Episode 5 Act 3 Battle for Pixie
Serena goes to look for the other scouts, she senses something is up and then there were those 2 bright beams of light just a moment ago. She sees some of them run past chasing after something and she decides to go after them. Mina and Hotaru dash over a roof top and jump down to the street landing near Serena. Mina looks around nervously, clutching her dagger in her pocket.
Catching up with Mercury and Jupiter, Serena hears Mercury mention some unusual energy; she recognized it from somewhere but is unsure from where. Mars shows up not long after Serena asking questions.
"Sailor Moon, Mercury, what is going on?" Mars asks.
"It's complicated Mars." Mercury replies.
"Actually." Mina said behind them. "It's not very complicated at all!" She said with a laugh holding Hotaru's hand.
"Mina what are you doing here? It's dangerous." Mars says to her.
Mercury looks and sees her. "Mars is right, and it's harder to catch that thing than you think it's faster then we are. Not to mention I'm getting all kinds of energy readings on my visor."
Hotaru struggles out of Mina's grip. "MINA! Let me go," Hotaru said annoyed.
Just then Amara shows up. "What's going on?"
"Oh! Sorry..."She giggled and dropped Hotaru's hand.
Hotaru brushed herself off. "Hey Amara. Lesson of the day: Don't let Mina drag you anywhere!" She exclaimed. Amara just shook her head and laughed.
They see Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter standing on guard. "Its not the safest time to be here." Mercury says.
Mina pulls the dagger out of her pocket.
"Well she's somewhat prepared I'll give her that." Mars says seeing the dagger.
Mina giggled as she fingered the silver lining.
"Mina's lost it," Amara and Hotaru said together.
"Huh?" Mina comments.
The four demons continued to close in on the pixie and Krahazik. They moved with a single minded determination to catch it and get the broach is had.
Two of them swerved past Mina's shoulder as they headed for the small intersection where Krahazik held it. Mina charged after them holding the dagger over her head at full speed.
"Oh no...MINA! Get back here!" Hotaru called. She started after her, Amara on her heels.
Mars runs after them "You'll need some help."
Mina was on the demon's tail. 'What's happening to me...' She threw the dagger impaling Aki in the back right between the shoulder blades. As Mina watched the Aki fall to the ground with a screech. She collapsed. 'Is it over for me...?' A locket appeared around Mina's neck. Sleep overwhelmed her.
"OUOOOOCH!" Aki screamed dropping to the ground as every one rounded the corner.
"What the!" Krahazik exclaims as 3 of the demons charge him. The pixie held firmly in his hand by the scruff of its neck. Its wings flapping madly and kicking its legs. It is clutching the broach and locket to its chest with both arms.
"No it isn't" Mars picks Mina up and begins running towards the hospital.
Aki slowly got up turning to face the source of the dagger. She formed an ice spear with a very sharp point and sent it flying at Mina screaming, "That HURT!"
Aki's ice spear sails past Mina and Mars. "HAY!" she screams and takes wing in pursuit of Mars but falls to the ground with another scream. The dagger still in her back between her wings. She reaches behind and rips it out. "AAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Krahazik dove to the side as Fira sent a fireball into the spot he was standing. "Give us that broach thingy!" She yelled.
Fina went into a dive heading strait for Krahazik.
Kale ran towards Krahazik planning on pulling him over and grabbing the broach.
With a growl Aki stands up and begins hurling ice spears at Mina and Mars again.
Krahazik neatly dives clear of Kale as Kale and Fina collide. He rolls again as Fira tries to roast him again. Krahazik keeps a firm grip on the pixie. It just flails about with its wings and legs screeching at the top of its little lungs.
"Moon! We have to find that fairy, or pixie thing it went this way." Mercury says grabbing Moon's hand and taking her in the direction she is going. Sailor Moon runs with mercury. They round the corner to see Krahazik in a maelstrom of chaos. He is diving and jumping about. Fira is trying to set the nab ore hood on fire while trying to roast him. Fina is cutting everything up with air-blades. Kale is causing the ground to jump up in spikes and throwing pieces of earth about trying to spear or crush him. All the while Krahazik hangs onto the pixie with his right hand. He occasionally blocks an earth attack with his left hand.
