Author: MariSunny

Plot: Charmed&Sailormoon Xover. S9 The Elders think they have 2 sacrifice the Charmed Ones 2 save the World. But Sunny, Usagi and others don't agree.

Disclaimer: I don't own "Charmed" and "Sailormoon" characters. Only the new characters, such as Sunny, Alex, Pam, Astrit, Victor and etc., are of my own creation.

We Fight Forever More

Chapter 16

Falling Down

The Elders rose their hands and shot bolts of white and blue lightning. The bolts hit the sisters and their kids, sending them flying across the cave and straight into the crack near the wall. Then there was silence.

Sunny sat there in shock, completely frozen. She couldn't believe her own eyes. This couldn't be happening, she thought. It just couldn't...

Hotaru shook Sunny by the shoulder, and she came out of her trans. They looked down. The Elders were still there. Their faces were solemn. But not sad or miserable. No. Just solemn.

-We did it... - one of them said, - We did what we had to do...

-Now we'll have to destroy the Source one more time. The final time, - another Elder added. The rest nodded silently, and with that they orbed out.

Sunny watched the whole scene, standing motionless behind the rock. She didn't do anything, she didn't say anything. She didn't feel anything. There was nothing inside of her. Nothing.

Slowly and gradually she began to feel a cold hand squeezing her throat, not letting her breathe, and the fire inside of her head. It was pain. She knew it: it was pain and despair. The feeling was all too familiar for her... She had already felt the same twice before. There was rage inside of her... Just like when Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna left... No, wait. This time it WAS different after all. The rage wasn't directed to the Elders. Actually, she didn't even remember of their existence at that moment. The rage was directed towards the inside of her. Sunny was mad at herself, at her own destiny, at her own bad luck, at having to watch AGAIN helplessly the people she loved leaving her...

"I hate myself, - screamed some voice inside Sunny, - I hate myself for having to watch this again and again! I hate myself for having to lose them!"

"But you don't have to lose anyone."

This was another voice. It was different. It didn't sound hysterical. It sounded reasonable. And it brought peace, peace and order, to Sunny's mind and soul. She raised her eyes from the ground. She knew what to do.

Hotaru, who was watching Sunny carefully, saw that. She saw how Sunny rose her eyes from the ground. She saw the light that flashed in them. It was the light of Hope.

Sunny looked at Hotaru and asked suddenly:

-Do you still have Pluto's henshin wand with you?

-Y-Yes... Why?.. - Sailorsaturn stumbled out, taken aback by such a sudden change of a subject.

Sunny took Hotaru's hands with her own and looked straight into her best friend's eyes.

-Hotaru... Do you trust me? - she asked solemnly. She didn't sound hysterical or close to crying. She sounded... normal.

Hotaru kept silent for a second, but then answered firmly:

-Yes, I do. I trust you, Sunny... Sailorsun... Your Highness Princess Elyonia. I trust you, and I'm with you no matter what. Wherever you go, I will follow you. Whatever you do, I will be there to support you. I said that three thousand years ago, and I'm saying this again now: I am with you no matter what.

-Then do as you say: follow me. Trust me and follow. Just trust me, - Sailorsun let go of Hotaru, took out the henshin wands of Uranus and Neptune and, giving Hotaru another encouraging look, jumped off the cliff into the darkness of the crack, following her friends.

Hotaru was shocked. But then she remembered Sunny's gaze: it was reasonable. She had a plan, Saturn knew that. And she trusted her Princess. Her friend. She took out Pluto's henshin wand and jumped after Sunny, into diving into the darkness of the crack.