, confused.

"What are you talking about?" Tory asked.

"I'm lost." Alexa said.

"Start talkin', girl." Mark said with his southern voice.

"Yeah, tell us." Ricky added with his southern voice.

"Okay. Here goes." Sailor Moon began. "The global vanishing event that happened two years ago...was-"

"And now more GNN radio News." Said a female voice on the radio, making everyone tune in.

"We've just received updates concerning the issue with the fallout of the astroid disaster. Apparently, certain people are immune to the purple in the sky. We have also received word that the cut-off age of immunity is 20 years old. Less than 13 minutes ago at a college university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the students and staff have taken refuge, one of the male students, having just turned 20, instantly became violent and erratic, with his eyes glowing purple. He was immediately subdued by staff members and thrown out of the university, but unfortunately this proves that kids are not immune to the virus, but rather are infected and are simply carrying it inside them until they reach adulthood. The cut-off age is their 20th birthday. Repeat, the cut-off age is their 20th birthday. More News after these messages." A woman explained on the radio.

All was quiet in the RV now. The whole gang was at a loss for words of the information they had just heard. To be honest, it scared them. More-so Sailor Moon than any of them. So Perry's grim theory was correct. They were all infected either the mystery virus in the smoke and it was only a matter of time before it took affect. The disease was merely lying dormant inside them until they reached the cut-off age. 20 Years old. As in precisely 20 years old. If anyone was 19, then on their next birthday at the exact instant of their birth, they'd turn into one of those violent purple-eyed adults.

Sailor Moon then tried to remember the ages of her, the Senshi, Tuxedo Mask and the Starlights, ran the math in her head, and realized how old they all were. She was 18. And the Senshi, minus Saturn, the Starlights and Tuxedo Mask were in their late teens. Not too far away from adulthood. Not too far from turning into one of those hosts. Now she was even more scared. What would happen to her family, friends and the believers once she, the Senshi, Tuxedo Mask and the Starlights became violent hosts? Who would protect them from Carpathia and the Global Community? Yet despite all this fearful knowledge, there was still something else she needed to know.

"Uh, guys...how old are all of you?" Sailor Moon asked the kids.

"You know how old I am, I'm 13." Casey said.

"I'm 10." Richie said.

"I'm 8." Jayla said.

"15." Mason said.

"14." Aria said.

"11." Tory said.

"I'm 18 now, but I'll be 19 in three months." Alexa said.

"10." Mark said.

"8." Ricky said.

Now it was Perry's turn, but he wasn't saying anything.

"Perry? What about you?" Sailor Moon asked.

Perry was quiet for a moment. "19. I'll be 20 in five months."

"Oh, no." Sailor Moon said. This was so unfair for her, the Outers and all of them. For the last two years, birthdays were the one and only thing that hadn't changed in this new world of evil. The only so-called normal thing left of the old world. This outbreak marked the end of that. Growing up, she always looked forward to her birthday, but now she dreaded it. This wasn't right. None of this was right. Birthdays were supposed to be a time of fun, joyous events, not a time of dreadful horrors. She knew that Casey, Richie, Jayla, Aria, Tory, Mark and Ricky would be okay. By the time they reached 20, the forces of Heaven would have long since arrived on Earth and would co-existing with humanity for 1000 years. But what about the others who would turn 20 before then? What about her and the Outers? What about the rest of the Senshi? What about Tuxedo Mask, what about the Starlights?

"Okay, everybody, we're here! Police headquarters dead ahead!" Russ said.

"Bout time." Perry said.

The RV drove up to the entrance of the parking-lot of the police station and stopped there.

Perry, with the shotgun, Casey, Richie, Jayla, Alexa and the Senshi rushed out of the RV and into the parking-lot and began making their way toward the police station. As they did, a male officer came out of the police station, wearing a white cowboy hat that covered his eyes due to his head being down, a long sleeve uniform with a gold star-badge, and black cowboy boots.

"Look, it's sheriff Baldwin!" Casey said.

"Daddy!" Alexa shouted excitedly.

As the gang got closer, the male officer now known as sheriff Terrence Baldwin looked up at them, revealing his eyes to be glowing purple and that he didn't have the seal, and he snarled at them, making them stop in their tracks and they gasped in horror.

"Look at his eyes!" Super Sailor Moon said.

"They're purple!" Uranus said.

"He's infected!" Neptune said.

Three male cops then exited the police station, with their eyes glowing purple also and them not having the seal as well, and they growled and snarled at the gang.

"And so are the rest of the police!" Richie said.

"I'm scared!" Jayla said timidly.

"Come on! Let's get out of here!" Saturn said.

Just then, a purple asteroid shot out of the purple smoke-covered sky and crash-landed on the police station, exploding on impact, with sheriff Baldwin and the three cops being caught in the blast, killing them instantly.

Alexa's brown eyes went soulless and lifeless and her body went completely numb at the sight of what just happened.

"Come on, let's get out of here!" Perry said as he grabbed Alexa by the right arm and ran back towards the RV, with the others following. They ran to the RV, rushed inside, with Uranus closing the door, and the vehicle sped off.


Sailor Mercury was just about to contact the other girls but at that moment, her tiara jewel and triple stud earrings began to blink. But what she heard weren't cries for help but two men discussing.

"No, no! I don't want to know!" One man's voice said in exasperation

"Uri, listen to me!" another man's voice – this one sounded younger. "There were other banking transactions One day after the attack that killed the Jewish and Arab leaders in the peace meeting three years ago."

The blue haired senshi gasped as did four of her comrades listening in on the conversation. Those poor old men were murdered, just like Fiore said, this just confirmed it.

"Benjamin, are you insinuating that Carpathia organized all that?" The older man – Uri questioned.

"And he played the victim!"

Sailor Mercury and her companions then heard the younger man -Benjamin- explains to the other one that the bank belonging to Carpathia's accomplice had dealings with a terrorist group and invested in secret weapons And in addition to other businesses, it sells arms and finances insertion regimes all over the world.