Sailor moon looks at the chaos she tries to think of a plan.
"GIVE US THAT BROACH!" Kale screams thrusting the ground below Krahazik and him into the air. He spins into a flip and sends a lighting bolt into Kale with his left hand while Fira, from in the air, nails him in a jet of flame. Kale is flattened to the ground by the lightning blast, with an "Ouch."
Krahazik hit the ground and rolled a bit, his shorts and what was left of his shirt smoking along with his singed fur. He went into a roll, a large gash appearing in the ground where he had been. Fina was in the air with Fira. There seamed to be no coordination between the demon's attacks.
"What the?" Mercury sees Krahazik in the midst of battle.
Krahazik jumps up and leaps into a forward spin sending an energy bolt at Fina with his left hand while Fira melts the pavement where Krahazik was. "A little help here!" Krahazik yells as Fina dodges his bolt. He gets up from dodging another one of Fina's attacks. He sent an energy bolt into Fira who was to slow to dodge. Taking a direct to the chest she dropped to the ground with a loud thud.
Kale barreled into Krahazik slamming him into the side of a building. "Oof." Krahazik said momentarily stunned. She wasted no time in grabbing the broach with her right hand. Krahazik grabbed her right wrist with his left hand and they both fell to the ground. She grabbed a fist full of fur in her left hand and they rolled on the ground as she tried to break away from him.
Fina hovered over head trying to decide what to do. Fira was slowly starting to get up with a groan.
"Supreme Thunder!" Jupiter cried, zapping the demons around Krahazik. She noticed that Krahazik was having some trouble. And even though she wanted to give him a piece of her mind, she couldn't do that if he was dead. "So, who wants some? I've got plenty to go around!"
Artemis hung onto Fina until he was close enough to Krahazik. At the perihelion of the two, Artemis jumped onto Krahazik and was relieved to know that he was not uncovered. He saw how the scouts were doing and realized that he had to hurriedly get the pixie, the brooch, and the silver locket, before he was noticed or crushed between Krahazik, Kale and the ground.
Kale lakes a blast of electricity from Jupiter and reels back with a howl, the broach in her right hand. The pixie breaks free and shoots away as the locket goes skidding across the ground. Krahazik plants both hands together in front of Kale and hits her with a large jolt of electricity sending her flying, the broach flying free from her hand. Artemis leapt to the ground about to go after the broach.
Fina folded her wings and dove for the broach.
Fira sprung from where she was sprinting for the broach.
Aki sent a dozen water spears at Jupiter.
Tuxedo Mask shows up from nowhere as he likes to do. "Hold right there! HA!" He quickly throws a rose at Fina, and grabs the broach then leaps to a branch of the only tree in the intersection. It was intentionally planted in a neat circle at the edge of the side walk.
The rose sails by Fina harmlessly. She looks at Tuxedo mask as he snatches the broach out of the air, "WAAAA!" then collides with the wall.
Fira stops and brings her hands together and launches a jet of flame at Tuxedo Mask.
He neatly dodges the attack, leaping from the tree to the ground. Then looks at the broach. "Wait this is."
Aki turns her attention to look where Fira was shooting at. The tree becomes a bonfire. "Hay! Give us that!" Aki screams launching an ice spear at Tuxedo Mask.
Kale begins to get back up shaking her head. "Oh, ouch."
When Artemis saw that Tuxedo Kamen had taken the items, he ran over to him, jumped up snatching the broach. Hitting the ground he took off in a mad sprint heading for Usagi's house.
At seeing Artemis run with the broach Fira broke off her attack on Tuxedo mask and took wing chasing after him her hands becoming flames ready to start throwing. "Time for roast CAT!" she screeched leaving the area in pursuit of Artemis.
