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The devil within ch.3

Usagi POV

Time seems to have flown by and too quickly I might add. Especially since I feel the dregs of missing Mamoru. Not seeing his smile, his form walking along the sidewalk on my way around the city or the general streets. I was hoping there would be some word. Yet still no sign, not even of nega activity, which normally would be a good thing but in this case, it just reminded me that they had him.

That he was locked up with them in the Negaverse and needed to be saved. So yes, it was a relief but again it was also very dreadful as it makes me wonder how Mamoru is doing since I have no way of contacting him. I even tried his phone number that Rei finally gave in and gave me but that was short-lived. The voicemail was not only full but when I used the skills Ami taught me online and tried to locate his cell phone, instead of it being at least somewhere near him the results were where the fight had been.

I found it cracked and dead as anything near where he was taken. I took it but didn't know whether to trash it or keep it as it was right now the last thing, aside from the locket and watch of his that I had. It still ticked and while I have no proof that it was connected to him it somehow gave me faith that he was still alive, but I don't have faith that he's NOT being tortured in some form or another.

The week that's gone by has already been too long and yet too short at the same time. I just want some indication that he's alive, something that says, 'hey I'm still breathing please rest on that one'. Something that says that my nightmares of him zombified and coming for me are just that of an active imagination coupled with lack of sleep, depression over his kidnapping and constant state of worry.

The quiet of everything has made it even worse too. I was given all the time in the world to THINK about all of it. My brain wrapped around what's going on but also wrapped around the various amounts of possibilities that are now threatening to consume me. There were to many possibilities that my mind cooked up. Ranging from him becoming her 'sex toy' which already made my stomach turn.

To becoming another 'general' like Malachite was, something that I know hurt Minako as he was her past love, to becoming Beryl's 'slave' which just led me to picturing him being treated like a servant on chains, to picturing him being hung on a rack to be 'tortured' by her every day till he gave up what he knows about us. That last scenario is what Rei said was possible but that's the ONE scenario that I don't believe happened.

Not only do I think we would have seen something, or something would have happened but if that were the case, I'm very sure that we'd have had a visit by now in our sleep. Yet there was nothing. No attack, no visits, not even a nibble from anything. It was as if Beryl was taking holiday with the negaverse for the week or decided to give us one which just led me to believe more so that another theory was in place.

The theory that Mamoru was in a dungeon somewhere in the negaverse and was being feed bare scraps of food till he gave in. Beryl does want him, but I don't believe he can be easily subdued, he is after all the former prince of earth. Something that some of the girls keep consistently forgetting about. They keep becoming focused on his being there as 'he's officially on their side' that it's getting harder and harder to get them to see that he's a victim here and needs to be rescued in this.

Luna even tried to back Rei up stating they could be using this time to hold off on attacking and waiting for 'us' to make a mistake and let our guards down. Not that we ever could, to be honest, I feel so wound up and ready for a fight to begin that I've had Makoto take me to her dojo a couple of times to learn more martial arts. I asked her to keep it secret for now as I want to do this without people asking me why.

I do need it though so I can better myself and my skills. I want to do it as a distraction so I can give my mind a break from overthinking and stressing over what's happening to him. I'm having a hard time gaining an appetite and if I keep this up my other friends and family will notice something is up. She agrees as I sign up for classes at least once a week and use my allowance to help pay for them.

Since they are expensive, and my allowance only covers so much I agreed with my parents that I'd keep up my grades and improve on them if they spotted the extra money. They were reluctant at first but were happy that I was showing interest in an afterschool activity. Still though, the class for me wouldn't be till the following week and till then my mind was centered around him and the theories that Rei and the others were spouting.

I don't believe her theory for anything. The dark kingdom is resilient in wanting us dead. They wouldn't take this long to come up with a plan if Rei's theory held validity. Beryl would lead the charge and kill me herself if she could. Though I'm tempted to think that she would find that work to be above her 'stature'. She might find herself too good to kill me herself but would probably require proof that I was dead.

