The Trials, by Boyce
Chapter 3 : Enemies Once More
/ Gamex Announcement \
Gamex : All right now listen! The 3 teams are moving on. I'm sure you are eager to know who got teamed up with who. The 1st team has Mars and Moon on it. They'll be in the Fire Zone. The 2nd team is made of Venus and Mercury who'll be in the Water Zone. The final team has Jupiter and Tuxedo Mask in the Light Zone. Now you know the teams. Each team will follow the path that they see. You'll come face to face with "trials" that will make use of your Strength, Brains, and TeamWork to pass them. The last trial will be the toughest. I wish you luck. If you manage to beat the trials, you'll go home safely. If not, you'll start at the beginning again! HAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...
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/ 1st Team - 1st Trial \
(Mars had managed to reach Sailor Moon. They were now walking, and commenting on what they just heard from the crazy Gamex)
Mars : Maybe, but I'm more worried about Venus and Mercury. They won't have problems with the riddles, but they might have difficulties with battles. No offense to them, but they are not the strongest.
Moon : Perhaps, but give them credit. Venus is a great leader, and Mercury can battle too. And they are in the Water Zone... That's Mercury's speciality. I'm more worried about my Tuxedo Mask
Mars : (Tear Drop) Come On Sailor Moon. He's with Jupiter, the strongest of us. And he knows how to battle too.
Moon : I guess you're right Mars. It's just that I can't wait to go back home.
Mars : I know, me too!
(As they were still were walking and talking (without arguing... that's rare), they approached their 1st trial)
Mars : Wait Sailor Moon...
Moon : What is it Mars?
Mars : There's Evil coming! Right in front of us!
Moon : (Scared) Gulp... Are you sure?
Mars : Yes definitely! Look!
(They saw 2 shadows coming for them... Not fast, but they were coming)
: Sailor Moon... At last, we meet again!
Moon : WHAT? I know that voice... It's...
Beryl : That's right!
Mars : How's that possible? You're Dead!
: Well, Looks like we are not!
Mars : What? Catsy?
Catsy : I came back just for you Sailor Mars! Now you'll pay for turning me into a Goody-Goody!
Moon : What's happening here?
(Just as she said that, Beryl jumped from the back, and drove right for Sailor Moon... She may be clumzy, but she knows how to dodge, and that's exactly what happened)
Beryl : You'll pay Sailor Moon.
(While Beryl was chatting with Sailor Moon, Catsy attacked Sailor Mars with her long nails... She barely managed to dodge the shot)
Catsy : Not bad Sailor Mars. But I'm just warming up!
Mars : You're not Catsy... She would not attack me like that
Catsy : Hahahaha Try this! ICE FIRE (A Blue flame emerged from her hand)
Mars : Oh no you don't. MARS FIRE IGNITE
(A big FireBall came out of her hands, meeting the ICE FIRE of Catsy. It made an explosion that sent Mars and Catsy on their butts. Meanwhile, Moon was still fighting Beryl)
Beryl : You can't win Sailor Moon AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (She charges with her staff at Moon)
Moon : Try this (She takes out her Scepter to meet the staff of Beryl) CLANG CLINK CLANK
(As Beryl was talking another shot at Sailor Moon, she used her Scepter to hit Beryl in the chest, and followed that by a superb hit on the chin of Beryl, who went on her butt... She started bleeding from the mouth)
Beryl : Why you little...
Moon : Had enough Bad Queen?
Beryl : Just wait... Tuxedo Mask will be mine again, and we'll rule the Universe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Moon : Noooo... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (Those words made her go berserk)
(She pitched herself on Beryl hitting her with her staff as hard as she could... Beryl tried to dodge the attacks but Moon was too fast... She managed to place several shots on the body of Beryl)
Moon : Now you die... AGAIN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Beryl : Argh, I can't see!
Moon : MOOOON SCEPTEEEEEER ELIMINATIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN...
(The shot hit Beryl right into her chest)
Beryl : AHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOO I CAN'T BE DEFEATED AGAINNNNNN AHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
(She crumbled to the ground, and turned to fire... Only ashes were left)
Moon : Huh? Ashes?
(As she was looking at the ashes, Mars and Catsy were still fighting in the back)
Mars : Come On... Is that the best you can do?
Catsy : Just watch (She started spinning on herself, and extended her nails... Mars didn't see it coming, and was cut in the right arm)
Mars : OWWWWWWWW... You bastard. Let me show you something. MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUNDDDD!
(As the words were finished, the rings of fire went directly in the direction of Catsy. She dodges the majority, but one hit her back, which sent her flying in the direction of Sailor Moon)
Mars : SAILOR MOON! WATCH OUT!
