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"Hmm." Ami sank onto the couch, a frown of concentration etched between her brows. She began to type on her computer quickly, talking all the while. "Well, let's see. Whatever it is, it made all of us act completely unlike our usual selves. It seems to be unspecific as to its targets, too. It affected most, if not all, of Tokyo last night. That's different from most our enemies, but Queen Beryl did that. However, it isn't sucking energy, or least not in a way that I can detect. Now, are we agreed that Usagi's dream was about the Enemy, and not a result of whatever power it emitted last night?"
"Yes," Rei said. Everyone formed a sort of bemused semi-circle around their resident genius, watching her work.
"So it might be after souls," Ami muttered. "You said it tried to eat you?"
"It did eat me!" Usagi corrected.
"Rei, you say that it seemed to twist the world, that it's very presence changed reality," Ami continued, unperturbed. "Which might explain the return of Jadeite, though whether it did that purposefully, or whether that is just a random result, we don't know yet. If it did bring back one Shitennou, it could very well have brought them all back. We should watch for them. What else?"
"It's stronger at night," Minako said. "Everyone felt better during the day, right? Except Mr. Senno, of course."
"Good point!" Artemis beamed proudly at his charge as Ami added this information.
"So it's weakness may be light, or the sun. If it's like Usagi's description, it should be very big, but it might be able to disguise itself somehow. Most our enemies can, so we'll keep that in mind. What else?"
"It doesn't just make us act different, it makes us do terrible things, and think terrible thoughts," Setsuna brought up. "It brings out our darkest thoughts and fears. It seems to be targeting our weaknesses."
"But why?" Ami squinted at her screen, her fingers finally stilled. "What does it want? It makes us act in these horrible ways, but it hasn't really attacked us."
Usagi, staring out the window, spoke suddenly in a strange, faraway voice. "The thing I dreamed of... there was no light, no joy. It was all-consuming darkness and destruction."
"What if- oh, dear!" Ami looked up at them all with a horrified expression. "What if it's trying to make this place like it's own home?"
"Maybe," Setsuna murmured. "I've never heard of anything like this. It's almost like it's something from outside the Time Line."
"Something outside the Time Line, something that twists reality," Ami whispered. "Hang on! I'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Rei asked as she ran for the stairs.
"I have this book in my room-"
Makoto winced, but called, "Um, Ami? No you don't."
She stopped in the doorway , her shoulders slumping. "I forgot."
"What book?" Michiru called gently. "Maybe we can find it at the library."
"It's a book on Stephen Hawkings' theories of physics," Ami explained.
Usagi leapt to her feet triumphantly. "I know where we can find that! Mamo-chan's apartment!"
"Usagi, Mamoru's out of town," Haruka pointed out.
Grinning, the bouncy blonde reached into her pocket. "Tada! The spare key!"
"Oh, good! Mamoru has so many interesting books!" Ami brightened delightedly. "Come on!"
"Are you sure Mamoru won't mind us all barging into his apartment while he isn't here?" Michiru asked as the group moved towards the door.
"Don't worry! He can't get mad if it's an emergency, right?"