Don't get me wrong, they do plan certain things out, but they've made mistakes before by acting before they should. Their not known for their patience, least of all Beryl, something one would think that Rei would remember. Just because Beryl has what she wants doesn't mean she actually HAS what she wants. He may be there physically but if he's resisting her and she knows it then she doesn't actually have him as she thought she originally did.

A theory that the girls are reluctant to believe. At least most of the girls, Minako, Makoto, and Ami are trying to stay positive, but Ami is a neutral party to try to keep both Rei and me on the same page while Makoto has been helping to keep us both from acting out too much or getting into fights over what the possibilities could be. We're training ourselves to on our powers but it's only doing so much when Rei keeps insisting on me training to fight him when the time comes and not IF it comes.

It's why I need to know what's going on with him and if he's okay cause I know in my heart and in my gut that he's alive and still mine, but without proof of it I can't refute part of what Rei is saying. I need to have that tangible proof so that she can see that he is still himself and alive and NOT a slave to the negaverse. So here we are once more walking to Rei's when we spot her at the top sweeping up the leaves.

"Why do you even bother when there's like a hundred trees here?" I ask her. She shoots me a glare as I wonder if maybe she does it more for stress relief than as a chore to actually do. An act to keep her mind occupied.

"We were just talking about possibilities." Makoto tries to interject wanting this meeting to be more of a foot forward rather than something that requires mediation from herself or Ami...again.

Rei takes no breath as she goes into her thoughts on the matter. "They're probably working Mamoru overtime in there and that's why we haven't seen anything."

While I do disagree with Rei on that to a certain extent it doesn't erase the fact that he is being worked over in some fashion which just makes me feel guilty he's even in this predicament. Makoto jumps in attempting to smooth things over.

"He's going to be fine cause they have to let him out eventually, then you can heal him, and we can get him back."

I nod knowing that she's trying to be helpful cause I know when he is out I will make that happen. No matter how many attempts I have to make I will make sure he can return home to us.

Rei grumbles "Don't encourage it" which makes both Makoto and I look to her as she huffs and stops to lean on the broom for a moment.

"Yes, Mamoru is probably fighting them off in there, but we have to also consider what else could be going on," she looks at me pointedly on that one. "Like him giving details about us as Senshi."

I go to interrupt, but she keeps going raising her voice slightly higher to make sure I stay quiet while she talks. "About our personal lives." I purse my lips together disagreeing mentally with all of this.

"He doesn't know us well enough to WANT to lie to keep us safe and keep his own ass out of the frying pan." I want to snap at her so badly right now as she turns to Makoto, "Don't get her hopes up because she might have to kill him and if she doesn't have the stones to do it..." she turns and looks back at me, "I will."

I'm beyond upset by this now. It's like she challenging me to be able to do my job as a Senshi in a sense. Like she doesn't think I can make the hard decisions. IF he's been turned evil then I will heal him, end of story. She makes it sound like I won't be able to. I protest to her even with Makoto getting between us to stop a physical fight from happening.

I back down physically but not verbally. "You think what you want to Rei but mark my words, he is a good man." I fully believe in my words and know I'm right.

I think her past issues and experiences are keeping her from seeing that I have good points and reason to believe in my own convictions. I can't help but laminate that to her, "I'm sorry you got screwed out of the majority of good men in your life, other than grandpa, but not every guy is out to get you."

Her eyes go wide for a moment at more than likely the sheer shock that I went there on her no less. Yet I did.

"He will find a way cause that's who he is, I believe in him. I would think by now that even if you felt you couldn't trust him, you'd trust in me and my judgment." That's when I see the red-hot anger rolling off of Rei and towards me. She knows I'm right and both she and Makoto are shocked at my bluntness and correctness of the situation and of how Rei is more than likely feeling about this.