Moon : What? (She turned her head just in team to see Catsy coming in her direction) Hey Go away! (She took her scepter and hit her right in the head... which made her flying in the direction of Mars again)
Mars : Alright Sailor Moon! MARS FIREBIRD STRIKE! (The FlameBird came out of her hand)
Catsy : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
(The Bird hit her right in her face, which sent her burning to dead... The fried zombie fell to the ground, before burning again, and turning to ashes)
Moon : That's unusual... I thought they were much stronger than that...
Mars : Yeah... (Dropped to one knee, holding her injured arm)
Moon : Oh no Mars! You're bleeding!
Mars : Don't worry about it. It's just a little cut!
Moon : Are you sure?
Mars : (Smiling) Thanx for caring Sailor Moon. I'll be fine
Moon : (Worried) If you say so... Shall we continue?
Mars : Yeah, give me 2 minutes... Hmm She's right, those were not as strong as the real ones... Could they be clones? But they still managed to hurt me. I must be more careful
Moon : Anyway, I guess we passed the 1st trial!
Mars : Yes...
(As Mars was still holding her arm, the 2 Scouts continue their walk into the darkness of the FireZone)
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/ 2nd Team - 1st Trial \
(Venus and Mercury were still walking in the WaterZone... Mercury has been excited to hear there would be puzzles for her to solve. Venus wasn't as excited as her...)
Mercury: Don't you think it will be fun to solve riddles?
Venus : Well, you're the brain. It might be easy for you. As for me, I'm sure I won't be able to help you with these riddles.
Mercury: Come on Venus. You're a great person. I enjoy being with you. We can pass the trials by helping each other. You're stronger than me, but I have other abilities!
Venus : You're right Mercury! We'll pass the trial together!
(As she finished her sentence, it started to rain on the two girls)
Venus : Great... That's just great!
Mercury: Well, we are in the WaterZone... I guess anything related to Water can happen.
(Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming at them)
Venus : What's that? Trouble?
: I am back!
Mercury: I know that voice... That's Birdie, right?
Birdie : Right on Mercury!
: And she's not alone... Sisters fight together!
Venus : Avery!
Birdie: We decided to have a little revenge on you girls.
Avery : Yeah. You'll pay for ruining our lives.
Mercury: Wait a minute, we helped you live better lives.
Birdie : SHUT UP! (As she said that, She unleashed her attack) WATER STREAM!
(A big tunnel of water came out of her hand, and hit Mercury right in the right leg... Sending her down)
Birdie : That will teach you, you brat!
Venus : MERCURY! Are you allright?
Avery : Eat this Venus!
(She unleashed her whip right at Venus's head. Venus saw it coming at the last second, and dove to the ground. The whip just touch her red ribbon, which was cut into two pieces... It fell from her hair to the ground in pieces)
Venus : MY RIBBON! Why you! That was in the honor of my first crush! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Avery : Take that! (She sent her whip with so much force, that it slipped out of her hand, because of the rain) Damn! I hate rain!
Birdie : I'm gonna kill you Mercury! Good-Bye!
(As she attacked with her knee, Mercury got out of the way and the knee of Birdie went crashing into the glass, which made cuts all over her legs)
Birdie : AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH My legs... My beautiful legs!
Mercury: Serves you right! MERCURY BUBBLES... BLASTTTT!
(A big cloud covered the region, making it impossible to see anything)
Avery : What's happening?
(In her anger, Venus was running right in the direction of Avery. She knew where she was, even in the spray)
Venus : You're gonna pay! SAILOR V KICK (With her barefoot, she kicked with all her might the face of Avery, which sent her crash right into the glass wall... Like Birdie, the glass shattered, and cut Avery in multiple places) Ouch... Wish I had shoes! But it serves you right for cutting my ribbon in half!
Mercury: Please tell me it wasn't you Venus who crashed into the glass!
Venus : No. It was that low-life!
Mercury: Thank God!
(The Bubbles of Mercury were fading, and they could see their adversaries bleeding badly, and unable to move)
Birdie : You! I hate you, take this! WATER STREAM!
Avery : Ahhhh... My body... I'm not finished though... (She took her 2nd Whip) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(The two Scouts saw the attacks, and dodged easily, as Venus jumped, and Mercury rolled to the side. Venus landed just beside Mercury)
Venus : Ready? Let's finish'em off!
Mercury: Alright. Let's do it! SHINE AQUA...
Venus : VENUS CRESCENT BEAM...
2Scouts: ILLUSIONNNNNNNN... SMASHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
(The combined attack made of a light beam surrounded by water went right through their 2 enemies)
Birdie : AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh...
Avery : Nooooooooooo...
(The 2 bodies desintegrated, and turned to little ice cubes, which melted quickly)
Mercury: I'm happy to know that those were not the real Sisters...
Venus : How do you know? I thought they were weaker than the ones we know...
Mercury: Exactly! And they were not too bright either...
Venus : Yeah... Is your leg alright?
Mercury: Yep, just a little scratch!
Venus : Ok... Well, I lost my ribbon, and I'm all wet, but it could be worse!
Mercury: (Laughing) I'm all wet too... Doesn't bother me though.
