The Four Stones

Serena of the Moon

Chapter 4

Language: English

Rated: PG-PG13

Character notes on the bottom

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"Is everybody ready?" asked Endymion as he helped Queen Serenity stand up.
"Yes," they all answered.

"Raye, Mina, help Serena up. Make sure she keeps moving all through the plan," Queen Serenity said as she looked at how weak her daughter still was. She was weak but she was sure she could last until they got to safety.

"Are we going to use the teleporting room or are we going to use a sailor teleport?" asked Raye.

"Neither," answered Mercury. "We're going to use a space ship." Raye, Lita, and Mina looked at her with confusion. "We will use too much energy if we use sailor teleport, and we will be discovered easily if we use the teleporting room," she explained as she typed in her computer going over the plan again and again.

"Let's go," said Endymion. He walked up to the door and looked out the small window. "All right. Everything is clear."

Mercury walked over to the door and froze the door handle and gave it a kick. Then Endymion broke the rest. Mercury lead the way because she was the only one with powers and Endymion covered the rear because he was able to heal himself and was in better physical condition then the others. (When they're not in their scout forms.)

The group went around a corner and suddenly stopped when they heard Mercury gasp.

"What is it?" Raye asked from behind. She looked around Mercury and saw one of Beryl's guards. He was looking down at them with a frown which slowly turned into a grin.

"This way," the guard said as he turned around and expected the group to follow. The group, looking unsure and confused, followed him through the narrow halls. He let Mercury go ahead of him and lead them to there destination.

"Exactly where are we going?" asked Mina.

"To get your wands," Queen Serenity answered.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me. How did you manage to keep your wand Mercury?" asked Lita.

"Well Queen Serenity should have told you that I was building something," Mercury started.

"She did," Lita confirmed.

"Well, what I was building, I gave to Nephlite." (Don't ask how she knows his name. She just does.)

Lita looked at her, confusion written on her face.

"I made a…copy of my wand. In it I put a tracking devise on it, knowing that when they took our wands they would put them together. So I'm following my wake wand to get to yours," she explained.

"Oh," Lita said not surprised that Mercury was able to think of everything. She wouldn't be surprised if she helped Queen Serenity with the plan.

"How did you come up with the plan?" asked Raye, clearly thinking the same thing.

"When Beryl ordered the guards to take us away, Queen Serenity and I were already forming the plan. Queen Serenity was the one that reminded me of The Four Stones. So using the information we had we thought up our plan and which stone we were going to go after first and so on. Once I got to the cell I started working on the wand. I would have made wands for you too but just when I finished mine Nephlite and Malchite showed up. We are almost there," she added.

Just then they took a turn and were in a large room they have never seen before.

'Beryl must have added it.' they each thought. In the middle of the room were 4 pedestals (Ohhhhhh new word.) with each wand on top. Mercury's wand was blinking and beeping lightly, so lightly that you could barely hear it. Mercury went in first directly to her fake wand. She reached out her hand grab it but just when she was about to grab it she felt like her hand was burning and pulled away quickly.

"What's wrong?" asked Mars as she stepped in the room.

"My hand. It felt like it was burning," she explained.

"Burning?" asked Mars. She walked up to where Mercury was and tried grabbing her wand. She simply grabbed it without feeling anything and handed it to Mercury. "I didn't feel anything," she said as she took off her glove and studied her hand.

"I guess since my element is water and the opposite of water is fire, you were able to take it out easily," Mercury said taking a guess which was probably right.

"Try getting my wand Mercury," Mars suggested.

Mercury nodded her head and turned to Mars's wand. She slowly reached for it and was relived when she didn't get hurt. She handed it to Raye and signaled for the others to come in.

"It appears the only way to get your wand is if the opposite of your element touches your wand. Hmmm the problem is, I don't know how to get Mina's wand. Anybody have a clue?" explained Mercury.

"Let's see. My element is love, and the opposite of love is hate. How are we suppose to do that?" asked Mina.

"Let me try. I'm full of hatred for Beryl right now," Lita said, stepping forward.

The group stepped aside and Lita walked over to Mina's wand. She slowly reached for Mina's wand and at the last second snatched it up. The girls let out the breath they were holding, when Lita returned Mina her wand.

"So, what's the opposite of thunder and lightning?" Mina asked.

"Well thunder is loud, sometimes dangerous, and non-peaceful," Raye answered.

"So we need something or someone that's quiet, safe, and peaceful," Lita said as she thought about who could get her wand.

"Well Mina is the only one who hasn't done anything so maybe she is suppose to get Lita's. Give it a try," Mercury suggested.

Mina walked over to Lita's wand and snatched it fast, not wanting to risk getting hurt. Mina tossed the wand over to Lita just in case the wand decided to let her think she won.

"Well what are you waiting for? Transform!" ordered Mina.

The girls held their wands high and yelled,

"Mars Star Power!"

"Jupiter Star Power!"

"Venus Star Power!"

In seconds the sailor scouts stood, taking the place of the princes.

"Lets keep moving," the guard said as he turned and started walking.

"Where are we going now?" asked Venus.

"To the ship that is waiting for us," he answered without turning around. They walked for a few minutes in silence. When it seemed they were almost to their destination they heard and alarm go off.