Rei snaps off at me, "You better believe I don't trust your judgment." I was expecting a response but THAT wasn't it and it did honestly hurt me. Even after everything she STILL didn't trust my judgment, at least on some level. "You forget I've been there since the start with you."

I narrow my eyes at her now, Makoto stays between us yet doesn't stop the verbal sparring between us.

"So has Ami, then Makoto before Minako. I saw how your 'judgment' was used." She nearly sneered the word at me before reigning it in with sarcasm, "You were nothing more than 'gaga' over him and now the negaverse knowing this will use it against you." I can feel the veins in my neck getting agitated by this. "I'm saying be prepared and DON'T let your feelings get in the way or else it will get us all killed."

I'm stunned by her words and wished she hadn't meant them, but I could clearly see that she did and wasn't backing down from them either. It only fueled my own fury towards her now as I became red hot too. Her seriously questioning my judgment and blatantly telling me it was bad was too much, too much, and not now with the little bit of sleep, the emotions I was feeling all of it, and Rei's words made me snap back.

"I am 'prepared' Rei!" I begin getting more than just a bit defensive as I mocked her a bit, "Yet my heart has never been a downfall. I utilize my gut because it works and if it feels wrong, I don't make a move." I know she knows this to be true.

Her scoff however dismays me. "Never been your downfall? What about how we lost two of those rainbow crystals? You gave them to the enemy!"

Now I was livid. "Innocents were in danger, Naru and Umino were in the mix, I wasn't going to let them die!"

My anger is palpable as I hedge forward a bit.

Rei knows I'm right; I can see it in her eyes even as she retorts back, "Better a few dead than millions of innocents dead if or I should say WHEN HE comes back for the crystal and your head. Cause we all know that's what Beryl wants."

My eyes go wide with shock and anger.

That's when we hear several shocked gasps and realize the rest of the girls showed up and heard this little back and forth, we've been doing. When Luna jumps down from Ami's arm she lays into her, "While I get the need to protect the majority..." she begins as she looks to a slight a taken aback Rei, "We do NOT sacrifice the small groups of innocents!"

Rei has clearly been shut up when Luna of all that are in our group backs me up.

I cannot help but tack on, "It leads down a road that compromises who we are as senshi that protect not just each other but also the innocents that trust and belief in us to protect them."

This makes Rei look down as she seems a bit mollified before facing me, "I know but..." she shifts her gaze to Luna, "You have to admit that Usagi's need to follow her heart has led, us into some pretty bad fights."

I'm getting beyond irritated at this point. Perhaps it's the sleepless nights getting to me, perhaps it's my own anxiety over what could be happening to Mamoru going on but I'm not backing down and accepting this for once. I see Luna ready to talk but I can't stop the words from flowing out, "And where did those fights land us?" I step closer towards her this time Makoto doesn't get further between us. I think she realizes that any actual fight to be had now will just be verbal.

"Taking out Beryl's generals. Getting more information on the negaverse. Finding out about Beryl and so much more. Now we have the silver crystal, and we no longer have a need to look for the princess." I can tell this reminder hits home for every one of why I'm not wrong in this equation.

That's when Luna puts her two cents in, "Yes and now knowing of this we need to begin your training as a princess."

Oh, crap not that again...that's also been something I've been avoiding for the past week. Luna's incessant need to make me a 'proper princess'. Like I'm not good enough as regular Usagi but that she wants me to act more like the 'dignified princess I am'. I swear it's like she forgets that I'm still just Usagi and a fighter. I'm not mentally nor in any other state of mind ready to start up princess training 101.

I just accepted being the princess and dealing with Mamoru's absence, so I can't deal with training to be this princess I once was not especially when I could feel her inside of me dreading the training as well. Even I could feel the need to do more combat training versus 'teatime' and 'walking properly' training. It's been a long ass week, to say the least as I look over towards her and see the expectant expression on her face.