"He's not the pacifist he claims to be!" Benjamin argued, "He ordered Zoe Santero to be killed! He killed the woman of my life!"

"Wait, as in the reporter Zoe Santero…?" wondered Sailor Mercury.

"And I've got proof!" Benjamin stressed.

Proof that's been gained illegally! Uri snapped back. That's not going to be worth anything in a trial!

Sailor Mercury continued to hear the men argue back and forth.

"If what you're saying is true about the—potentate." Uri speculated, Then you are in very grave danger! Yes! Do you want to spend the rest of your life hiding out in a cave or something?!

I just want to find Zoe and my child, that's all.

Sailor Mercury remembered reading about a brilliant Brazilian investigative reporter, who'd gone to Jerusalem for research on the Witnesses and more, only for her plane to crash. Judging from the discussion, no body had been found supposedly. But what could Zoe have uncovered for Nicolae Carpathia to order her assassination? Something about the two men nagged at the back of her mind, what was it?

Carefully, she continued listening: The young man, Benjamin appeared to be a talented hacker. He sent a backdoor link that could get him to find out the IP location.

"I've got it! She's publishing videos in Jerusalem."

There was further verbal speculation that the reporter Zoe continued hiding wherever she was in the Middle East because her boyfriend Benjamin was both a skeptic and must've worked with the Deceiver, and was further fearful for her life.

Sailor Mercury nodded firmly. "Publishing videos about Revelation in Jerusalem…Then that's where I'm going."

A quick message from a few of her comrades alerted her that they'll be meeting her there soon.


Back at the gothic architecture church in Indianapolis, the six kids were sitting on stage in a circle with Rev Tanner, Mars and Sailor Venus in the service room. After Rev Tanner had fed the kids tacos catered from TACO BELL, as well as giving them water, they all met up back here, with a small TV/VCR on the floor that had a VHS tape sticking out of it that Rev Tanner had bought with him.

"Okay, kids, now that you've all eaten and had some water, I thought maybe we'd sit down together and watch a tape." Rev Tanner said.

"A tape?" Jay asked.

"Yeah, someone made a tape explaining everything that's happening in the world and why. These two girls here told me about it, I looked it up online in my office, and downloaded it onto a tape." Rev Tanner elaborated.

"But we already know what's happening in the world and why." Oliver said. "It's those two moon aliens and their other E.T. friends, they're behind all of this." He said, pointing at Mars and Venus.

"We think they might be here to destroy the world as we know it as an act of revenge towards humanity for destroying their Moon Kingdom." Mikey said.

"That is exactly why you're all gonna have to view what's on this tape." Rev Tanner said pointedly.

"But we'll only show it to you if you want to know the truth. Do you?" Venus said, wanting to make sure she, Mars and Rev Tanner weren't about to waste valuable time sharing the truth with these kids.

"Yeah." The six kids answered after exchanging glances.

"Good answer." Mars said.

"Roll film." Venus said.

Everyone turned to the small TV/VCR, Rev Tanner turned on the TV, pushed in the tape, and pressed PLAY, followed by pastor Vernon Billings appearing on-screen.

"Hello. My name is pastor Vernon Billings. I'm pastor of the New Hope Village Church of Mount Prospect, Illinois. As you watch this tape, I can only imagine the fear and the despair you face..."

Later, the gang was now watching the last bit of Vernon's video.

"My friend, the Bible says whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. And if you were genuine, you are saved. Born again. A child of God." Vernon finished, then the tape cut to light blue, with the white word STOP at the top of the right part of the screen.

Everyone was quiet as Rev Tanner stood up.

"So how 'bout it? Are you ready to receive the truth?" Rev Tanner asked.

For a moment there was pure silence.

Amber stood up. "Yes."

Tony stood next. "Yes."

Oliver stood third. "Yeah."

Jake stood fourth. "Yeah."

"Wait a minute." Jay said before standing up. "Something's not right. I mean-reiterating my question earlier-if the disappearances were something Heaven pulled off...why are you still here?"

"Well, you see, before it happened, I was a spiritual minister. I believed that Jesus was the son of God, but not God himself. I believed he rose from the dead, but not physically. I believed the Rapture was going to happen, but that only the people's souls would be taken to Heaven. I believed the events of Revelation were true, but that they were spiritual. I guess what I'm trying to say is...I never believed the Rapture would be a physical act. Even though the Bible said that it would." Rev Tanner explained.

"Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. But if there is a second chance, you better believe I want it. Count me in." Jay said.

"Mikey...you haven't said a word since the video ended. What do you think about all of this?" Sailor Mars asked.

"Oh, I don't know. I mean...I never even thought this could happen, much less in my lifetime." Mikey said.

"For in such an hour as you think not, the son of man comes"." Jay said, quoting Matthew 24:44. "I may have only been 6 when I heard that verse from my Grandma, I still remember it like it was yesterday."

"Did you lose anyone in the vanishings?" Venus asked Jay.

"My Mom...my Grandma...my dead Grandpa...my little brother, Isaac...and me and Mikey's best friend, Derek Enderson. It's just been me and my police Dad ever since. Well, that is until the earthquake/meteor shower." Jay explained.

"And that's what's so upsetting about all of this! The disappearances! My little brother, Jayden, was among those who went missing and my Mom has been depressed ever since!" Mikey said to Jay before focusing on Rev Tanner. "You say that Heaven took all these people away! Didn't God ever think about what would happen to everyone else?!"

"Oh-oh, he sure did. The prophecy spells it out very clear." Rev Tanner said.

"Well, it's not fair!" Mikey said as he shot up. "Why would he do this?!"

"Mikey, it's oka-"

"No, it's not okay!" Mikey said, cutting Amber off. "It's not fair! I don't want any of this!"

"Your grief while awful doesn't give you or anyone an excuse to treat others horribly." Sailor Mars replied sternly.

