- I have to call them.-

- I can't-

- I can't even stand up. Looking for help is the only thing I can do. -

- They won't come. They don't care about me at all, so there's no reason for asking them to came here to help me.-

-I must tell someone about how I'm feeling .-

-There's nobody I can count on.-

Setsuna was hesitant. She was in absolute need to get some help because it was since the night of the party, about a week before, that she couldn't get up and leave her bed. She was still feeling weak and sick and feverish and there were huge empty spaces in her memories of the past days, due to the fact that she lost consciousness many times. Fortunately she had a bottle of water next to her bed, so she could drink, but she hasn't eaten for almost a week because she wasn't able neither to walk till the kitchen nore to cook. However, she wasn't hungry at all. Last but not least, she hasn't been working for the past week. She made strong efforts to reach the Gate but they had all been unsuccesful. She could only hope that nobody bad-intentioned would had arrived.

She closed her eyes. There was nothing she could do, just wait.

- I won't call them.-

- Am I insane? Do I think I can survive any longer like this, on my own?-

- Maybe I don't want to survive.-

Scared by this thought she fell into unconsciousness again.

The Queen was quietly having breakfast when she saw something yellow and green runnig towards her.

-Oh my God! Help! Help me!- she shouted, and three members of the Royal Guard immediately arrived and defeated the gatecrasher.

-What was it?-

-Nothing dangerous, Yours Majesty, just a little Cassiopean monster. They aren't allowed to enter the Reign, I don't know how did it reach the palace.-

-I will discover it.- the Queen thought going towards the Time Gate.-Why did Sailor Pluto let him enter? What the hell is she doing?-

After ten minutes walking she reached her destination and she realized the gate was untended. She knocked at the door of Sailor Pluto's house but she got no answer. She was wondering what to do when she noticed the door was open.

As soon as she came into the house she heard someone gasping. She went to the bedroom and she saw te girl laying on it, unconscious. She really looked ill. The Queen shocked her by her shoulders but she got no reaction. She went out of the house and came back to the Palace.

At the same time Michiru was doing laundry. She was fighting against her old washing-machine while she heard a sharp voice coming from her Aqua Mirror, she picked it up and she saw the Queen's beautiful face.

-What happened, my Queen? Is there any problem? What can I do for you?-

-I need you to come here. Sailor Pluto isn't working, she isn't feeling very well and I suppose she may need some help.-

-I'll come my Queen.-

Michiru was a little bit worried, although the Queen said she wasn't feeling very well and nothing more, so it couldn't be somethimg serious. She finished her housework and dressed up, then she took her Time Key and went to her friend's house. When she entered her bedroom, she almost collapsed for fear, then she panicked.

-Oh my God, my God, why didn't you call me before?- she thought while trying to wake her up.

She was cadaveric pale and lost so much weight that it was possible to clearly distinguish her collarbone and ribs. She was wheezing and feverish and her face was covered in blood.

Michiru run until the palace and found the Queen sitting alone.

-My Queem, she looks seriously ill, I can't wake her up, we should take her to hospital on Earth as soon as we can.-

-We can't. I don't know what kind of disease is affecting her, it could be some strange senshi thing, we can't risk our identities to be revealed.-

-But she needs a doctor.-

-You can take her at your home and call Mamoru for help. Definitely he is a doctor.-

Michiru, astonished, leave the Palace and came back. She was worried about the journey, she didn't know wheter she would have been able to bear her friend until home, however, she had no choice. She took her Key and then she hold her tightly. While they were "flying" till home she felt so sad that she started crying.

-Where were us while you were getting ill and suffering so much?-

Finally, they arrived home; they fortunately materialized in Michiru's bedroom. She went downstairs, still crying, and saw Haruka reading on the sofa.

-Come here, Haruka come here, oh my God, my God, I have to call Mamoru, hurry up...-

-Michi-chan, calm down! Shut up! What happened?-

-Go to my bedroom, I'll call Mamoru and I'll be there in a minute.-

AN. Please, review! I hope you all like it. Thank you for helping me making my writing better.