Venus : (Smiling) Yeah... It feels good!
Mercury: Well then, let's continue our quest Venus.
Venus : Yes... I just hope the others won't have too much difficulties...
Mercury: I don't want to sound stupid, but I think we are the weakest group in term of strength, but we managed to pass this trial pretty easily. So the others should have no problem!
Venus : Yeah you're right! So let's keep going then, Sailor Mercury! (Smiles)
Mercury: (Smiles) Alright Sailor Venus!
(The 2 girls were all wet because of the rain, but they still managed to pass their trial. They continue walking onto the next obstacle)
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/ 3rd Team - 1st Trial \
(We join our last team, as they walk with their cool sunglasses in the LightZone. Of course, they were still talking about the safety of Sailor Moon)
Jupiter: Well, she's with Mars. And you know that Mars won't let anything happen to Sailor Moon.
TMask : I know, but what if they start arguing in the middle of a fight, or else?
Jupiter: Have faith in her Darien. Mars loves her, she just show it differently.
TMask : You're right Jupiter. I must have faith in them.
Jupiter: That's the spirit!
TMask : But what if Venus and Mercury have difficulties beating their enemies?
Jupiter: (Tear Drop) Oh Man...
TMask : (Laughing) I'm just teasing you. Sorry about it!
(As he stopped laughing, Purple balls of energy came crashing at the ground, blasting them to the wall)
Jupiter: OWWWW! Who the hell did this?
: Hahahahaha! I'll have revenge on you, Slugs Scouts!
TMask : It can't be! That's the voice of Rubeus!
Rubeus : Nice guess Cape Boy!
: Hello Jupiter!
Jupiter: Prisma! What the hell are you doing? Why are you with this slime?
Prisma : You're the one travelling with the SlimeBoy!
TMask : So much insults, and so little action! (With these words, he charged Rubeus with his cane) Try this!
Rubeus : Hahahahaha! Is that all you got? (He dodged the shot, and landed a nice kick at the back of Tuxedo Mask) Ohhhhhhhhhh That's gotta hurt!
Jupiter: Tuxedo Mask!
Prisma : HOLD IT right there Jupiter! I'm challenging you!
Jupiter: (Smiling) If you say so!
(Jupiter charged carelessly Prisma, who dodged her punches, and replied with a stunning elbow behind Jupiter's head, which sent her to the ground, losing her sunglasses... And while Prisma was proud of her move, Jupiter got herself up with her hands, and delivered a terrific kick to the chest of Prisma, which sent her to the ground, coughing)
Jupiter: How do you like that?
(In the back, Rubeus was pitching dozens of energy bolts, which Tuxedo Mask managed to dodge, before extending his cane right in Rubeus's face. That sent him down, holding his bleeding mouth)
Rubeus : You Pfunk! You deftroyed my fafe! I'm donna blow you uf!
(Right when he wanted to throw his energy balls again, Tuxedo Mask took a beautiful shining red rose from his Tuxedo, and threw it with an accurate precision... It perced through Rubeus's right hand, and stuck it through the wall)
TMask : Stick Around (Laughing)
Rubeus : (Tear Drop) ... ... ... (Agonizing) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
TMask : Time to say Good-Bye! (He took another rose, and sent it right through Rubeus's heart) Take that!
Rubeus : AHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
(His lifeless body transformed into balls of lights, which disappeared through the ground)
Prisma : You'll pay (Coughing) for that, Jupiter... (Coughing)
(She got up and threw a devastating punch at Jupiter's face... which she dodged easily. She grabbed her arm, and sent her crashing right into the wall)
TMask : Wow, that's great strength!
Jupiter: (Winks) Thanks. Now to finish you up! JUPITER THUNDER DRAGONNNNNNNNN...
(The Dragon formed out of Jupiter's tiara, and engulfed entirely the body of Prisma)
Prisma : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STOP IT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
(Her body exploded from the heavy pressure of the thunder... As it exploded, it transformed into tiny balls of light. The balls disappeared in the air)
Jupiter: Huh? Light Bubbles? That's weird
TMask : Yeah... Wonder what it means?
Jupiter: I don't know... Maybe Mercury would know. (Picking her Sunglasses)
TMask : Speaking of her, I hope that she can pass the 1st trial with the help of Venus. These enemies may be weaker than the real ones, but their attacks are as devastating!
Jupiter: Yeah. Well, don't worry about them. I'm sure they are all right! (Putting her glasses on)
TMask : I sure hope so. Now that the 1st trial is passed, shall we continue, dear Jupiter?
Jupiter: (Blushing) Ehhhhhh I guess we could do that...
TMask : (Laughing) Don't be shy Jupiter. You know I'm a perfect gentleman!
Jupiter: Hehe Yeah! Well, Lets go then!
TMask : Okay!
(The final team has passed their 1st trial also. They move on to their 2nd one, in the LightZone)
End Chapter 3