Sailor Venus looked at her in concern. It would seem being away from Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars is now reprimanding others but this time with brutally honest arguments about God, Heaven and more. Perhaps this was her way of coping losing her father in the earthquake and the unwavering fear not knowing whether Grandfather Hino or Yuiichiro will choose to believe was not helping.

"God and Heaven can't keep people from the consequences of specific choices that we make, and neither can He keep us from the consequences of sin in general. He allows free choice, whether that choice is about a specific action, or whether it is as general as choosing evil over good. However, if He protected us from all consequences, then our choice wouldn't be free, now would it?" finished Sailor Mars, folding her arms.

"Well you can't talk me into staying here." Mikey sulked.

Just then, the front double-doors opened, getting everyone's attention, and an ice cold breeze blew into the building, making them shiver.

"Wha-wha-what's goin' on?" Jay asked while shivering.

Mio then walked into the church through the open doors, dressed for the winter, along with a man in a suit, coat and gloves, with a face-mask on, and six GC soldiers wearing quarantine suits due to the virus in the purple smoke. Mio wasn't wearing protection because she was 18 and immune to the disease.

The gang rushed off the stage down the steps, and Mio and the men walked up to them.

"Well, well..." Mio began, with an evil grin on her face. "what a nice place you have here." She said to Rev Tanner. "I'll take it. But, uh...you already know that, don't you?"

"What are you doing here?" Sailor Venus demanded, hands on her hips.

"Oh, didn't the Rev tell you? I'm here to buy this church from him. And I have the right to do so. Whether he agrees to it or not." Mio said.

"What?!" Sailor Mars gasped.

"Is that true? Can she do this?" Venus asked.

"Legally, yes. As of yesterday, I was served legal papers by the GC to turn the church over to them so they can make it into another New World Church as part of the One World Religion." Rev Tanner said reluctantly.

"What?!" Mars and Venus gaped in shock. This church...a place of hope, faith, truth and love...was going to be bought by Mio and made into a place of lies and deception?

Sailor Mars the noticed the man wearing the face-mask standing at Mio's left side. "And who is this?"

"This is Truman Brown, a social worker from CPS here in Indianapolis. He's here to take these kids off your hands." Mio said. "They're now wards of the state."

"Yes, I am." The CPS man looked at the kids, then scanned the shocked Senshi duo and Rev Tanner. "They're all to go to a Global Community summer camp that's part of the One World Religion without delay."

"Which I am the face and owner of, thanks to Mr. Carpathia." Mio added.

"You can't do this!" Sailor Venus said.

"Oh, yes, I can. Four of them are part of the One World Religion. Which I own in case you missed that part." Mio said.

"What?!" Sailor Mars and Venus gasped. Four of these kids were a part of the Enigma Babylon Religion? As in the great whore?

"CPS's orders." The CPS man said.

"And who gave these orders to the GC and CPS, may I ask?" Sailor Venus asked.

"Why, I did, of course. And as for who gave me the orders to give these orders, you can thank my boss, Carpathia, for that one." Mio explained.

"No! We won't be taken away!" Mikey protested.

"I agree! The kids are staying right here!" Sailor Mars said.

"What do you think you're doing?!" came a female voice.

The gang turned to see Sailor Pluto standing on stage, holding her staff.

"The welfare of children does not belong in your hands, and nor does a church. Children are gifts from Heaven and a church is a place of hope, love and truth and must be protected from the likes of you. On behalf of Heaven and the Creator of all things, I am the Guardian of revolution. I am Sailor Pluto, one of the Outer Senshi. And all will be judged, that includes you."

"Sailor Pluto!" Sailor Mars and Venus said excitedly.

"What are you doing here?" Mio demanded.

"I think the better question is what do you think you are doing?" Sailor Pluto said coolly.

"We have our orders, Miss-"

"Pluto!" Sailor Pluto said, cutting the CPS worker off. Then she jumped off the stage and landed right in front of Mio, the CPS worker and the GC soldiers. "Sailor Pluto! And let me tell you something! Heaven fully intends for these six young children to stay right here! We, the Guardians of Earth, will not allow you to take them away, nor will we allow you to take this church and turn it into another place of lies and iniquity like you and The Deceiver have done to so many other churches around the world! We are here to protect both these children and this place! You will leave this church alone and you will allow these young ones to remain here!" She pointed her staff at Mio and the men. "Is that understood?!"

"Yes, of course, we-we were only-" the CPS man stammered in a frightened tone before he and the GC men turned and rushed off.

"Be gone from here, evil one." Sailor Pluto sternly said to Mio.

"You may have won this round, but everyone's winning-streak runs out sooner or later." Mio said darkly, before she turned and rushed out of the building through the open doors after the men.

Sailor Pluto turned back to the gang. "Don't worry. The Lord above in control and he will see that these children stay with you and that this church remains in your possession, sir."

"Thanks for coming to assist us." Sailor Mars said.

"Yeah, you showed up just in time." Sailor Venus added.

"Thank you. And may God bless you." Rev Tanner said to Sailor Pluto.

"Oh! This is Reverend Tanner, by the way. He's a big TV minister." Sailor Mars said.

"Really? That could be useful." Sailor Pluto said.

"Jay...how did you know to come to this place?" Sailor Mars asked.

"Because I saw it in a dream. Just like I saw all of you here in the dream." Jay answered.

"You saw all of this place in a dream?" Sailor Mars asked. This boy had actually dreamed about this church before actually coming to it?

"Yeah. Call me crazy, but...I knew you were gonna show up and save us in the alley. Because that's what I saw in the beginning of my dream." Jay said.

"I don't think that was a dream. I think what you had was a premonition." Sailor Mars said. If anyone knew the difference between dreams and premonitions, it was her, as she had had quite a few over the years, most likely warnings from Heaven about what was to come. And what this boy had was a premonition.