Artemis ran with all of his spirit. He saw an alleyway that had a whole big enough for him that would lead him to Usagi's kitchen and decided to run through there. Being a cat, and an outdoor one at that, he knew these back streets and all of the shortcuts a cat could take.
Fira dropped down in front of the hole Artemis had run into. She was infuriated as the hole was too small for her to fit. She placed both hands in front of her and let loose massive streams of flames like a high powered flame thrower.
Artemis ran faster until he jumped down into the sewage water and kept running for the kitchen.
Fira screams in rage unable to follow Artemis. She sends a message to the others, "I lost the broach thingy." then vanishes in a jet of flame.
Kale runs over and grabs Fina, then vanishes.
Aki bursts into a cloud of water vapor which dissipates.
"Whoa! Aqua Illusion!" Mercury douses the tree to put it out. Tuxedo Mask goes after Artemis. Mars still looks over Mina wondering if her friend will be okay.
Artemis ran threw the sewers into the kitchen where he knew he had at least and hour to hide the items. Cleverly he had a toy brooch and stashed it on the bed with one of Usagi-chan's mother's silver locket. At that moment Artemis went into Usagi's room and placed the fake items on her bed and went to Usagi's parent's room and placed the real items in a storage box. He then ran to Usagi's room and waited for the scouts to come hoping the demons wouldn't find him first.
Krahazik leaned against the wall his eyes half closed. The energies he was putting out subsiding and disappearing. Some smoke still raising up from his singed fur. The night seams to quiet down as things settle.
Hotaru and Amara show up at the scene.
"Gee you guys missed helping out." Mars says slightly winded. Mercury looks around to see if there is a place safe to power down. Tuxedo Mask looks around for Artemis. "Where did he go? Artemis!"
Krahazik slumps to the ground with a thud leaving a charred streak from his fur along the wall.
"Sorry." Hotaru and Amara both say at once.
Jupiter walks over to Krahazik, "You going to be ok?"
"It's not that much of a worry. You only missed Mina's broach being recovered." Mercury says sounding a hire sarcastic. Tuxedo Mask shows up, not catching Artemis. "Is everyone okay?"
Krahazik sighs half awake, "Just... tired ... And drained..." he winces, "And sore... ouch..." His shirt is almost completely gone along with his shorts. He looks like he has been used as punching bag and standing in a bon fire.
Hotaru looked at Amy. "It's not like you to be sarcastic."
The alley intersection is a shambles with scorch marks all over the walls. Long gashes in the floor and walls and sections which look like they were ripped up and thrown about. A few earth spikes still jutting out from the ground. The place looks like an entire war happened right there.
"Was I? My apologies Hotaru." Amy replies.
"No kidding, that was kind of harsh." Mars says as she looks around.
"I think we all need a break, not to mention that we have to leave the area before the authorities decide to investigate the area." Tuxedo Mask says, sounding more like Mercury should have been.
"Here." Jupiter said, gently grabbing Krahazik's arm and pulling his body weight on her back. "I have no idea why I'm helping you, after all you put us through. But, we'll take care of ya." Turning to look at the other scouts, Jupiter slightly shifted Krahazik, "Let's go to Rei's place and see if we can't figure out who these people are and why they took Mina's broach."
"Thanks," Krahazik says weakly with an attempt at a smile.
"It's okay." Hotaru replies. Amara just nods.
"No problem!" Jupiter smiles.
Krahazik allows himself to be carried. He is surprisingly light for his size. He falls deeper into sleep, barely aware of his surroundings.
"We are kinda close to Rei's, but isn't Amy's place closer?" Mars says calmly keeping her identities separate.
Mercury looks at Mars with a raised eyebrow, Tuxedo Mask does the same. "Maybe right Mars." Mercury replies tactfully.
Hotaru nods. "Yes, Amy's place is closer than Rei's."
Amara smiled. "Let's go there then."
End Act 3