Memory

The fiery tides of water swirled with unnatural enragement that caused every young man's heart to stop for a beat--except Cole's. The water pushed itself against the earth beneath it until its source was completely dry and its murderers stood in its mouth. Radix and Maddox remained stiff and silent, sending a cold shrill feeling of terror through most of the men's spines; it was only Cole who looked just as cold and fierce as they.

With one glare a storm brewed from nowhere and the lake which was swirled dry was quickly filled again. One could say these were the tears of the heavens, falling against the soldiers, some could think this was an omen, but Cole thought of it as that special drum he was waiting for, pushing his heart into battle. A single stripe of thunder broke the silence between the two parties.

"What are you doing here.", Cole growled more to himself than the bounty duo.

"You called us here didn't you.", Radix snarled back, "It was you who called to us…to come now to fight to the death, was it not?"

This stirred the other four young men to give a quick, sick stare of denial at Cole, but quickly turned forward to their foe.

"What if it was.", Cole replied coolly as a loud roar of thunder lit up his fierce expression. "You two wont care in hell."

Maddox sarcastically threw himself aback and humorously jolted "Ha! This from an idiotic quintet dressed as over aged police officers. Any idiot can see right through them." he paused and seemed to hold back his laughter "Oh yes, I guess not any idiot. I suppose clueless humans are the exception. I am guessing you two are hiding from the law, you are in a predicament, correct? If I am not mistaken all the humans who once confided in you as their hero now think you are mad murderers. Ha, I guess loyalty has a different meaning here on Earth…it probably wont matter much once its destroyed."

"Shut-up! We are here to fight you, not to talk! Are you ready or not, Maddox! Or are you going to retreat like you did the last time?!", Jupiter blurted.

Maddox chuckled softly. "I thought you would appreciate our pity. Wasn't destroying half of your city with your own fire enough humiliation for you. We left because we felt sorry for you pathetic heroes and made a mockery of your reputation. We didn't come to fight, just to receive your scepters and to be on our merry way. Isn't it fair, or maybe you should ask Cole, he does all of the talking for you, doesn't he?"

Drake grated his teeth and tried to lunge at Maddox while the others struggled to hold him back. "THIS IS WAR, MADDOX!", he managed to yell.

"So does this mean you will risk your entire planet just to die trying to defeat us? Is that it, Sailor Jupiter? Are we going to be forced to kill you? Is that what you are trying to say?"

"DAMN STRAIGHT, FUCKER!", Drake roared, still trying to break free from his friends.

Maddox caused his heavy and powerful sword to appear in his hand with a flash of neon green light. "Well, what are you waiting for, fools. You haven't transformed yet. I'd like to kill you in uniform if you don't mind."

"Bring it!", Drake hollered, breaking away from his friends and lunging at Maddox while the storm began to strengthen.

Radix stood in front of Maddox and sent a flash of orange light from his palm that broke Drake free from his police disguise and forced him to fall painfully into the cold mud.

Drake pushed himself up, wiped the mud away from his mouth ruggedly with his sleeve and looked bravely into the eyes of Radix. "Ready, Soldiers?", he grumbled hoarsely.

The team lifted their rods towards the radiant full moon. "SAILOR PLANET POWER!", they bawled in unison. With a single flash, the Sailor Soldiers emerged from the light, full of energy and heart.

Already assembled in triangle formation, Mars kneeled in the front with his crimson bow in hand. "MARS FLAME SNIPER!", a scarlet arrow flew towards Radix.

The warrior concentrated thoroughly at the attack but with his palm, caused the arrow to stop and telekinetically crushed it with his mind as if it were nothing. "When do you want to start this fight?", Radix sarcastically asked in triumph.

"NOW!", Saturn roared in his animalistic rage, sending his nuclear Armageddon attack at Radix from behind.

The bounty warriors were devoured in a orange energy sphere that cratered the entire part of the forest where the lake once stood.