"A permo-what?" Jay asked, confused.

"A premonition. A vision, to be exact. It's when one foresees future events that to come to pass." Sailor Mars explained.

"No way. Dude, I had that same dream." Mikey said.

"So did I." Oliver said.

"Me too." Jake said.

"And I had a dream that I was here, and that the eight of you were coming." Rev Tanner said.

Sailor Mars, Venus and Pluto just looked at each other. All five of these kids had had the same exact dream? And Rev Tanner had a dream that Sailor Mars and Venus were going to show up here with these kids? Looks like they had another mystery on their hands.

As they pondered this, Sailor Venus' tiara jewel and earrings began blinking as she listened in on an interesting conversation. However…

"Meanwhile, back the present day...why did it get so cold all of a sudden? It's nowhere near time for winter." Mikey said.

"I'm afraid what we are experiencing is the 4th trumpet judgement." Rev Tanner said grimly.

"The 4th what?" Mikey asked, confused.

"The 4th trumpet judgement. It's when the sky changes colors and the temperature drops, causing a global snowy winter." Rev Tanner said.

"Well, the sky hasn't changed colors, it's just covered with purple smoke." Mikey said.

Just then, as if on cue, the outside changed from purple to red and red light shined in through the round glass-stained window and all of the other glass-stained windows.

"Wait here." Sailor Pluto said before she, Mars and Venus ran outside and looked up at the sky to see a stone statue of Jesus at the edge of the roof with his arms outstretched, and that the purple smoke was gone and that the sky was now red.

"Look at the sky!" Sailor Venus gasped.

"It's red!" Sailor Mars added.

"Blood red!" Sailor Pluto said.

Just then, snow started to pour down like rain from the red sky. There was no doubt that the 4th trumpet judgement had been unleashed.


In Jerusalem, Sailor Mercury was soon joined her comrades. Sailor Venus and the Sailor Starlights, they'd confirmed what they've overheard and agreed to help. It took nearly fifteen minutes before Sailor Venus showed up then the Starlights.

First they decided to split up, taking care to keep to hidden areas where the guards can't spot or recognize them. Second if all else fails to let their assignments know which senshi are here to help, but never reveal their identities unless its necessary.

Sailor Mercury and Venus went in civilian clothes, however the Starlights remained in senshi mode for what they would do. So the former two walked through the streets trying to look like Japanese college girls out on tour.

"This is insane, this is one of the places where those alleged aliens were spotted – now they're spouting out the same fairy tale theories as the preachers."

"I'm not so sure they're the criminals Carpathia has made them out to be. There's too many inconsistencies."

Then Minako elbowed Ami, recognizing the voices. She pointed to a pair of men. One was a young man in his twenties with sandy brown hair, five o clock shadow, low bridge glasses and blue eyes, this had to be Benjamin. The second must be Uri, a middle aged man with black hair a grim disposition.

"She has to be here the IP address confirms it!" Benjamin was saying to his uncle. "We're close, it should be here somewhere!"

Ami took a deep a breath, approaching with Minako and cleared her throat. "Sumimasen, gentlemen. Might I be of some assistance?"

"Not unless you know how to pinpoint a direct IP location in this city." Uri responded warily.

"That's a piece of cake for Ami." Minako winked.

Benjamin had handed his phone to Ami, who had pulled out her mini-supercomputer and began typing the coordinates until a GPS map with a red pointer beeped onscreen. The bluenette immediately pointed to cybercafe that had a black banner with Hebrew writing across from them. The specific computer you're looking for is right there!

"How did you do that?"

"I had to take extra classes in Advanced Computer science." Ami replied.

The men hurried to the café, then came out to sit at an outdoor table still looking possibly for the missing woman. Ami and Minako insisted on accompanying them just in case, naturally the men were a little suspicious. So they had to inform them that three of their senshi friends were in Jerusalem intending to help out.

"Which ones?" Uri questioned with a suspicious scowl.

"The Sailor Starlights are patrolling around for the moment, you'd just missed Sailor Mercury and Venus." Minako answered brightly. "Why were you expecting the main Rabbit herself?"

"I actually expect a rational explanation." Uri responded. "If they're truly aliens, why are they even listening to all this nonsense?"

"First of all they're not actual aliens, believe it. Second, they don't want to hear Carpathia's bogus speeches any more than you do—" Minako began

"No, no, no!" Uri interrupted "I mean all this belief in God. Why doesn't He answer? Is He mute? Does He enjoy hanging people out to dry and leaving them there? Is that the kind of God you pray to?"

"No. That's not our God. He is the father of Love."

"I'm having a little trouble with that picture."

"If he can handle an entire population of people who continuously rebel time after time again, He certainly can handle your questions. He's God, after all." Ami answered matter of factly. She was probably out of her element, having only come into the faith just a few years ago, she didn't think she was adequate in counseling broken men.

"And that gives Him the right to do whatever He wants with people?"

"He isn't offended when we ask why. He knows we're human, that we can't understand all of His ways." Ami answered. "If I did, I'd have foreseen decades ago that I could've made more than one true friend. I'd have met people who look beyond my brains, people who didn't see an overachiever trying to be the best at academics."

"Or that I got more vulnerabilities than I want to show to the world regarding my responsibilities." Minako added.

"But this faith I just don't understand where it comes from."

"Nowadays it is so easy to blame God for everything that happens when we humans are the ones who are destroying the world, starting with nature and young children. We have sinned from the beginning, although God has given us several opportunities, we continue to do so. Ami continued soberly. Non-believers and scientists always trying to find out the reason for everything. They will never be able to discover the true origin of everything through science. The only answer to the feeling of emptiness is found in God." "And where do these Sailor senshi fit into all this?" Benjamin asked. "We- they're not here to invade Earth and they're not responsible or the judgements, otherwise the Tribulation would have ended much faster." Minako said flatly.

"They're new to accepting Christ as much as new believers, except they made a promise they intend to keep." added Ami.

