Sailor Moon ST: Hero Unlimited Next! 6– By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon, JLU and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special note: This is a take on the JLU episode "Dead Reckoning".
Part 5: "Death of the Ape".
Location: JLU Watchtower.
"…So I know of this great hamburger place in Metropolis that we could go to, Batman," Superman said, as he walked over to his colleagues Batman, Wonder Woman and Sailor Moon.
"Kal, you KNOW that Bat-kun doesn't like to socialize," 'Moon said as she logged out of the station computer systems. She and the others were performing the quarterly systems diagnostic on the station. "You might ruin the reputation of 'Dark Knight' - Oh!"
"What is it?" Wonder Woman asked with concern. She noticed something about 'Moon's aura…
"You're NOT the 'Moon Princess', aren't you?" Batman says with suspicion.
"Actually, it's me, Boston Brand, Batman," said Boston Brand, the one simply known as "The Deadman". "I'm here because the Master of Nanga Parbat and other monks were murdered by super villains!"
"Is Sailor Moon alright?" Superman said with concern of his former wife.
"Ah, she's fine," Deadman says. "A little ticked off, but she's understanding."
"Then we better figure out 'who' these super-villains are," Batman said. "I wouldn't be surprised if it's another recent organized encounter with Lex."
After a few hours, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman come up with some leads.
"Yep, those are the goons, guys," Deadman said. "You know, this body ain't so bad…"
"Well, we definitely have Lex involved," Superman said, as he looked over the pictures. "And the 'Devil Ray' recently broke out of prison," Diana replies.
"Diana, do you remember anything out of the ordinary recently, involving Devil Ray?" Batman asked.
"I do recall Giganta saying one name: Grodd," Diana says.
"Then we better contact Solivar at 'Gorilla City'," Superman says.
"'Gorilla City'?" Deadman says.
"It's a place where hyper-intelligent, talking apes have built an advanced community that is far superior than any human city on Earth," Batman replies.
"Really?" Deadman replies incredulously.
"So says the man who's a ghost," Diana smirks.
"Point."
"Superman to Solivar," Superman says over a secured communications link.
"Solivar here," came the reply.
"We are calling to warn you of an impending attack."
"What a coincidence," the gray ape replied. "I was about to contact about that."
"We're are way!"
Ten minutes later, four bodies are beamed down to the site just outside of Gorilla City, which is disguised as a mountain range in the heart of Africa.
"Man, I wish I had a more powerful body," Deadman said.
"Actually, we need you to deactivate the defense grid that hides and protect this city," Batman says.
"Right," Deadman said, as he left Sailor Moon's body. As soon as the ghost left…
"Uh…"
"Usagi, are you alright?" Superman asked.
"A little shaken up, Kal, but I'll be fine."
"Glad to hear that, Sister," Diana said, as she comforted her godmother and aunt.
"Look," Batman says.
Soon, the illusion of the mountain range fades away, revealing a war-torn city.
"Let's go!" Superman said, as he and the others entered the city.
As Gorilla Grodd, Lex Luthor and Tala the Sorceress do their thing, the JLU plus Deadman do THEIR thing.
BLAM!
Sailor Moon and Wonder Woman were fighting Rampage and Blackfire. Both were strong, but Blackfire had the advantage of flight and energy-based powers.
BLAM! BLAM!
Sailor Moon dodges Blackfire's purple-colored energy blast. She then pulls out her Moon Scepter, which she uses as both a club and an energy apparatus.
"As soon as you are out of the picture, Lord Ranma will be MINE!" said the older sister of the hero "Starfire".
"I don't THINK so, Komand'r," 'Moon says, as she swung her scepter. "Moon Scepter ELIMINATION!"
A gigantic heart appears, and slams into Blackfire.
"Augh!"
"Moon Body SLAM!" 'Moon says, as she leaps into air, and slams down on her foe…elbow first.
"Urk!"
"And now YOU know that I'm more of Ranma's type than you will ever be!
Wonder Woman and Rampage sweat-drops.
"…"
A few minutes later, after Superman defeats Bizzaro, a field of energy swarms the entire planet.
