Chapter Forty – Nine. Breaking Free
Amy looked around at what appeared to be a ruined palace of some sorts. Usagi was next to her.
"This looks like a gloomy place." Amy stated quietly.
"Where are we?" Usagi asked. "When did we even get here?"
"I won't let you have the Golden Crystal!" the girls were startled upon hearing Mamoru's voice.
"Mamo?!" Usagi exclaimed in surprise.
The two young girls looked to see Mamoru donned in a white royal outfit, appearing frightened.
"Is that Mamoru?" Amy asked.
"That's his nightmare evidently." Usagi answered. The two girls hurried to the corner where Mamoru was standing.
"Who are you girls?!" Mamoru demanded.
"What?" Amy scoffed in confusion. "Mamoru, it's me Amy and this is Usagi, the girl you call Usako."
"I don't know who you are talking about." Mamoru insisted. "Sailor Moon and all the others have been killed by Galaxia!"
"Even my father and the Defenders?" Amy asked in shock.
"The Defenders are dead as well." Mamoru answered. "Galaxia killed them just after she killed Rick Gordon for his Quasanite powers."
Amy gasped in shock. This couldn't be true. This couldn't be the future. Her father, her teammates, they would all be killed by this Galaxia. Was Galaxia the woman in the gladiator armor that she saw earlier? Is there even any hope in this situation?
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Mandrake sensed trouble for everyone in the dream world.
"Mandrake, what's the matter?" Lothar asked.
"Amy and the Sailor Guardians are in danger!" Mandrake exclaimed.
"What?!" Luna exclaimed in shock.
"You mean it didn't work?" Artemis asked. They looked in surprise to see all the Sailor Guardians and even Amy in some sort of agony.
"They can't give up that easy." Lothar stated in disbelief.
"I will make sure of it that they don't." Mandrake stated as he focused energy on each of the Sailor Guardians as well as his own daughter. "Amy, Sailor Guardians, you have to snap out of it! Pull yourselves together! Whatever this thing is putting all of you through, you have to defeat it to save your friend! Amy, you must guide Sailor Moon and the others! Help them defeat the enemy and save their friend!"
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Amy gasped as she heard Mandrake's call. It was her father's voice. He was indeed alive. She looked at Usagi.
"This is an illusion." Amy told her teammate. "It has to be. The Nightmare Master trapped us here and I assume he made Mamoru believe his nightmares are real. You have to convince him that you are real. You have to help him break free from this trap."
"But what must I do?" Usagi asked.
"Speak some words to him that would most likely trigger his memories to return to him." Amy stated. "Then he will know that it is really you."
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Haruka looked up as she gasped for air. She looked to see Ami unconscious. She heard Mandrake.
"I can't believe this." Haruka stated. "I was decieved. Trapped in their drowning attacks."
She walked over to Ami and slapped her awake. "Mercury! You have to wake up!"
Ami touched her face, feeling the slap. "Haruka."
"The Nightmare Master has placed us in a trap." Haruka stated. Both girls looked to see Sailor Lethe and Sailor Mnemosyne preparing to launch another attack.
"Let's launch our strongest attacks!" Ami told her teammate.
"World Shaking!"
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"
Both attacks managed to destroy both of their opponents.
"We did it!" Haruka exclaimed.
"Now to find Usagi." Ami stated. "Hopefully, she will lead us to Mamoru."
"Right."
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Rei gasped as she heard Mandrake's voice. She glanced over at Michiru and Minako and knew they would die if she didn't act now.
"Burning Mandala!"
The attack destroyed the vines and freed her and her friends from the attack.
"How dare you?!" Sailor Heavy Metal Papillion exclaimed in anger. "How could you have broken out of my vines?! You would have had the most tragic funeral!"
"Well we are not dying here!" Michiru exclaimed.
"That's right!" Minako added. "We are here to save our prince and put an end to this nightmare!"
"The ill fated savior always dies by fire!" Heavy Metal Papillion declared. "So, I want you to suffer!"