"What's that?"

"To spread the gospel, protect and rescue as many believers as they can." Minako responded. "Sailor Moon fears a repeat of what destroyed the Moon kingdom – only without the Evil Queen having a personal jealous vendetta against the Moon princess."

"Wait, what?" The two men actually looked at the Japanese girls in bewilderment. That was something the news failed to mention.

Here Ami and Minako looked a little awkward. "We better explain what we know." Ami flushed.

As they told them the truth about the fall of the Silver Millennium, they didn't notice an Arabian woman in darker robes and red flowery decorations discreetly enter the cybercafe and upload another video informing the world about Revelations prophecies.

"You're telling us the Moon kingdom was destroyed because of a scorned woman who could not accept that the man she'd been lusting after was already in love with someone else?!" Uri sputtered, a mix of shock and pique.

Both Ami and Minako nodded somberly. "The prejudice and envy the humans felt towards the Lunarians didn't help much either." said Minako.

The younger man, Benjamin, had also been listening intently then informed them about another uploaded video. At that moment Uri alerted them about the Arabian woman nervously leaving the café. "Look there."

Coming out of the café, the Arabian woman was already headed for the city street, looking left and right making sure she's not followed. The four at he table scrambled to pursue, Quickly the two men paid, with Ami and Minako quickly getting to their feet.

They didn't want to lose sight of the woman, Ami informed the Starlights to follow. The hidden trio guided the girls where the woman was headed right the outer gates of the city. Minako was faster on foot, catching up in mere seconds.

"Ma'am, wait!" The sporty blonde hurried to the Arabian woman, who looked taken aback. Then Minako tried to address her in English. "Please, my friends and I need to talk to you."

Benjamin rushed over. "Do you have a minute?"

The woman babbled in Arabic briefly before switching. "No English."

Benjamin showed his cellphone with the video of the Burka woman citing Revelation. "I'm looking for this woman, do you know her?"

"Soraya…" a Bedouin man in desert clothes walked to the woman, eying Benjamin and Uri warily. "Is everything alright?"

As the group attempted to pacify both the woman and her husband, Soraya the woman whispered to her husband in Arabic: "There are three others on the roofs spying on us. Let's get out of here, quickly!" The Bedouin couple attempted to leave in fear, not know what to expect.

"Please wait!" Benjamin also insisted. "I know you're the one who keeps posting the videos of the Burka woman and spreading the messages of both Tsion Ben-Judah and his allies all over the Internet. I'm the one who sent he links with the evidence against Nicolae Carpathia. I'm only looking for my wife and child."

"Don't be scared, we're not here to hurt you." Ami assured, noticing that they must've spotted the Starlights watching.

"Those three on the rooftops are the Sailor Starlights, surely you recognize them?" Minako informed. "The three Sailor Senshi from the stars? They're here as our bodyguards and yours too, if the GC tries anything."

"Sailor Starlights?" Soraya questioned.

"I know this sounds crazy, and I can only think of one other thing that can convince you…" Minako sighed.


The RV drove through the war zone town of Bandera filled with violent, purple-eyed adults wreaking havoc.

"Wait a minute. Let me see if I have this right. The disappearances were actually the Rapture." Mason said.

"An event spoken of in the Bible that was predicted 2000 years ago." Aria said.

"And all of those missing people, alive and dead, are in Heaven right now." Tory said.

"And the time the world is in now is the Tribulation?" Mark said.

"An event full of disasters that are supposed to impact the world for seven years." Ricky said.

"And then the forces of Heaven will come to Earth and co-exist with humanity for 1000 years?" Mason asked.

"That's right." Sailor Moon answered, with her, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus having just explained to everyone what had been and is going on in the world.

"So does your ancient prophecy predict what's happening now with the infected adults?" Mark asked.

"No, but the Bible does talk about plagues coming upon the Earth that are not written in it." Sailor Moon said. "So let me ask you all this: What do you think of all this?"

"If they're saying is true...then that means Uncle James and Aunt Sally were right, Perry." Casey said.

"About what? That everything from the disappearances to the poisoned waters is Heaven-related? Just because they were religious, does that mean they're in Heaven?" Perry asked.

"Believing in Heaven is not a religion, it's a choice. And if your aunt and uncle were believers, then they're both in Heaven right now." Sailor Neptune explained grimly.

"If that's the case, our step-Mom didn't go to Heaven. I know for a fact she didn't, since she was so mean to me and Jayla. I mean, we didn't like her, but we didn't want her dead." Richie said.

"Our Dad didn't go to Heaven either." Ricky said.

"I don't think either of my parents went to Heaven either. For sure my Mom didn't, if she's dead, because she walked out on me and my Dad." Alexa said.

"But what about all of you? What are you going to do about your own salvation?" Sailor Saturn asked. As sad as it was that some of these kids had lost parents that didn't believe, she knew she had to keep their own salvation at the head of the conversation and not let them get lost in grief and depression.

There was a moment of silence.

"I believe." Casey said.

"I believe." Richie said.

"I believe." Jayla said.

"I believe." Ricky said.

"I believe." Mason said.

"I believe." Aria said.

"I believe." Tory said.

"What about you, Russ?" Uranus asked.

"I don't know. I mean...I thought what was happening to the world from the vanishings to these last two years were the results of an alien attack. I didn't think it was you guys, of course, but I always thought it was an alien invasion because that's what I've been warning people about for 12 years, since I thought I had been abducted by aliens all those years ago. I became an alien fanatic after that, and wasn't there for my wife when she needed me the most. I became an alcoholic and that put a strain on my relationship with my kids. Especially Mason. But if what you're saying about the vanishings is true...then that means my wife, Miranda, is in Heaven." Russ said.

"You lost your wife in the vanishings?" Uranus asked.

"Yeah. But I lost her to an unknown disease 11 years prior to Tory's birth. He has the virus too, that's why he was sick earlier." Russ said.

