Chapter 7 - She
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Back in the car, Mamoru resisited the urge to listen to the tape immediatly, and forced himself to sit down a moment. He felt dizzy trying sum up all the new information. The Senshi had fought and defeated an alien being down in the sewerage. There was a secret cave, too, and somebody was trying to kill him. Rei was behind the ideas in Motoki's head, and wanted him supervised. Fortunately, she didn't know, that he had contacted Tanaka. He had to make sure Motoki didn't tell her, if he suspected anything like that.
Neither did Rei know, that he was still trying to find answers. She believed him to be savely in his appartment with Motoki as his watchdog. But Motoki hadn't acted according to her plans. He had left, when he felt Mamoru didn't need his help anymore. And Motoki knew Mamoru better than Rei did.
Rei didn't know anything! He was so sick of her using people, like they were figures on a board game. He would make sure, she didn't play with him anymore.
She believed him to be at home, so he wouldn't go back to his appartment. He thought, it would be save to stop by and pick up a couple of things, since it was not likely the Senshi would check on him right now. He had to hurry, so he could leave again before dawn. Then he would go elsewhere. He had to find a place, where they wouldn't find him. Neither the Senshi, nor the people who were after him. So he couldn't go to Motoki's place, there they would look first. It had to be someone, whom they didn't know to be a close friend of his.
He hurried home, packed a small suitcase and drove away just as the sky turned yellow in the east. Had he left ten minutes later he would have crossed paths with a yellow Ferrari, going in the other direction, straight to his appartment.
The drive would take some time, so he used it to listen to the tape from Tanaka's dictating machine. He didn't think, he could use much of it, it started out with things how Tanaka would proof his theories. But as the tape ran on Mamoru's face went more and more pale. Several times he rewound a passage to listen to it again. It was hard to understand, and even harder to believe.
At first there were mostly calculations, about in what angle the spaceship had left earth. Tanaka had tried to figure it out by analizing the damages caused by the earthquake. He had walked around the area, taking a look at pretty much every crack in the buildings or on the floor. More interesting were the alien substances he found in the sewery. He believed them to be the remnants of the ship's engine fuel. Mamoru knew, they were the remnants of an alien being, the Senshi had fought and destroyed, a being they had referred to as 'she.' That meant they had to be familiar with their enemy, otherwise, 'she' would have been an 'it'. On the analization of the substances Tanaka had based his 'TV theory' on nuclear testing. The substances itself were stone and metal, probably from the very center of the earth. But locked inside them were tiny traces of hydrogen and helium atoms. The nuclear fusion from hydrogen into helium was something that took place on the sun and other stars.
Nuclear weapons were based on the same principle. So Tanaka would be able to proof with the stuff he had, that nuclear fusion had taken place. But his true theory went further. He believed the fuel of the ship to be a living organism, originating from the sun. It contained enormous energy inside itself, and created its energy by nuclear fusion. For the last milleniums this particular being had lived in the center of the earth, were it had added the terran parts. As long as the organism was active it was a being of pure energy. It didn't even have a physical body. All it needed was hydrogen for the fusion, and a certain amount of energy to start it.
On the sun, there had been enough of it. On earth, the being still drew some energy from the sun. The drained parts of the sun's surface, were visible to humans as so-called sun-spots. Whenever the number of the sun- spots increased, so did the power of the being. Also, and now Tanaka was getting more and more fantastic, the being could drain energy from other living beings, for example human brainwaves, but that was only possible if it was powerful enough. Nevertheless terran climate was not fit for the being. Probably the spaceship was its possibility to get back to the sun. So it had contacted the Illuminati and made a deal with them about flying the ship. Maybe it could outsmart even them. Maybe it was behind the Illuminati itself, it had used them to get the ship in the first place.
At the end of the tape Tanaka started to have problems with his own theories. He mixed things around, then again there were clear detailed descriptions about his tests and what evidence he found for different ideas.
Also, he had found the cave were the spaceship had been, and gave some directions on how to find it. They weren't that clear, but with a little luck Mamoru thought, he might be able to follow them. The tape ended with last night's trip into the sewery, were Tanaka had lost it.
Mamoru felt sick. He stopped at a supermarket to get coffee to fight the fatigue. He felt sick even more. So many answers at once, and they only raised more questions. Could it be true? How could Tanaka know all these things?
He should have listened to the professor in the first place, he should have worked together with him. All this weird stuff had gotten him to lose interest. He now knew, who the enemy of the Senshi had been. An enemy older than the Moon Kingdom itself. The Silver Crystal had banished her once, the Silver Crystal had banished her again. And yet she had returned.
Energy beings like her were something, they had encountered many times. Wiseman, or Pharao 90 had been such creatures. They were powerful only, if they used humans for their plans. They ruled human minds. Wiseman had seen the desire for vengance in the Black Moon Family, and had pomised to help them. Pharao'90 wanted to destroy the whole physical world, and all living beings with a physical body.
And she had created a war between Earth and Moon. The darkest chapter inside his memories. Although the memories how the Silver Millenium ended had returned to all of them, it was something they rarely spoke about. It was simply too painful.
The thought, that Queen Metallia had freed herself from the depths of the earth, made him shiver. The Senshi had defeated her - at what cost? The secret they did not want to talk about? Why did they have to make up this story about the earthquake? It just didn't make any sense!
Did he have enough information to confront Rei yet? He didn't think so! She wouldn't be pleased about his disappearance, maybe she would go looking for him. It was better to wait and see what she would do next.
It was a little after eight when he reached his destination. He hoped his friend was home. She was an early bird after all, and might have gone shopping or studying in the library. In some ways, she really was the total opposite of Usako.
