Episode 3 Act 2 Starstrike
Amy looks over the data disc in her apartment, and then decides to go out to find Lita. She packs up the laptop and files, then gets her cell phone and dials Hotaru's cell number.
Hotaru grabs her cell phone and answers. "Hello. Hotaru Tomoe speaking."
"Hey Hotaru it's Amy. How are you?" Amy says into the cell.
"Hey Amy. I'm fine. How are you?" Hotaru reaches into her pocket and grabs out some chocolate.
"I'm ok, I've been going over some old data is all. Are you busy?" Amy explains what she's been up to and asks.
"No, I'm not busy. Why?" Hotaru pops the chocolate in her mouth.
"You want to study some of the medical statistics with me? We also have to talk about the situation with Michelle." Amy sounds just a little nervous on the last thing she said.
"Yeah, sure. Where do you want to meet?" Hotaru asked.
"Let's meet at the cafe that should be a good place" Amy states while walking down the street from her place.
"Cool. I'm right across the street from there." Hotaru says. "See ya soon." She hangs up and walks into the cafe.
Lady Starstrike walked the halls of the Shadow Knight Monastery. There were things going on which weight heavily on her mind. She made sure her guardians were well instructed and the 7 moons would be safe without her for a while. Her brother had gone missing and now his locket was missing from the vault. This troubled her deeply. The mistress was quite upset, and this is never a good thing. Those lockets never leave the vault and it is heavily guarded. The mistress was walking the halls with her axe in hand these days, and this worried every one, staff and knight alike. She entered her quarters walking up to her mirror. She would find her brother and get to the bottom of things. With a check of her sword and a glance around the room, she shifted threw the mirror.
Lita walks into a cafe, sits down and orders some hot chocolate. Lita sips some of her hot chocolate and takes a trip down memory lane. Her face was in an array of different looks. Some of them were happy, sad, angry, loving, the list was endless. Lita breathed a depressed sigh, "I really do miss the old days...But I can't let myself get depressed, not when I have so much to look forward to."
Amy walk into the cafe with a bag in her hand, a sporty looking business suit on, and a pair of visor styled sunglasses on her head" That's funny I thought Hotaru said she was here already."
Hotaru waved toward Amy. "Over here Sherlock."
"Well I'll be. Amy? Hotaru?" Lita said in surprise, grabbing her cup and walking over to the other scouts. "What are you two doing here?"
"Oh there you are." Amy laughed and proceeded to the table Hotaru was sitting at.
Hotaru motioned Lita over. "Amy is helping me get into a medical class at school."
"Just a little medical review of data for a entrance exam" Amy grins, after saying this and moves over so Lita can sit down.
"Is that so?" Lita asks, as she sits down next to Amy and orders another hot chocolate. "I've been trying to reach you Amy, but it always seems I have to do something else. It's really nice to hang out again. We should plan a day where we can all hang out. A gang day."
"Yeah well we have seemed to miss one another." Amy says and nudges Lita with her elbow, "You want in on the study, you might not be pursuing a medicine field; but you could discover some useful stuff with us." -Amy states before ordering a parfait.
Lita gave it some thought before plastering a big grin on her face, "Why not!"
Hotaru rolled her eyes. "You guys are so book wormy."
"Great...Hotaru your no less a book worm than I am and you know it." Amy laughs while she states this.
Hotaru rolls her eyes again. "That may be so but I don't go announcing it to the world!" she laughed.
Amy looks at Hotaru with narrowed eyes, "Well here you go first is the chemical analysis of the brain." Amy hands Hotaru a research paper she wrote last year.
Hotaru sighs. "Of course you've done this research paper."
"That's right I did and there will be a question on the exam about something in that paper so you need to know this info Hotaru." Amy smiles and takes out her laptop.
Darien smiles as he walks to the other side of the car and gets in, "Look in the glove box Serena." He says with a little urgency in his voice.
Serena wrinkles her forehead a moment, then does as he says.
In the glove box Serena finds an envelope with tickets to a movie that he had avoided going to with her previously. "You wanted to see that right?" Darien says as he starts the car, and drives out of the parking lot.
"Oh my god yes! I have been dying to see this." Serena kisses him on the cheek happily. "I love you Darien."