"I'm sorry." Uranus said.

"Don't be. Now that I know that my wife is alive again-and that she's in Heaven and will be among the forces of Heaven when they arrive on Earth in five years-I'm gonna work on me. I'm gonna work on being better. I'm gonna be a better Dad. So yes, count me in." Russ said.

"Perry, Mark...Alexa...what about you?" Sailor Moon asked.

"People vanishing, going to Heaven? The apocalypse? The forces of Heaven coming to Earth to co-exist with humanity?" Perry asked.

"And don't forget Carpathia." Casey said.

"The potentate? What's he got to do with any of this?" Perry asked.

"Oh, yeah, Carpathia's the mystery world leader predicted the prophecy. Otherwise known as the AntiChrist. And Leon Fortunato is the false prophet who's also mentioned in the prophecy." Casey explained.

"How do you know all of this?" Perry asked.

"Duh, uncle James and Aunt Sally. You would know that if you had been living with us and not staying on college campus. At the time I thought they were nuts. But now I know they were right." Casey said.

"Oh, no, not you too-"

"Well, look what's happening, what's else could it be?!" Casey said, cutting Perry off.

"I don't know. This is just too weird for me." Perry said. "I'll tell you what, supergirls...thanks for the offer, but...count me out." He said to the Senshi.

"Yeah, me too." Mark added.

"Me three. I mean...if all this stuff is true, neither of my parents went to Heaven. For sure my Mom didn't, if she's dead, because she walked out on me and my Dad when I was 13." Alexa said.

"Very well then. May the forces of Heaven protect you." Neptune said.

"It's your choice." Sailor Saturn added. She was disappointed that Alexa and Mark hadn't received the truth, but she understood why they didn't. Neither of their fathers were in Heaven. Not only that, they were in Hell. And nothing they, she, or anyone else could do could ever change that.

But what was Perry's excuse? Why didn't he believe? It wasn't like he had never heard the truth before. According to him, his uncle James and aunt Sally were believers of Heaven, and very likely shared the truth with him and Casey as often as they could. And yet Perry still didn't believe. It reminded her of Vicki's belligerent ex-friend, Joyce, who had heard the truth many times, but still rejected it to the point of malice. And now she was dead...and in Hell. She only hoped for Casey's sake that the outcome with Perry would have a different ending.

"So how does this work? What do we have to do?" Richie asked.

"I know how. Uncle James and Aunt Sally told me." Casey said. "See, it's like this..." He began, telling Richie, Jayla, Ricky, Russ and the Case kids how to receive the truth.

Later, the RV stopped at the parking-lot entrance of Bandera High School, and the Senshi, Rivers, McCafeeys, Alexa and the Soyers got out. Casey, Richie, Jayla and Ricky now all had the seal on their foreheads.

"Thanks for the ride." Uranus said as she and the others turned to face Russ, who was standing in the doorway, with the seal on his forehead.

"No prob, U. Hey, keep me and my family in mind for any future journeys you might take." Russ said.

"Yeah, you'll be our first call." Neptune said.

The gang turned back to back to the school and proceeded to head for their destination.

"Hey, Perry!" Russ called, making the gang stop and turn to face him.

"What?" Perry asked.

"How about a little something for, uh, you know know, the lift here." Russ said.

"So the trip did include payment?" Perry asked.

"Hey, a fella' gotta feed his family, right?" Russ said.

"I don't think you'll be able to get anything to eat with everything that's going on in town." Casey said.

"Yeah, I know. That's why we're not sticking around here any longer." Russ said.

"What?" Saturn asked.

"You're leaving?" Alexa asked.

"Yeah. I figured maybe we oughta get out of town 'til whatever this is blows over." Russ said.

"But where will you go?" Super Sailor Moon asked.

"We're gonna go on a road trip around the state of Texas. You know, use this time to reconnect with one another. As a family." Russ answered.

"That sound nice. Heaven be with you all." Sailor Moon said, with a warm smile on her face. "But before you go...I'd like to pay you and your family back for helping us."

"Sure. What is it?" Russ said.

"Tory, could you come out here, please?" Sailor Moon called.

Russ got out of the RV and Tory exited the vehicle with Mason and Aria, with the seal now on all three of their foreheads.

"What is it." Tory asked.

"I have a question for you: Do you want to be healed from this unknown illness that took your Mom away?" Sailor Moon asked. She had been contemplating this since Russ revealed his wife had perished from an unknown disease and that Tory had the virus too. And yet despite all of that tragedy and drama they were dealing with, this family had helped her and her friends get somewhere safe. The least she could do was this one favor for them.

"Well...yeah, but I don't see how-"

"Good." Sailor Moon said, cutting Tory off. The Honeymoon staff then appeared in her right hand in a flash of pink light. "This won't hurt a bit." She the staff started playing it's jingle music as it twirled around her, followed by her grabbing it. "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" She said before she raised the staff above her head, followed by it firing it's attack.

The 'attack' made its way toward Tory and hit its target, instantly restoring the 11-year old American boy's health and making him well. Tory stood still and stunned with disbelief, the worst he got was a few colorful spots in his vision before they dissipated.

"Tory?" Russ asked.

"Say something." Mason said.

"Are you okay?" Aria asked.

"Oh, I'm better than okay." Tory said blinking, before turning to face his family. "I'm well." He said, with a grin on his face.

Russ, Mason and Aria looked confused.

"I'm well!" Tory said excitedly.

"Wait. Seriously?" Aria said.

"Seriously, yeah, I'm well! I'm not sick anymore!" Tory said, with excitement still in his voice.

"Really?!" Russ asked excitedly.

"Yeah." Tory said.

"Oh, Tory!" Russ said as he, Mason and Aria embraced Tory in a group-hug, followed by all four of them crying with joy.