"What's happening?" asked Serenity (Princes) tiredly.

"We have been discovered!" the guard yelled. He turned to the group and reached for Serenity but they wouldn't let him.

"Let Eric help," Queen Serenity commanded. The grouped shocked and unsure let "Eric" pick Serenity up and started running with the group following him.

"You know him?" Endymion asked Queen Serenity from behind.

She smiled slyly and said "Of course. Eric is my most trusted guard. I knew I could count on him."

Jupiter slowed down a bit and was soon at the back pushing everyone forward. Mars and Venus had to help Endymion run because he wasn't completely healed. Within a few seconds there were guards chasing after them. They turned a corner and stopped when they saw a group of guards standing in front of them, Malchite and Jedite standing in front of them.

They turned around to run but Zoycite and Nephlite were behind them with at least 30 guards. They were surrounded, there was no way to run.

"Surrender and we might let you live," Zoycite said, smiling. The scouts looked for away to escape. Suddenly remembering that they had their powers back, Venus attacked.

"Venus love me chain…encircle!" Venus's chain wrapped itself around Malchite, Jedite, and the few unlucky guards who were behind them were trapped and fell. Mercury then reacted with one of her own attacks.

"Mercury Ice Bubbles…Freeze !" Her attack went under the guards, freezing the floor, and making them fall.

"Hurry!" said Eric as he ran over the guards.

They could hear Malchite yell after them. "Get them!"

They ran faster still. Jupiter made sure that Endymion and Queen Serenity kept up. Soon they heard heavy footsteps right behind them. Eric was still in the lead with Serenity in his arms. Just then Queen Serenity tripped and fell. (I know, I know. So unlike her, but it has to happen.) Endymion went to help her and Jupiter was about to help too but Mercury and Luna (from her shoe string) pulled her back.

"You can't go back!" Luna said between clutched teeth.

"But Luna! What about Queen Serenity and Endymion?" Jupiter said as she fought back. "We can't just leave them behind. Serena will hate me if I let them get caught! Queen Serenity made me promise that I would make sure nobody go left behind."

Luna thought about what her queen had said to her before they left, and finally said, "Go and come back quick!" She let go of Jupiter and ordered Mercury to do the same. Jupiter turned to run back but at that moment she saw Malchite and the other 3 generals lead the guards.

She turned back to the others knowing it was too late to save Queen Serenity and Endymion. "Run!" she yelled. She stopped for another second and yelled "Jupiter thunder…crash!" she made sure to use her weakest attack and hit the guards only. They may be after them but they're still moon guards. She then used her stronger attack and hit the generals, paralyzing them. "I stopped them, but they'll be back in a few!" she yelled and did what she promised Queen Serenity. She made sure everyone kept up.

They decided that the generals knew about the ship they were going to take and decided to hide in one of the rooms that only the scouts could find and open, their training room.

"What are we going to do?" asked Serenity as she sat on one of the benches that was in the room. "They have Darien-I mean Endymion and my mother." She looked down at the floor and tried to hold back her tears.

Jupiter walked over to her and sat down next to her. "I'm sorry," she said quietly.

"For what?" Serenity asked.

"For not being able to save your mother and "Darien"."

"It wasn't your fault," she said now being the one to give comfort instead of being the one who needs it.

"She's right, Jupiter," Mercury said as she sat down next to Jupiter. "It was my fault. I held you back and if I hadn't you could have saved them."

"I deserve some of the blame too," said Luna as she walked over to the girls. Serenity picked her up and put her on her lap.

"But you didn't do anything, Luna," Jupiter said confusion in her voice.

"I held you back when it took me too long to decide what to do," she said as she looked down at Serenity's gown, too ashamed to look at any of their eyes.

"Stop it!" Jupiter suddenly yelled out. Everyone in the room looked at her. "I promised Queen Serenity that I would make sure that nobody got left behind and I failed her. I failed her!"

Mars walked over to her and slapped her across the face. "No, you stop it. Quit blaming yourself and other for what happened." Her emotions softened and she continued. "It was an accident. No one knew that Queen Serenity would trip, no one knew that Endymion would go back for her, and no body knew that the generals got back up so quick. If you would have gone to help you would have been caught too! So stop beating yourself over this and help come up with a plan to get them back!"

Jupiter looked at her confused. "What do you mean," she asked.

"Exactly what I said. We are going to come up with a plan and rescue Endymion and Queen Serenity!"

Serena O. T. Moon -So you like? You know the rule. 1review-1 chapter. I know hand you over to the capable hands…uh…paws of Luna and Artemis.

Luna -I hope you are enjoying this.

Artemis -Anybody notice I wasn't mentioned in this chapter?

Serena O. T. Moon - Sorry. I couldn't find any lines that you could say. Promise I'll give you a bigger part next chapter.

Artemis -:humph:

Luna -Any waaaayyyyyy…How could you let Queen Serenity get left behind!

Serena O. T Moon -Sorry (again) don't worry nothing bad is going to happen to her.

Artemis - Yeah! We're going to save her right?

Serena O. T. Moon -Sorry can't tell. I'll ruin it like I did with Eric. You'll just have to send me a review and wait untill I post up the next chapter.

Luna - If you want to find out what happened to Queen Serenity and Endymion review so you can get the next chapter!