"Well I love you too." Darien says slowly to a stop at a light. "I have something special for you after the movie to, just be patient." You know by telling you this his teasing you.
"Come on what is it, I can't wait to after the movie." Serena makes a little pouting face.
"Sure you can...You waited for this time with me today you can wait till after the movie." Darien shifts the car into another gear and turns the corner. "So what's been up with the gang? Heard that Amy might of found someone." This statement showed how much he missed from all the training he was doing as it had been a week or more since that and there was more going on.
"Well she saw someone who she thought was cute walking down the street" Serena explained.
"Just a on sight crush? Well now, I thought she out grew that. Guess she's still as shy as ever." Darien laughs.
Serena shrugs "Well you know Amy never was much with guys."
"Here Lita read this, their questions that should be on the test after Hotaru finishes that ask her a few of those." Amy hands Lita a document with questions on chemical imbalances, antibiotics, and general nursing for physical health.
"Ok." Lita replies while taking the document and glancing through it.
"Do you understand all of that Lita?" Amy asks Lita.
"Yep! I'm surprised though, but when I got the main concept down it was pretty easy to understand." Lita replies with a big grin on her face.
"Yeah your right. Ah we're here." Darien says pulling into the parking lot. He reaches over and touches Serena's cheek gently.
"Oh Darien." Serena presses her cheek against his hand.
Darien leans closer to her and kisses her." We don't want to miss the show."
"Yeah I guess." Serena says softly.
Darien gets out walks around the car and opens your door. "You ok?"
Serena gets out of the car. "Yeah every things fine Darien."
"That's good." Darien comments holding out his arm. Serena takes it.
Amy thinks about the last thing she remembered talking to Darien about, and suddenly, "Oh my gosh! Lita what time is it?"
"Sure." Serena smiles at him.
"Ok" Darien gets a large popcorn, and a large soda.
"Do you need money. You've paid for ever thing today, I feel bad."
"Don't feel bad, I don't mind paying for everything we don't go out like this often enough anyway." Darien replies. Something is definitely going on, Serena's not quite sure what, but this is a side of Darien she has been waiting to see for a few years. Serena bites her lip a moment and then nods. She wonders what's going on.
Rei begins to feel uneasy, as if something menacing is coming, yet she is unable to pin down what. It just sits there in the pit of her stomach, nagging her, barely noticeable in the back of her mind. She senses something powerful and not good. Hotaru feels a strange vibration on the air, faint, yet powerful. A shifting of energies, a force effecting the energies of sound.
"Wow I didn't expect the line to get a seat would be this long. This film really that popular?" Darien is amazed at the number of people waiting to get a seat, and almost half the audience are males. "You that surprised this is a great film I've seen it with my girl like 3 times already." The guy standing behind you and Darien says with his girl friend cuddled on his arm with a smile.
Serena turns her head to look at the man. "I have been trying to get this one to see it forever." She smiles.
Darien rubs the back of his head, "Well...heheheh." He sweats a little.
"But I'm glad your here now." Serena comments.
"Yeah I am." Darien looks at his watch, the line moves into the sub hallway of the theatre. "Front row, middle, or back row Serena?" Darien asks as they move into the seating area.
"Back." She said happily. She thought it was the best view and best spot to be alone with Darien.
"Ok back row it is." Darien says.
They sit in the back row. Once they are sitting Serena lays her head on his shoulder.
"You sure your not tired?" Darien strokes her head a few times glancing at the previews for other movies.
The previews finish and the movie begins. Bout half way threw Serena begins to feel uneasy about something, a sense. During an exciting scene there is a flash from the screen as the area darkens. Some people begin exclaiming about the unexpected effect, some mentioning that it wasn't into the previews for the film. On what at first appears to be a back wall in the movie, a single tear of black lighting appears along with thunder. A few of the people in the front row notice that it isn't in the movie, but just in front of the screen and the voices in the theater begin to take one a worried tone as people look around at one another.
"What in the world is that?" Darien says as he leans forward and holds his stomach briefly. "Oooh. Serena we need to move from here." Darien seems to be affected by what ever is going on.
Slowly the tear widens and the faint outline of a person can be seen beyond. A hushed silence falls over the room as every one watches in fear and astonishment.