Sailor Moon and the others smiled warmly at the heart-felt scene. She had read the stories about Jesus healing the sick, as well as read other stories about the prophets doing the same, so she figured maybe she'd give it a try. And judging by the scene before her and the others, it looked like it worked. Not that she had doubts that it would, as the Honeymoon staff had healed multiple people during her fight against Shadow Galactica, with the exceptions of Sailor Tin Nyanko, Galaxia...and, of course, Governor Carl.

The Casey family then ended the group-hug and looked at Sailor Moon and the others.

"Oh, thank you. Thank you." Russ said to Sailor Moon.

"You're welcome." Sailor Moon said.

Perry then reached into his right pants pocket, pulled out his wallet, and got out five 50 dollars. "Here's some money for your trip." He said, offering the money to Russ.

"Thanks, Perry." Russ said, taking the money from the 19-year old boy. "You're a real pal." He said before putting the money in his right pants pocket.

"Thanks." Perry said as he put his wallet back in his right pants pocket. "Be safe on your trip."

"Look at the sky!" Jayla said, pointing at the sky.

Everyone looked up at the sky and saw the purple smoke disappearing, followed by the night sky turning a dark orange.

"What's happening?" Richie asked.

The warm weather instantly turned ice cold, making everyone shiver.

"Why did it get so cold all of a sudden?" Alexa asked.

Snow then began pouring down like rain from the dark orange sky.

"Ain't nowhere near time for winter." Mark said.

"What's goin' on?" Ricky asked.

"Heaven has unleashed the 4th trumpet judgement on Earth. It has begun." Sailor Saturn answered grimly.

"The 4th trumpet judgement? What's that?" Mason asked.

"It's a disaster that makes the sky change colors and unleashes a snowy winter worldwide." Sailor Saturn explained.

"Hopefully it makes fast work of whatever's going on with the adults of Alabama, Bandera, Indiana, New Mexico and Tokyo." Sailor Uranus said.

"And on that note, I'm get'n my family outa here before something else strange happens. Goodbye, take care of yourselves...and Casey...I don't know why you wanted us to bring you and the others here, but may you find whatever it is you're expecting." Russ said before he and his three kids got back inside the RV, with Mason closing the door. The vehicle then drove off, leaving the gang.

"I hope I don't." Casey said grimly. It was true that he had requested to Russ to bring him and the others here to Bandera High School, but no one knew why. No one but him, that is.

The Honeymoon staff vanished in a flash of pink light, followed by Sailor Moon turning back into Super Sailor Moon. "What is the deal lately? Why can't I keep my transformation under control?"

"We'll figure it out later. Right now let's just get inside the school before we all freeze to death." Uranus said.

"Good idea." Sailor Neptune agreed.

The gang ran into the parking-lot and rushed up to the glass double-doors of Bandera High School where Perry tried to open the left door, only for it to be locked.

"Oh, perfect. The doors are locked." Perry said.

"Of course they're locked, genius, it's still night time." Alexa said.

Perry banged on the left door. "Come on!" He said before banging on the door again. "Come on, open the door, it's freezing out here!"

"Get real, Perry, who would be here at school this late at night?" Alexa said.

As if on cue, a man, wearing a white face-mask, came to the left door from within, holding a key, and he used it to unlock the door and open it. "Perry, Casey, Alexa. Hi." The man greeted. He had white messy hair, brown eyes, and he wore glasses and a white lab-coat.

"Hi, Mr. Stine." Perry greeted.

The man now known as Mr. Stine then noticed the Senshi and his eyes glazed over with fear. "What are they doing here?"

"It's okay, they're with us." Casey assured.

"We're just looking for a safe place to hide." Sailor Moon assured.

"Yeah. Yeah, I know. You and everyone else under the age of 20. Story of the town, it seems. Come on in." Mr. Stine said.

The gang entered inside the school, followed by the door closing on it's own and Mr. Stine locking it back with the key.

As they walked down the hallway, following Mr. Stine, a sense of safety washed over them. More-so Sailor Moon. She never thought she'd be so happy to see a school, much less be in one. Had it really only been several weeks since she had been in school? Several weeks since she and her friends had graduated high school? She couldn't recall the exact number of days that had passed since then. High School and graduation felt like a lifetime ago.

Sailor Moon looked around at the hallway and saw how empty it was. There were no kids in the hallway and no kids and teachers in any of the class-rooms. To be honest, it gave her the creeps. She knew the building was empty due to the school not being open...but it was more than that, she knew. She didn't know why walking through a school made her feel so uncomfortable. It never had before when she was going to school. But that was back when life was normal. When the world was normal. There was no such thing as normal anymore.

"Wow. I never thought I'd be so happy to see a school, much less be in one." Sailor Moon said. Yet at the same time it felt kind of eerie being back in a school building after everything that had happened since graduation. A lot had happened since then. The 6th seal...three of the trumpet judgements...the asteroid disaster, the purple smoke turning the adults violent against all kids...and now the 4th trumpet judgement.

"You went to school?" Mark asked.

"Of course I went to school. I wasn't always a super-hero. I use to be a normal kid like you." Sailor Moon said. Boy, it felt weird saying that now.

"Are you still in school?" Casey asked.

"No. No, I...I actually graduated with my friends several weeks ago. Before the earthquake/meteor shower. Good thing too, because the High school was destroyed." Sailor Moon said.

"Wow. Talk about finishing school just in time." Alexa said.

"Thanks for letting us in out of the cold, Mr. Stine." Perry said.

"Well, it was either that or letting you all freeze to death. And couldn't do that, now could I?" Mr. Stine said.

"No. I guess not." Perry said.

"Speaking of which, what's up with the sky color/weather change all of a sudden? One minute the sky is covered with purple smoke and the weather is normal, the next the sky's dark orange and pouring down snow and it's ice cold outside. It's like it all just came out of nowhere." Mr. Stine questioned.

"Well, it kind of did. You see-"

"We're here." Mr. Stine said, cutting Casey off. The man led the group to the open double-doors of the basketball gymnasium and they entered inside.