Cole gave the thumbs up to his friends. His cheap trick was successful.

Maddox stood over Cole and lifted him off the ground by the neck as he began to struggle for air.

"You thought you were clever, eh!", Maddox grimaced evilly to Cole. "Thought your cheap shot would work, eh! I guess you were wrong then, weren't you! HAHAHA!". Saturn was purple in his fight for oxygen.

Jupiter jumped into the air and over Maddox to rescue his leader when he felt a kinetic force hurling him onto the ground again. It was Radix, whose armor was slightly cracked from the assault on him. He was equally angry as Maddox was and used his psychic power to prevent Jupiter from breathing also.

"VENUS LOVECHAIN WRAP!", a voice from the side of Radix cried. An orange chain clenched at Radix's leg which broke his control over Drake. Using every ounce of strength David could tap into, he swung the younger bounty warrior at his commander, who, in chain, released Saturn and fell backwards with Radix's weight over him.

Cole ran to his companions which his hand comforting the red gash around his neck. He had just barely lost the one Sirix gave him.

"Mars!----Celestial! FIRE!", Matt cried, harnessing a great wall of flames that walled between the two sides. The flames burned brightly and would not give in, not even to the downpour of water still falling from above.

"That should hold them off for a moment. Everyone! Prepare for a group attack!", Cole demanded while everyone triangulated as he wished. "On my call!", he ordered while the group charged up a solid octagon of energy into Cole's palm. "More!" The ray increased into even larger proportions. With his eagle-sharp vision, Cole could see a slight dent in the fire barrier. Radix and Maddox were trying to penetrate the wall. "1!" The shape of the two beings started to form on the wall. "2!", he could now see their skin pushing out against the intense fire. "3!!"

The octagon reached its climactic level and cannoned out of Cole's palm, pushing them onto their rears with its force and broke through the flame wall with the aliens with it. The entire formation collapsed into ashes and the two beings struggled against it and trying to make it fly back.

"More force!", Cole cried. The true spirit of the leader within him as shining.

"Mars Flame buster!", Matt forced from his scepter towards the octagon energy field of light, adding even more power to it.

"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" thousands of green diamonds of light flew into the grand attack that became even more forceful. Radix and Maddox were creating dents in the ground with their heels.

"VENUS CRESENT RAY CANNON!". A pure golden sphere of light dented into the mouth of the attacks and increased its size. The two beings were starting to be forced backwards.

"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!", the forces of water were harnessed at Andrew's disposal and sent a mini hurricane at the blinding force. The trees snapped at the mercy of these winds he caused.

Finally, with the most power and force of all, Saturn created his miniature Saturn prototype ray in his palm. "SATURN NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON!"

For a moment the sky lit up with a sick dawn of orange as the power Saturn summoned was launched from his hand into the creation of he and his companions. It let lose a quick backfire which sent winds towards the soldiers too, but in seconds moved forward towards Radix and Maddox and devoured them in its might. The octagon exploded and took the forest with it in flames. The men quickly banded together before the full destruction and tried with all of their might to survive the power they created together. With their eyes closed tightly they held on to one another for dear life while they felt their uniforms burning off of their backs and the ground collapsing under them.

The trees broke from the bottom up and fell on top of one another in a pile of lumber. They looked as if they were killing themselves, from the inside out while the space around them did the same. Animals that had not left already were quickly and effortlessly dissolved into tiny and soon microscopic pieces of flesh, the flames cremated them and only random parts survived.

The entire forest seemed to be absorbed in one large cyclone of death that was destroying it inch by inch while the humans and people around it could only watch helplessly, in fear of their own lives from afar. The clouds became scarlet and the night became a crimson dawn. Only the silent screams of the souls of nature could be heard, and even that scream could only be heard by the human conscience, until it would be analyzed to be nothing at all. The nuclear rays shooting upward at the clouds remained with full activity and anger for minutes until the only thing left of the forest was nothing at all but a memory, just as peace had become, a memory.