"That can startup after we deal with Beryl." I try to concede as other than combat training all I want to do is focus on how to get Mamoru back and heal him if needed. I could honestly care less about 'etiquette training'.

Luna insists though, "It is needed for a princess in training and you are - "

I didn't need a reminder though. I was the princess. The glaring truth about it was facing me every day. I couldn't help but cut her off, "Luna as much as I respect your need to do all of that it will have to wait. We have far more pressing matters to work on. I need to train with the crystal, I need to find a way to save Mamoru because we ARE going to save him." I make sure to meet the eyes of everyone there, this was going to happen regardless. We were going to save him...I was going to save him.

Ami is the first to nod, "We'll get him back."

I nod accepting her agreement as Makoto joins in then Minako as well. Rei is reluctant with her words, "Better on our side than theirs." I feel a tad relieved that this seems to be settled...for now.

Luna however stirs the dust, "I understand you want him back, but we need to train as soon as possible."

I hold my tongue from truly telling her how I feel about training. Instead, I go with, "I get it, I do, but right now I could care less about proper etiquette when we have an enemy to deal with and that enemy now has one of our own." I look to Rei to argue the point but even she knows that the enemy is more pressing to work with than 'etiquette training' and that dealing with the enemy supersedes that. However, Luna's not one to give in so easily on a matter she feels strongly about.

"You still have training as a princess though. It's necessary for your skills." I couldn't stop the small growl that came up at her pressing the matter, "Unless it's going to help in my fight against Beryl and to save Mamoru it can wait." I see the shocked expression mare her little face, "But it's your duty as a princess - " she began to sputter only for me to finally cut her off for good hopefully as I snap at her now.

"Luna, I've had it too about here..." I indicate with my hands to nearly over my head, "With moon kingdoms, the silver crystal, youma, Beryl, being the moon princess we've been searching for...for kami – sama's sake Luna I'm a teenager, we all are and we have this massive responsibility thrown on us and you're pestering me about 'etiquette training?!"

That stops her in her tracks as even Rei agrees, "She's not wrong there." which gains Luna's attention as she looks over to her.

Then Ami adds as the ever-loving voice of reason, "You have to admit Luna, this is a lot for any person let alone someone in their teen years to handle." Luna takes a step back as she begins to consider Ami's words, "We're fighting actual monsters on a nearly daily basis for the greater good and while we get the responsibility and the need we have to fight for those that can't fight for themselves, what's just happened especially recently, it's a lot."

There's a wave of relief that hits me that my feelings aren't just being felt by myself, that the others feel my hardships too. Not that I didn't figure that they didn't beforehand but to hear it being validated verbally makes me feel better about things. Makoto then chimes in with, "Exactly. Just over a week ago, we saw someone we all care about kidnapped and were unable to stop it." I see the expression on her face. As if perhaps, it took her back to something she had seen in her childhood. Or perhaps she just understood the issues on another level cause she's had her own losses over the years. Either way, it feels like there's support growing here that I didn't realize was there before.

We've all been there for each other in other ways and been good friends but we haven't really talked in depth about this nor validated what struggles to be the senshi have brought any of us. It really feels like something unspoken cause we've been so busy fighting. "We regained memories that we didn't even know we had and are in the middle of a fight to the death if we can't get our heads wrapped around it."

We all nod at Makoto's words as we for once in the last week fully take a stop and for once all of us are on the same mental page.

"Usagi's training should be limited to what's necessary to learn about the silver crystal so that she can be effective in her battles with Beryl but also to be able to save Mamoru." Minako adds in lastly as I give her a glance of thanks as that is what's necessary compared to what Luna wants to focus on.

I can't help but look to Luna as I tell her with my eyes that she's outnumbered on this one. It seems she finally gives in with, "Fine, I can see that perhaps some of the training can be put on hold...for now." She then shifts her gaze to me, "I know you want to save Mamoru, but we may have to concede at some point that he's not able to - " I shoot a glare to Luna before she can finish her sentence.