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Back in the car, Mamoru resisited the urge to listen to the tape immediatly, and forced himself to sit down a moment. He felt dizzy trying sum up all the new information. The Senshi had fought and defeated an alien being down in the sewerage. There was a secret cave, too, and somebody was trying to kill him. Rei was behind the ideas in Motoki's head, and wanted him supervised. Fortunately, she didn't know, that he had contacted Tanaka. He had to make sure Motoki didn't tell her, if he suspected anything like that.
Neither did Rei know, that he was still trying to find answers. She believed him to be savely in his appartment with Motoki as his watchdog. But Motoki hadn't acted according to her plans. He had left, when he felt Mamoru didn't need his help anymore. And Motoki knew Mamoru better than Rei did.
Rei didn't know anything! He was so sick of her using people, like they were figures on a board game. He would make sure, she didn't play with him anymore.
She believed him to be at home, so he wouldn't go back to his appartment. He thought, it would be save to stop by and pick up a couple of things, since it was not likely the Senshi would check on him right now. He had to hurry, so he could leave again before dawn. Then he would go elsewhere. He had to find a place, where they wouldn't find him. Neither the Senshi, nor the people who were after him. So he couldn't go to Motoki's place, there they would look first. It had to be someone, whom they didn't know to be a close friend of his.
He hurried home, packed a small suitcase and drove away just as the sky turned yellow in the east. Had he left ten minutes later he would have crossed paths with a yellow Ferrari, going in the other direction, straight to his appartment.
The drive would take some time, so he used it to listen to the tape from Tanaka's dictating machine. He didn't think, he could use much of it, it started out with things how Tanaka would proof his theories. But as the tape ran on Mamoru's face went more and more pale. Several times he rewound a passage to listen to it again. It was hard to understand, and even harder to believe.
At first there were mostly calculations, about in what angle the spaceship had left earth. Tanaka had tried to figure it out by analizing the damages caused by the earthquake. He had walked around the area, taking a look at pretty much every crack in the buildings or on the floor. More interesting were the alien substances he found in the sewery. He believed them to be the remnants of the ship's engine fuel. Mamoru knew, they were the remnants of an alien being, the Senshi had fought and destroyed, a being they had referred to as 'she.' That meant they had to be familiar with their enemy, otherwise, 'she' would have been an 'it'. On the analization of the substances Tanaka had based his 'TV theory' on nuclear testing. The substances itself were stone and metal, probably from the very center of the earth. But locked inside them were tiny traces of hydrogen and helium atoms. The nuclear fusion from hydrogen into helium was something that took place on the sun and other stars.
Nuclear weapons were based on the same principle. So Tanaka would be able to proof with the stuff he had, that nuclear fusion had taken place. But his true theory went further. He believed the fuel of the ship to be a living organism, originating from the sun. It contained enormous energy inside itself, and created its energy by nuclear fusion. For the last milleniums this particular being had lived in the center of the earth, were it had added the terran parts. As long as the organism was active it was a being of pure energy. It didn't even have a physical body. All it needed was hydrogen for the fusion, and a certain amount of energy to start it.
On the sun, there had been enough of it. On earth, the being still drew some energy from the sun. The drained parts of the sun's surface, were visible to humans as so-called sun-spots. Whenever the number of the sun- spots increased, so did the power of the being. Also, and now Tanaka was getting more and more fantastic, the being could drain energy from other living beings, for example human brainwaves, but that was only possible if it was powerful enough. Nevertheless terran climate was not fit for the being. Probably the spaceship was its possibility to get back to the sun. So it had contacted the Illuminati and made a deal with them about flying the ship. Maybe it could outsmart even them. Maybe it was behind the Illuminati itself, it had used them to get the ship in the first place.
At the end of the tape Tanaka started to have problems with his own theories. He mixed things around, then again there were clear detailed descriptions about his tests and what evidence he found for different ideas.
Also, he had found the cave were the spaceship had been, and gave some directions on how to find it. They weren't that clear, but with a little luck Mamoru thought, he might be able to follow them. The tape ended with last night's trip into the sewery, were Tanaka had lost it.
Mamoru felt sick. He stopped at a supermarket to get coffee to fight the fatigue. He felt sick even more. So many answers at once, and they only raised more questions. Could it be true? How could Tanaka know all these things?
He should have listened to the professor in the first place, he should have worked together with him. All this weird stuff had gotten him to lose interest. He now knew, who the enemy of the Senshi had been. An enemy older than the Moon Kingdom itself. The Silver Crystal had banished her once, the Silver Crystal had banished her again. And yet she had returned.
Energy beings like her were something, they had encountered many times. Wiseman, or Pharao 90 had been such creatures. They were powerful only, if they used humans for their plans. They ruled human minds. Wiseman had seen the desire for vengance in the Black Moon Family, and had pomised to help them. Pharao'90 wanted to destroy the whole physical world, and all living beings with a physical body.
And she had created a war between Earth and Moon. The darkest chapter inside his memories. Although the memories how the Silver Millenium ended had returned to all of them, it was something they rarely spoke about. It was simply too painful.
The thought, that Queen Metallia had freed herself from the depths of the earth, made him shiver. The Senshi had defeated her - at what cost? The secret they did not want to talk about? Why did they have to make up this story about the earthquake? It just didn't make any sense!
Did he have enough information to confront Rei yet? He didn't think so! She wouldn't be pleased about his disappearance, maybe she would go looking for him. It was better to wait and see what she would do next.
It was a little after eight when he reached his destination. He hoped his friend was home. She was an early bird after all, and might have gone shopping or studying in the library. In some ways, she really was the total opposite of Usako.