Serena eyes keep going back and forth from the screen to Darien. "This isn't good." Serena says softly. She looks at Darien "Are you okay?"
"Something's wrong, with earth." You see a flash of Darien in royal armor, then back in his normal clothes.
The tear widens to a point and then the figure steps forward emerging into the theatre. An elegant noble lady in dark high society style clothing with a dark and gold rapier at her left hip. She has a bearing about her of a high nobility and looks over the room in distaste. At another thunderclap the front row empties in record speed as people burst into panic heading for every exit. Serena and Darien can tell they would be trampled like every one else if they tried to enter the stream of panicking people.
Serena sees him change and the change back "We'll stop her!"
"Uhhh.." Darien seems a bit more stunned than he thought as he moves.
The dark lady stepped out of the tear calmly standing regal in the theatre. The tear then closed and shrunk away as she surveyed the area. The theatre was now empty.
Lita was walking back from the bathroom when once again that sharp pain pierced her side, causing her to stumble into a near by table. She groaned in pain, "Not again. Amy! Something's wrong." Lita herd a commotion outside as people come streaming into the street from the theater which was across the street from the cafe Lita, Hotaru and Amy were studding at. People were getting in their cars and screeching away as fast as they could. It was amazing no one hit any one else. Lita struggled to get up and ran outside to see what was going on. She knew something was wrong. She could feel it the disturbance in the thunder and lightning. But this was more powerful and darker.
"Lita!" Amy goes outside following her, just as she gets outside she collapses. "Uhhff! What's the feeling?"
"I...don't know..." Lita collapses next to Amy, "We...need to...transform." Taking in deep breathes, Lita slowly stood up and yelled, "Jupiter...Crystal...Power!"
"Mer…cury...star...power" Amy transforms following Lita.
Hotaru runs out in time to see them transform. She quickly does it as well. "Saturn star power!"
As the dark lady casually looks about the dark energies from the tear recede and dissipate. The dark lady continues to pose a dominant air about her as if she were a queen or something.
Michelle felt a disturbance in the shadows and on the wind. "Neptune Crystal Power!" Michelle transformed into Neptune and leapt away, heading towards Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter. Neptune landed next to them. "What's going on?" Krahazik tagged along hiding in Neptune's shadow, literally.
"I'm not sure Neptune. But I don't think it's good.' Hotaru frowned.
"Isn't that the theater that Serena and Darien are at watching their movie?" Neptune asked.
"Yeah, but not anymore. No one is there." Saturn replied.
"Nope, I can sense Serena and Darien still inside and there is some kind of dark presence as well." Neptune says.
"We should go in and help them!" Saturn stated.
"Well we need to find out if Darien and Serena are ok." Mercury exclaims.
"I agree Mercury... let's move." Neptune summoned her staff and headed for the theater. Saturn and Mercury were right behind her.
Lita ignored the pain that continued in her side and followed the other Sailor Scouts. Upon entering the theater, they saw the evil that was causing the disturbance.
"Darien we should transform" Serena whispered to Darien looking at the woman.
"I can try." Darien says slightly weak.
The woman strode up the isle stopping at the back row. She looked at Serena. "Don't bother on my account."
The scouts entered the theatre lobby and looked around. "Jupiter...things definitely seem not quite right here, there's a change in the area." Mercury says checking her visor.
"You're right Amy. We need to find Serena and Darien, first, before we do anything. Can you locate them?" Lita asks, while looking around for any sign of the two.
"Their in the theatre number 4, and Darien's life force is lower than usual." Mercury says in slight worry. Mercury also picks up another alien life force, quite strong near Serena and Darien along with a tightly controlled energy of unknown origin. There is something familiar about the energy signature though your visor can't quite lock it in. "I know this signature of energy from somewhere. But where?" Mercury wonders as Neptune blazes past them. She bolted right into the theater that Serena and Darien were in.
The dark woman looked down at Serena and Darien over her nose. The look on her face was that of total disgust as she placed he hand on her hips. "And who would you two be that you don't run in panic at a dimensional rift?" She had the look of born and raised nobility with attitude and a gaze that could melt steel. She was obviously not in a good mood, but they wonder if she is ever in a good mood. Her looks could be strikingly gorgeous if she wasn't scowling. Her voice was sweet with a hint of acid. Her movements sure and strong and she wore her sword as if it was apart of her and she knew how to use it. At Jupiter and the scout's entrance the dark lady's gaze just slightly shifts to take in their arrival.
