By: Silver Nights
Chapter 21
Sailor Moon held her petite body tight as she was shivering in the cold as a blizzard was taking place. The pilots and the scouts were calm about the freezing weather, but Sailor Moon.
"It's freezing here!" wailed Sailor Moon as she was complaining.
"Quit your crying Usagi!" snapped Sailor Mars.
Sailor Mercury was on her computer scanning the area to see where the Negaverse was located. The pilots were getting a look around as well. Heero turned his head in every location.
"This is where Duo is? The Artic?" he asked.
"Not quite, there's a volcano right over there where I'm getting readings from" answered Sailor Mercury.
"Let's get going" demanded Sailor Jupiter.
The group nodded and started to head towards the direction of where the volcano was. Sailor Moon kept holding her body. Meanwhile, Queen Beryl was watching them in her dark crystal ball.
"So, the Sailor Scouts and Duo's friends found their way here at last." announced the Queen, she looked over to Malachite, "Malachite, please greet our guests"
Malachite bowed, "Yes my Queen"
"Oh Queen Beryl" a voice spoke.
An image appeared of a group of five girls who looked like sisters. They knelt before Beryl, "It'd be an honor if we could join Malachite"
"Very well, get ride of the Scouts and their friends my Doom and Gloom girls" agreed Queen Beryl.
"Yes my Queen" smiled the Doom and Gloom girls and they teleported out of the kingdom with Malachite.
"I will go too" said a deep voice stepping out of the shadows.
"No Shinigami, I'm saving you for something special" laughed Queen Beryl.
"As you wish" bowed Shinigami and all you could see was his red eyes that glowed in the dark.
The group continued to walk through the thick and hard snow. Usagi still complained, but the others had a hard time putting up with her.
"Any readings Mercury?" asked Sailor Moon as she shivered.
"Straight head" she quickly answered as she pointed.
"Whatever it is it's huge" commented Sailor Venus
It was hard to see what the figure was, as it stood their in the fog. The fog faded away and it was a large robot, it looked like a Gundam. When the figure was clear, Trowa's eyes grew big as he saw it was his Gundam.
"Heavy Arms.." he stuttered, his Gundam was a complete wreck, he started to run towards it.
"No wait! It could be a trap!" yelled Sailor Mercury, but Trowa didn't listen. As he ran up to his destroyed Gundam, a Doom and Gloom girl popped out of the snow in front of Trowa and stabbed her nails into his chest where his heart was.
"Trowa!" cried out Quatre
The girls screamed and covered their eyes at the gruesome sight. Trowa's eyes rolled back and his body started to glow a red color and his spirit headed towards the volcano. Sailor Mars gasped.
"Did you see that? It went to Beryl's layer!"
"She must be collecting the Rainbow Crystal carriers" sternly said Sailor Mercury as she kept typing in her computer.
"Then does that mean.." started Quatre.
"We're next?" asked Wufei
"Yes, but we'll protect you" vowed Sailor Jupiter.
"Forget it, I'm not being protected by a bunch of girls" snarled Wufei
"Wufei do you always need to be so sexist?" asked Sailor Mars with a sweat drop on the side of her head.
Wufei just turned away and when he looked ahead he saw a beautiful girl with dark hair who was wearing a long white dress, "Wufei.." she called out.
Wufei was in shock, "Nataku?"
The women nodded her head and smiled, "I'm right here for you, we can be together again" and she opened out her arms.
Wufei started to run towards her while Sailor Mars felt a little bit jealous of the mysterious women and how Wufei just took off like that. "Who's Nataku?"
"Wufei's first wife, but that's not the real Nataku, she's been dead for a few years" commented Heero.
"Wufe it's a trap! Come back!" called out Sailor Moon.
Once Wufei got close, the beautiful bride turned into a ugly Doom and Gloom girl and attacked Wufei and pulled him into the ground as he screamed for help.