Luna shuts up at seeing the glare I send her way and nearly cowers as even the princess, my former self from within looks to her as well. I lower my voice as to not sound like a shrill brat who doesn't understand things, "Whatever your thinking…rethink it." I warn her, "I will save him…" my words thankfully shut her down as I promise myself and him…I will save you Mamoru…I promise.

Evil Endymion POV

I begin to walk around the kingdom, working my way to get to know the ins and outs of it so that I can plan any backup plans to be safe. It's like halls and corridors of duplicate mazes up in here. It takes me days to learn just a few wings of the place before I take another few days to learn the rest and still it feels like I don't know enough. I've finally fully healed up but I'm still enforcing myself to train my powers.

To make them stronger than needed so I can fight better, stronger, have a faster reaction time, and ensure my plans go accordingly. The youma leave me alone for the most part but I know they're lurking about. Keeping an eye on me. it prevents me from seeing Usagi this week so far and it sucks royally. Beryl's got eyes and ears all over so I have to tread carefully and gain some trust to be able to be let out without supervision.

I act the part of being her servant, her dark knight, doing her bidding of what she wants which thankfully isn't anything major yet. Mostly just scavenger work that earns me some brownie points and gives off the appearance of building trust. Even though she believes me to be brainwashed Beryl inherently has trust issues. From what I'm not sure on but unfortunately, I'm not going to get anywhere near that as Beryl has made it clear that 'crush' or not on me, she's not divulging that information. Honestly, I believe she's doing this to test me out. Test out my willingness to do anything for her. I want to show her that I can and will so I can get out and get back to my Usagi.

I have a feeling things will be changing today though. A gut notion that I'll get to go topside as I walk through one of the many prison areas she has down here. There's a certain level of creep factor that can send a shiver down anyone's spine as I make my way through the many carcasses of both dead, possibly dead, and barely clinging to life creatures that have either failed Beryl or who wronged her.

Or as I'd like to put it, those who challenged her and wound up here. There's a small temptation to see if they'd be handy to have on my side of things so I don't bother to treat them badly whenever I pass by. I've seen others do so repeatedly so not having me do anything is usually welcoming and my presence doesn't make them cringe as an automatic reflex. When I see the end of a previously unseen corridor I stop.

The rocky structure down here blends in so well that I know anyone would have a hard time seeing it. It's almost an illusion to have caught it. That's when I see the massive, just barely bigger than the bigfoot-sized icy formation of none other than Jadeite. Sealed away in ice he's there, frozen in terror. I take a quick glance around, not seeing anyone even remotely in the vicinity of where I am before letting my eyes drop my guard.

I touch the ice for a moment before collecting myself. I feel for my brother, I do. He was the youngest of my generals yet also the more spitfire one too. He knows his trades well though and is a valued member of the four kings. I recall that he and Rei were to marry soon after Serenity and me I but life happened…or didn't…technically. I know I'll need his help to execute my plan and NOT just Malachite's.

The more help we get the better off we are. The more easily we'll get my kingdom back and get rid of Beryl. We'll destroy this place and anyone that sides with the dark kingdom, with Metallia or Beryl. I promise you brother I will get you out. I tell him mentally right as I turn around and find Malachite eyeing me with suspicion. I force myself NOT to let out a sign that I was caught doing something wrong.

I instead keep my composure as Malachite snappily demands, "What are you doing down here?"

I roll my eyes at his attempt to verbally puff his chest out. He could be a bit much at times, "Are you ever NOT in a piss-ant mood?" I ask instead, pulling his attention from where I was caught or really WHY I was caught here. I look back and ask, "Who's he?" clearly trying to act like I don't know anything.

Malachite gives a glint of remorse in his eyes before responding, "Someone who got on Beryl's bad side which is what can still happen to you if you don't wise up."

I can sense the palpable threat in his tone as I give the impression that I'll take it into consideration before I mutter under my breath as I leave out, "You haven't changed much." Smiling as I do. I can tell that while Beryl is in his head there's still a part of Malachite in there.