Inside the gym, the gang stopped in their tracks and stared in shock, stunned by the sight before them. The basket-ball gym was filled with many kids from ages 13 through 19. They all looked hopeless and afraid. And some were even crying.

"What are all these kids doing here?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Refugees. They're here because their parents got infected with the virus. They had nowhere else to go, so I figured I'd let them crash here until this thing blows over. With any luck, the sudden snow storm will take care of it." Mr. Stine said.

"Let's hope so." Sailor Uranus said.

Just then, all of the teens looked and saw the Senshi and stared at them with fear and dread in their eyes.

"Uh...hi." Sailor Moon greeted nervously, waving her right hand.

"Well this is certainly awkward." Sailor Neptune said.

"Guys...are you gonna be okay staying here? My friends and I have to leave. Are you all gonna be fine here by yourselves?" Sailor Moon said.

"Sure. We can take care of each other." Perry assured.

"Are you sure?" Sailor Moon asked with concern.

"Go save the world." Casey said.

"Okay." Sailor Moon said, then urged the other sailor senshi. "Come on, let's go."

"I'll unlock the door for you." Mr. Stine said before leaving out of the gym, with the Senshi following, leaving their new friends behind to deal with their new circumstances.


With some very good persuasion, Sailor Mercury, Venus and the Sailor Starlights convinced the Bedouin couple into taking them and the two men to the missing reporter.

As it turns out, it was to a campsite right next to a simple oasis. The nomads stopped and stared at the senshi as they walked up.

"Hi, don't mind us." Sailor Star Fighter waved with a grin.

"We're just escorting these fine gentlemen." Sailor Mercury assured, holding her hands up.

Zoe, the woman they were seeking was near the water hole, freshening up. They allowed Benjamin to talk to her, believing this had to be a private conversation between two significant others.

At first she was greatly quite vigilant, even using Middle-eastern martial arts on him, demanding him to answer if Carpathia knew about her location. That's where Benjamin told her he'd uncovered unsavory things about the potentate and that his own business had a hostile takeover. He also confessed having outside help from the senshi and locating her.

From what they pieced together, three years ago, Zoe Santero had figured out Carpathia was the Antichrist, only for her plane to be sabotaged. Many people died and everyone thought that Zoe is gone too, but nomads from the desert tribe found her. She is helped by them and gave birth to her son. Afraid of Nicolae Carpathia, she decided to live there permanently while continuing to help spread out the gospel, sharing the messages of Tsion and the Sailor senshi to warn people.

Finally Benjamin acknowledged to Zoe, that she was telling him the truth about everything related to the end times, before they reconciled.

The five senshi watched from a distance happily before Soraya decided to walk up to the couple holding a sweet little boy about three years old, this had to be David.

"I'm guessing that's the little one she'd been pregnant with when she vanished." Sailor Star Healer said with a nod.

Behind them Uri was pacing around, talking to Soraya's husband, Jamal.

"This is insane, I've heard of amazing stories about people surviving plane crashes but… Uri was saying. Zoe found 'n the desert like that? The possibility is one in a million. "

"No. Not possibility." Jamal corrected him then pointed upwards, "God. Zoe, warrior woman. She survived for her son, for her faith!"

"Her faith is what got her and us this far." Sailor Venus acknowledged.

"You say faith." Uri said. "All my life I've looked for logical and rational answers in everything that surrounds me and suddenly this comes knocking right into me. It's very difficult to be understood. But now everything makes sense. Zoe was saved by her faith."

Jamal and the sailor senshi nodded.

"I feel like a fool "

"No." Jamal shook his head. "Benjamin finds proof that Nicolae Carpathia is a monster like Zoe said. You then see Sailor senshi mean no harm, come to warn people. What proof?"

"The proof that the prophecies about the Apocalypse are coming true." Uri said thoughtfully. "Which mean we'll be going through some very difficult times. In which case, it may be better to stay here in the desert when it happens…"

Sailor Venus then became alarmed. "Oh-oh, right! About that, you might want to stockpiling those extra quilts.. right now!"

It didn't take too long for them to figure out it was getting colder and the sun was still high in the sky. Benjamin, Zoe and little David had returned to the camp and noticed the change in temperature as did the nomads.

Sailor Star Maker then recited solemnly looking at the sky. "Revelation 8:12 reads, 'Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.'"

Uri looked up at the sky in awe, for one of the foretold Biblical judgements was coming true as they spoke. "Monique, I'm so sorry for doubting you. This one of the many things you've been trying to warn me about…"

"Fetch as many cloths as you can!" Sailor Mercury cried. "This is the fourth judgement, instant Global cooling!"

"Regardless of whether it means one-third of each star or a third of all stars, the effect will be the same. Day or night, the skies will be one-third darker than they have ever been." Sailor Star Healer warned.

This was gonna be a long season.

To be continued…


Sailor Moon says:

People of Alabama, Texas, Indiana, New Mexico and Tokyo, this is the true Sailor Moon, and I'm here to let know that if you're listening to this, then your lives are in mortal peril. And if some of you listeners are children, their lives are at even greater risk.

I know you must be feeling scared and angry, with your parents or other trusted grownups infected, there's a temptation to run wild. However, I urge you to remain calm, my comrades and I will find the source behind the infected adults and put a stop to it, but for now the oldest among you must step up. To all the eldest young ones out there, look after your siblings if you have any, to take care of kids who have no one, protect them, that it is up to you, help in any way they can. The 'not my child, not my problem' mentality is no longer an excuse, especially if it means saving human lives.

I must now urge you all to accept the truth of what we believers and the two witnesses at the Wailing Wall are saying. You don't know, I've seen countless people die that didn't believe the truth, the Fourth trumpet judgement has already arrived on Earth, I beg you to take heed to what I'm saying and receive the truth before it's too late. Don't fool yourselves into thinking you have all the time in the world. Because you don't.