"Wufei!" hollered Sailor Mars, but as Wufei was underneath the ground, a purple light was glowing from below and took off like a shooting star towards the volcano.
"Not Wufei.." cried Sailor Mars with tears in her eyes.
Heero showed no emotion and he started to walk ahead, away from the others. Quatre watched him leave, "Heero, where are you going?"
"The Valley of Death" chuckled the silent pilot.
"Don't give up Heero" cried out Sailor Jupiter.
"It's obvious their going to go for me and Quatre next, so why not throw in the towel?" he asked.
"Heero, don't you want to save Duo?" asked Quatre
A small grin spread across Heero's face, "I leave that up to the Princess" and he looked over to Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon was in shock that Heero out of all people believed in her. Heero just stared at the scout, "Something good will come out of this". and he turned away and waited to be attacked.
Quatre sighed and walked right next to Heero and stood there, "I'm not dying alone"
Heero just chuckled and waited, he then took out his gun and fired it into the air and yelled, "Show yourself! Come get me you bastards!". Quatre had his eyes closed the whole time.
"No! Don't surrender yourself to Beryl!" begged Sailor Moon as she ran up to them but Mars and Jupiter blocked her way.
"Sailor Moon, let them go. Beryl is going to do everything she can in order to capture them" spoke Sailor Mars.
"We can defeat Beryl ourselves, we'll get them back don't worry" winked Sailor Jupiter.
"I can't just let them give up! Duo would be hurt if he knew that we were letting his friends die!" cried Sailor Moon.
"Stop crying" calmly said Heero as the area around him and Quatre shook. Quatre nervously sweated and then two Doom and Gloom girls popped out of the ground and took their bodies down below. Quatre screamed and Heero just grunted. A green and deep blue color glowed were the hole was and then the two colored lights shot out of the ground and went into the volcano that was far away.
Sailor Moon fell to her knees and cried, "I'm so sorry Duo." she then looked at Sailor Jupiter with angrey eyes, "All of his friends are gone now! We could've stopped them but no! It wasn't like Quatre to give up his life like that!"
Sailor Jupiter sighed to herself, until she heard a voice, "Hey Jupiter, we have someone that would like to have a word with you". Sailor Jupiter sprung around and saw Motoki, the guy she had a small crush on from the arcade was badly beaten and tied up in chains.
"Motoki!" cried out Sailor Jupiter, "We have to save him!"
The Motoki that was tied up in chains then glared and laughed at Sailor Jupiter's face and his eyes glowed red. Where Sailor Jupiter was standing a hole broke underneath her and green vines grabbed her body and dragged her up into the air as she screamed. More vines went towards her that broke out of Motoki's body. Sailor Jupiter tried to break free but she couldn't. The Scouts gasped in shock.
"Moon Tierra!" started Sailor Moon as she placed her fingers on the center of her magical Tierra, but Sailor Moon panicked when she saw the Doom and Gloom girls pulled Sailor Jupiter tighter.
"Don't worry! We'll get you down!" shouted Sailor Mars looking up at her friend that was in distress.
"Thanks Mars, but you guys are going to have to fight Beryl without me. I'll get rid of these girls" winced Sailor Jupiter. She then weakly called out, "Jupiter Thunder Crash!" and there was a big explosion that blasted away the Doom and Gloom girls, but didn't kill them. Sailor Jupiter was nothing but air.
"Your friend is part of the Negaverse now!" laughed the Doom and Gloom girls.
Sailor Moon began to ball her eyes out and she fell to the ground crying, "This can't be happening"
"Who's next?" asked the Doom and Gloom girls.
"You'll pay for this you bastards!" cried out Sailor Moon, "Give Jupiter back!" she then turned to look at Sailor Mercury, "Let's just give them the crystal its not worth it".
"Jupiter wouldn't want that Meatball Head!" barked Sailor Mars.