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Deep Submerge!"
The combined attacks destroyed their opponents in full blast.
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Setsuna perked up as she heard Mandrake's voice. "Yes. What we must do."
She looked over at Makoto and Hotaru. "Jupiter, Saturn, we can't let the enemy get the better of us! We have to beat them with everything we got!"
"Let's do it!" Makoto and Hotaru replied in unison.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Dead Scream!"
"Silence Glaive Surprise!"
The combined attacks destroyed both Sailor Phi and Sailor Chi before they could launch a fatal blow towards any of them.
"That takes care of our opponents." Makoto stated.
"Now we got to reunite with the others." Hotaru said.
Setsuna sighed with relief. They were going to be fine but it was a matter of the welfare of her future prince and getting him out of his nightmare.
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Mamoru looked at the woman with golden blonde locks. She seemed to be persistent. More than the dark haired girl even though she wasn't too far behind her. He glanced at the wings that were on her sailor suit.
"Why are you even posing as her?" Mamoru asked, confused. "Sailor Moon and the others were killed by Galaxia."
"That's not true." the girl insisted. "Tuxedo Mask, Mamoru Chiba, you must remember. Come to your senses. You are the future King Endymion of the Moon Kingdom!"
He staggered back as he heard those words echo in his mind.
"Tuxedo Mask. Mamoru Chiba. King Endymion. Moon Kingdom." Mamoru muttered. "It's you, Usako!"
"Yes." Usagi stated happily.
"That is right, our future king."
He looked to see a familiar green haired girl, raven haired girl and brown hair girl appear. He recognized all three of them.
"Sailor Pluto. Sailor Saturn. Sailor Jupiter." Mamoru stated.
"We haven't been killed yet." Makoto assured him with a smile.
"It will take a lot more than a nightmare to take us down." Hotaru stated.
"We have come to save you, Prince."
He glanced to see two familiar faces arrive at the scene. A girl with short blonde hair and a girl with short blue hair.
"Sailor Uranus. Sailor Mercury."
"Just hang on, Mamoru. We will get you out of here!" Ami assured him.
"You got that right!"
Mamoru turned around to see three more familiar faces. A girl with long raven hair, a girl with long blonde hair and a girl with wavy blue hair. They also appeared from bright energy.
"Sailor Mars. Sailor Venus. Sailor Neptune."
"Hang in there, our Prince." Michiru stated.
"Just a little longer." Minako added.
"Now to deal with the Nightmare Master!" Amy exclaimed.
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Usagi glanced as they were back to where they were before, facing the Nightmare Master.
"How could all of you break free from our illusions!" the Nightmare Master exclaimed in anger.
"We are the Sailor Guardians! We don't give in that easy!" Minako exclaimed.
Usagi gently touched Amy by the hands. "Thank you for helping us."
"Yes." Mamoru added. "It appears that you helped the Sailor Guardians save my life. Thanks."
Amy blushed as she was in awe of the gratitude of what could possibly be her new friends.
"Take care of this Nightmare Master once and for all, Sailor Moon!" Mamoru exclaimed.
Usagi nodded as the tiare emerged from her hands. She launched her weapon and aimed it towards the Nightmare Master.
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss! Now Nightmare Master, depart at once and free Mamo from his nightmare!"
The Nightmare Master screamed in agony as he was destroyed by the attack.
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Mamoru sighed with relief. He looked at Usagi and the rest of the Sailor Guardians. He knew he could count on his Usako and the Sailor Guardians to save him whenever he needed it.
Mamoru then glanced over at Amy. He knew about the powers he sensed from her but the power of dreamwalking. It was amazing to how good she was at this power. Without her, he wasn't sure if the Sailor Guardians wouldn't have been able to enter this nightmare to save him.
"Usako." Mamoru smiled. "Amy. All of you."
"Mamoru." Amy stated quietly.
"Thanks for saving me from this nightmare." Mamoru stated. "Thanks to all of you, I will be okay."
