In Crystal Tokyo…

Dark lady had told her how to construct the dark circus members. It sounded effortless yet complex. There were so many things she had to do, yet the tasks were undemanding.

Dark lady then warned her that a simple mistake might generate chaos beyond one's imagination. Serenity didn't believe it but she hadn't shown it incase it could've angered Dark lady.

Serenity was readying herself for creating the dark circus. She licked her lips and than looked for Dark lady's support. She found dark lady back in her mirror and watching her.

'So much for support,' Serenity rolled her eyes and muttered.

Then Serenity started to create her dark circus. She put her energy into the sinister necklace. The necklace began to glow faintly and then expanded into a dark, electric purple. When the orb that had surrounded the necklace grew into the length of about a foot, Serenity's lips curled.

She had performed the tasks perfectly as Dark lady had instructed her. It was about dawn when she had finally finished the first stage and Serenity's muscles were worn out. She flopped onto her bed.

As Dark lady was in the mirror and only bossed around Serenity and didn't really care about her, she didn't bother to wake her up at the right time. Only when she knew that soon there would be an explosion and her mirror might crack, did she call out to Serenity.

She glided out of the thin sheet of glass and hovered over the bed. She formed an oval with her mouth and began to suck Serenity's energy inside herself. It didn't give any advantage to Serenity except the incredible pain was enough to make her writhe with agony and wake her up.

Serenity hobbled to the orb after she had gotten over the 'pain' stage. She stared inside and saw that the orb was now forming a bubbly black tar-like liquid in the centre. Serenity believed that it was correct, except that she had achieved to create too much liquid.

'Time for the second stage,' Serenity told herself. She went over to the male test subject and threw him inside, head first. In the moment of contact the head began to rapidly divide into two and then four. When he had come out of the other end he looked like a pure monster. He had four of each limb and eight eyes which spun around madly when he awoke.

Then he raised himself up and moved his body then he caught sight of Serenity. He immediately recognized her as his master. He kneeled down and kissed her hand. Each head's lip made a revolting sucking sound.

'At your service,' he said with great respect.

Serenity was disgusted by the trails of saliva that he had left on her hand but ignored it. Then she realized that she had done something wrong with the mixture as there was too much regeneration.

Afterward she requested that four-head, it was the name she had given him, to perform his specialized attack. He nodded and stood back a step. He inhaled a large breath and let it out with a blast. It utterly disintegrated the wall and then the rubble began to melt.

'Acid wind breath, I call it,' Four-head informed her.

Serenity was pleased as she recognized the attack as useful and strong.

'You'll become very useful,' she told him.

Four-head took it as a compliment and bowed again.

In Elysion…

The scouts were greeted by the familiar shine maidens, however, they somehow looked different. Usually they would have their beautiful hair flowing around their bodies in a melancholy way this time, their hair hung limp. Their eyes looked distant and sadder and their voice much weaker but they did their usual duty of showing the scouts to Helios. They glided over to the end of the carpet whilst the scouts followed.

Sailor Mercury had her mini-computer out and was busily tapping in numbers and percentages. Then she suddenly stopped and looked around cautiously. The scouts noticed her abrupt halt and turned their heads.

'Aren't you coming?' warned Neptune in a teasing tone.

Sailor Mercury regained her senses, smiled and ran to catch up with the group.

When the scouts went up to Helios they realized he wasn't his normal self either. He was too busy trying to rid the stone structures of black, thorny roses inside of bowing down and greeting him. When then wind blew and Endimion's cape fluttered a little to create a slight sound. Helios stopped and turned his head to the scouts.

'Excuse me rudeness, I didn't realize that you had been standing their waiting for my ignorance to stop,' Helios apologized in a lowly manner.

Endimion smiled to his guardian.

'It's not you that's rude, it's us. Now, please raise you head so we can talk properly,' Endimion reached out his hand to help Helios stand up.

Helios's eyes widen in surprised and respect. Endimion smiled again patted his back.

'It's been an age hasn't it?' Endimion joked, noticing that they hadn't seen each other for at least a millennium.

Helios abruptly turned his head to where it was facing in the beginning, Endimion and the scouts followed. The whole of the area was filled with black skeletons of dead roses. It was even worse than the last time Elysion was affected. This time it grew rapidly, changes were taking place right in front of their eyes!

Helios went back to controlling the plants. Soon the scouts were helping as well making the job much more effective and soon the walls were white stone again. The scouts then placed a spell on Elysion so that their good energy would affect Elysion and no plants would grow unless they were present.

The scouts each gave their regards and were soon sitting in a formal way around in their formation circle.

'Please help us,'

Endimion's eyes were leaking tears as he thought of his beloved homeland begin utterly controlled with darkness. Mercury and Mars couldn't help but gasp and the sudden over-reaction.

Elysion's eyes softened as he knew that Endimion sometimes had a down-time whenever something precious was about to disappear. The scouts hadn't really seen his soft side in a while so they kept quiet and waited for what Endimion would say next.

'Can you please help us?' Endimion called out, clenching Helios's hand.

Helios eyes were closed and his mind was deep in thought. When he had finished his thinking he rose.

'What do you want help with?' Helios's golden eyes sparkled with excitement.

The scouts would've never guessed that Helios would take up such a dangerous mission with enthusiasm.

Mercury was still typing and she finally clicked off her glasses. Mercury smiled sadly and started to inform the scouts of her findings.

'By my calculations and the concentration of dark energy surrounding and embedding itself in Crystal Tokyo the chances of Small lady still being alive are less than a percent. Also, it seems that her body has been taken over by an unknown being but still quite familiar.' Mercury than stopped her speech.

'Then Small lady's dead but not yet,' Uranus asked with her elbow on her knee and her head resting on it.

'Yes, it would seem so. Unfortunately, Small lady's was killed already before the body was taken over as the internal organs aren't functioning at all and the only thing that's keeping the body together is a silvery thread. It was too small and thin to be traced back to the source though.' Mercury answered.

'So it seems that there is no one to guide us but you Endimion,' Saturn spoke out.

There was a general murmur of agreement amongst the scouts. Endimion understood and agreed to take on his new role. He had many qualities of leadership in him but they weren't being practiced as Serenity had taken over the kingdom and had run in to her liking. Endimion acted only as her advisor and his traits were only wisps.

Darien then turned to the group.

'I would also like to announce that I would prefer if Helios was to be a partner with in thinking up strategies and so forth. I'm sure that you all could adapt well as he is a reliable and trustworthy man.' Darien put forward his request.

As the scouts, after of knowing Helios, knew that he indeed was one that could be trusted they raised their hands in agreement.

'I'm truly honored,' Helios placed his right hand on his heart.

'I really am…'