Sailor Mercury turned away, "There's something over there but its just one of their tricks again"
"What should we do?" asked Sailor Venus
"Keep heading towards that volcano, I'll check this out and I promise I'll be careful" ordered Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Moon snuffled a bit and dried her eyes, "But Mercury, It's not safe"
"No one said this was going to be safe Usagi" smiled Sailor Mercury and she turned around to see what was out in the distance. The image appeared and it was a school boy all tired up to chains just like Motoki, but instead it was Ami's friend Urawa.
"Urawn!" called out Sailor Mercury, "It can't be!" she then touched her blue earring to get her Mercury glasses on. She scanned the image and it was just another Doom and Gloom girl. "Just what I was expecting" she laughed.
There was another explosion and it was heading for the blue Sailor Scout, "Mercury Bubbles Blast!" she froze up the fiery explosion and three of the Doom and Gloom girls popped out and turned into a big fire ball and captured Sailor Mercury in it, she burned to nothing but ashes.
"NO!" screamed Sailor Moon, she fell to her knees again, "We shouldn't have came we're weak!"
"Get it together Sailor Moon, its not true" said Sailor Venus
"We can quit now we have to keep going" calmly spoke Sailor Mars with tears in her eyes.
"I want to go home! I can't do this" cried Sailor Moon. The area around Sailor Moon started to glow red. It caught Sailor Venus's eye.
"Sailor Moon watch out!" warned Sailor Venus as she ran up to Sailor Moon and pushed her out of the way. Once Sailor Moon was out of the way, more vines came out of the ground and pulled Sailor Venus into the ground.
"Welcome to the Negaverse Venus" laughed a Doom and Gloom girl.
Sailor Venus weakly aimed from her forehead, "Venus…Crescent…Beam Smash!" and aimed it right at the Doom and Gloom girls forehead. There was a big explosion from the ground. Sailor Mars then dragged Sailor Moon away and they continued to run towards the volcano.
"Sailor Moon, I think your suppose to fight Beryl alone" thought out loud Mars.
"WHAT! Are you bailing out on me?" panicked Sailor Moon.
"No, I just can't stand these Doom and Gloom girls" laughed Sailor Mars.
"Don't! we'll leave and then we can come back when we're ready! You don't have to protect me" begged and cried Sailor Moon at the same time.
"Yes I do, protecting you and the crystal was my destiny" smiled Sailor Mars as she gave Sailor Moon a hug. Sailor Moon looked into Sailor Mars eyes with her watery and puffy cerulean eyes. Sailor Mars smiled and flashed Sailor Moon a peace sign, "I got to teach these Doom and Gloom girls a lesson" and she dashed off leaving Sailor Moon alone.
Sailor Mars then got into her attack position, "Mars Fire.." but the Doom and Gloom girls went under ground and created a big ice cap that captured Sailor Mars in. Inside the cap, Sailor Moon heard Sailor Mars do her finale attack, and the ice cap exploded into tiny pieces, Sailor Mars was no where to be found. Sailor Moon was officially alone.
"I'm alone.." whispered Sailor Moon as she cried silently, "I'll set you all free once again" and she then started to head towards the volcano until a figure appeared in the sky, it was Malachite.
"Poor Sailor Moon is all alone now" laughed Malachite
"Malachite! Where's Duo!" ordered Sailor Moon
"He's with the Queen now, but I have a nice going away present just for you" cockily announced Malachite as he whipped out a dark crystal sword and charged at Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon closed her eyes and screamed, but she heard Malachite scream. She opened her eyes slowly and saw Prince Endymion stab his sword through Malachite's stomach. Malachite weakly looked up at Endymion and mumbled, "Trader" and threw his head down dead and vanished.
"Malachite, you know you shouldn't be the one attacking Sailor Moon" stated Prince Endymion.
"Prince Endymion?" asked Sailor Moon weakly.
Prince Endymion looked down at Sailor Moon and smiled, "Queen Beryl is expecting you"