Neptune spotted the lady upon entering the theatre. "Who are you?"
The dark lady looks at Neptune, "And who..." she stops abruptly her gaze locking on the locket with such intensity Neptune wonders if she is looking past her. Her eyes take on an extra dangerous look. She recognizes the locket. Slowly her eyes move upward taking in all of Neptune to come to here eyes. "YOU!" she speaks with barely contained rage and with such acid and contempt. "Give that to me!" She commands with an air of complete authority.
"Never, it was a gift. A personal sanctuary for my love... I will never hand it over to you." Neptune put the locket inside her outfit, her anger growing, suddenly she vanished into the shadows.
The dark lady glares at the shadow where Neptune disappeared as if she could pull her out by her gaze. In an instant she disappears into the shadow in a similar manner. Serena has seen Krahazik disappear into shadows the same way as the lady and Neptune just did. Darien takes the opportunity to transform while the lady is gone. In another moment she walks out of another shadow walking to sand over Serena and Darien again. "Who was that girl." She commands of Serena not noticing that Darien is gone. Krahazik lost track of Neptune when she entered the shadow dimension. He stayed well clear of the shadows around the theatre. The last thing he wanted was an encounter with Lady Starstrike when she was mad.
"Hold right there Dark one!" Tuxedo Mask appears. He stands on the ledge by the projector.
The dark lady pulls herself up in full noble posture her gaze leveling on Tuxedo Mask. "That's LADY Dark one to you. Who are you?" she demands.
"I am the who watches over this place, none other than Tuxedo Mask."
"Really now. Never herd of you. Now tell me" she commands with mild disgust watcher, "Where is my brother and who was that girl who dares to wear the sacred Shadow Locket of Chaos."
Serena sees the trouble and she grabs her locket and transforms "Moon Eternal MAKE UP!"
The dark lady watches Serena transform. "Cute."
"Well cute is more than I can say for you." Sailor Moon says back to her.
"I will say this only once peasant. Where, is, my, brother."
"How am I suppose to know. If you wanted to know where your brother is so badly why not put a leash on him" Sailor Moon retorts.
Her face scowls a bit more as her right hand takes a firm grip on the grip of her rapier. "I do not like your tone wench. My brother has been leashed, by a girl in similar attire to yours." her voice takes on a dangerous undertone. "Who is the girl wearing the Locket of Chaos."
Sailor moon shakes her head. "I don't know."
"Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Mask, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, and Mars say together.
With a scowl Starstrike starts for the exit. "Then I shall find them both myself."
"I'll make sure you don't! On Behalf of the moon I will punish you." Sailor Moon declares.
The Starstrike pauses, her rapier sliding free of its sheath as she turns to face Sailor Moon. "You will WHAT!" and on the last word the walls shake with the sonics she pours into her voice. "I am Lady Starstrike, Shadow Knight of Sound and Song." She bellows in rage.
"Blah, Blah." Sailor moon comments.
Well this ought to mute your sadistic song." Tuxedo throws a rose at Starstrike.
With a flick of her rapier she knocks the rose aside with a sneer. With another flick of her hand and a short scream she sends an invisible sonic shockwave into Sailor Moon sending her flying across the theatre. Sailor Moon hits the back of the theater wall and then slides down it.
"Sailor Moon." Tuxedo Mask jumps by her side.
"Oh how touching. Making this easy are you." She faces them squarely taking a deep opera breath. It takes her a few moments but Sailor Moon comes to. There is a vibration to the air around Sailor Moon and Tuxedo mask as Starstrike concentrates. The wall is vibrating under Sailor Moons back along with the floor. Sailor Moon tires to get up but it is difficult with the floor and wall shaking like it is. Tuxedo Mask falls to his knees "Ugghh!" Starstrike releases all her energy into a defining sonic blast which flattens Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask to the floor. The wall is completely blown out along with every chair between her and them and the wall of the next building in line. When everything settles, Starstrike is gone, leaving only a ringing in everyone's ears.
End Act 2