"You GOT to be kidding me!" said the now transformed "Wonder Ape".
Like Diana, Batman and Superman were transformed. However, Sailor Moon's change was different.
"ARGH!" Moon said, as her body was fighting for control.
"Why hasn't Sailor Moon been affected as we?" Diana asked.
"She has," Bat-Ape says. "Remember her last medical exam?"
"That's right!" Super-Ape exclaimed. Being close to Usagi, he remembered something about her that is related to this situation. "She's…she's…"
"RROWRL!" 'Moon roared, as she was slowly transforming into a giant ape form of "Oozaru". It was a form that the alien species "Saiyajins" that could be obtained under to light of the full Moon. But because Sailor Moon gets her power from the Moon itself, she can prevent a forcible change. However, do to Gorilla Grodd's attempt to remake humanity into apes, 'Moon is no longer in control.
"Usagi, you have to regain your composure!" Bat-Ape says.
Baring teeth, Usagi took great efforts in regaining her bestial side. Her developing fur now took a platinum blond tint, as she went "Golden Oozaru"…
"You can do it, Sister!" Diana says.
With one more scream, Usagi broke through her transformation, reasserting her core's self.
"Huff," Sailor Moon said, as she calmed down. She was still slightly furry, but she had re-established her "Super-Saiyajin 4" form, a form that is essentially "half-humanoid/half-ape. Normally, only purebred Saiyajins can achieve such a form. But because of her adaptable alien genetic structure, Usagi could achieve this form as well.
'Moon looked fiercer than normal. Her hair was wild, she was muscular and taller, and she had dark red eyeliner that made her look perpetually angry.
"Nice," 'Moon smirked, as she flexed her muscles. "I had forgotten how nice it was…"
"We have to find Grodd and the others!" Bat-Ape says. Just then, an onslaught of supervillains and their flunkies enter the fore, as they attempt to overwhelm the heroes.
"Allow me," 'Moon said, as she opened her hand towards the onslaught.
"Don't kill them-" Super-Ape says.
"Don't worry, Kal-kun," 'Moon said. "Just because I have the urge to kill them all, I won't stoop to their level. MOON BEAM GLOW!"
FWOOSH!
The "Moon Beam Glow" attack was the lightest of her attacks while in Super-Saiyajin form, using a combination of Jedi Mind tricks and a concussive force, both wrapped in what is essentially a "special effect". Essentially, it mimics the Men-in-Black's "Neuralizer" device, which can affect people's memories. In Sailor Moon's case…
"What did you do?" Diana says, as she was amazed to see all of their foes in a zombie-like state.
"I put them in a hypnotic state," 'Moon says. At the "SS4" level, Usagi has the power to pull this off on a worldwide scale. "They are all yours, Bat-kun."
"We'll deal with them later," Bat-Ape says. "Let's stop Grodd."
A few minutes later…
"Here's Johnny!" 'Moon said, as she broke through the wall, where the shield generator/amplifier was stored. The JLU Apes saw that Lex and Tala was also transformed into Ape-like beasts. "You look funny, Lex!"
"Very funny, Moon Princess," Lex-Ape said drolly, as he points his weapon at the JLU Apes.
"No, it's too late for them to do anything!" Gorilla Grodd says. "Tala, get us out of here!"
"Of course, beloved," said Tala-Ape, as she generated a teleportation spell, that took them and their allies from the city.
"We have to do something," Super-Ape said, as he was about to pummel the generator.
"Kal, we need not be brutal, you know," 'Moon said, as she went over to the generator. "Lex is not the only person that is a brain.
After the generator was deactivated, reversing the "ape-fication" process, the orb was returned to Nanga Parbat with Deadman, who was finally allowed his rest in the afterlife.
Back on the JLU Watchtower…
"Um, aren't you going to change back?" Princess Diana asked, as she was getting a bite to eat in the commissary.
"Hmm?" 'Moon said, as she gobbled mounds and mounds of food. She was still in her "demi-Ape" form.
"Never mind."
Tbc.