Briefly, I wonder if he heard me as he gives me a quizzical expression before a passing youma sees us and gives us news of Beryl's request to see us both. The youma is clearly just doing as asked but even she doesn't want to be down here. The second we acknowledge her message she leaves off, not giving us a chance for us to respond as we both leave off for the throne room. It's a little bit less musty up here but the scent remains the same.

Honestly, sometimes the dark kingdom smells a bit like where feces comes to die it got that bad, made me wonder how Beryl had any loyalty at all when it reeked so badly. Who knew death could smell like you yourself wish you were dead just so you could escape the scent. Once we're in the throne room we both bow to her and stay on bended knee for a moment before she grants us the acceptance to stand once more.

I could see it in how she looked at everyone and everything around her. She enjoyed and clearly loved the powerful feeling she got from being Queen, even if it was to a place that smelled like ass and felt like death took vacations and on occasion lived here. She got a power trip just by the act of having people serve her like this. I kept my face guarded but seeing her relish this as if she was better than everyone in the room made my blood boil.

She then turned her expression directly to me. My face guarded and blank of emotions as trained to do allowed me to hate her with every fiber of myself and NOT have her notice a thing about it, not even within my eyes. She just looked pleased that she had me here. The prince of earth to do her bidding. Or so she thought. "You've been proving yourself incredibly useful as of late, I do believe it's time you made yourself more useful."

Her words made me feel hope that I would be getting out of here. "Here." She waves her hands over her mystical glowing orb thing that reminded me a bit of a psychic with a glass ball for fortune telling. We see a new target in the image that her glowing ball sends out, "Use this place as a target for the Moon Princess." Before I can say yes she adds on, "Use the humans as lures to get her in." I hated having to use people.

"The pitiful princess is an undeniable sucker for saving lives, use that against her. Collect their energy and lure her out. This will be your perfect chance to get the crystal from her and kill her."

My gaze hardens just the slightest at the mere thought of her being hurt. "Yes my Queen." Malachite agrees. I announce loudly not wanting him near her till I've at least spoken to her, "I need no help from malachite, I can handle this myself..."

I glance over and see a fuming Malachite. "Besides…," I add at the end, turning away from his fuming and otherwise pissed off expression back to hers again. Frankly I'd take dealing with a pissy brother than a power-hungry wack job. "I can get what I want without the uselessness of people."

She narrows her eyes towards me as if wondering if I'm questioning HER idea or HER methods, so I had to tread carefully.

"They only serve as a distraction and allow us as generals to be complacent and lose out on valuable continued training."

She considers this till Malachite interrupts with, "Or it can serve as a means of not wasting OUR valuable energy and allowing us MORE energy to kill those senshi with."

His response doesn't help so I retort with, "It takes more energy to turn a human into a youma than it does to attack one of the senshi, your statement holds no logic." My counter statement is helpful for my case.

I turn back to Beryl as I continue to make my case. "I will get what I want, and I will do it on my own without any aid." Oh if she only knew what those words really meant. "If Malachite, a true blooded general, needs help then give it to him, I as the prince here don't." I can tell Malachite is about to get into a full blown argument over this but my case has been made and Beryl sees that and thankfully acknowledges it.

"Settle down." I look back at her as she cuts off Malachite from talking, yet it's clear to me that she's enjoying this debate. I don't know why but she is smiling while watching us go at it verbally, "Go and do things your way but if you don't come back with the crystal..." She makes her warning clear as I nod to her in acceptance before vanishing. A power I've been working on so I can vanish at will more and more easily as it does take a moment to get used to. I do however need to come up with a plan.

One that involved avoiding needing to bring the crystal back this evening. I have to have something valuable to use to extend Usagi's still being in possession of it. perhaps a piece of information regarding the crystal. It was really my only excuse to be able to see her without bringing her head back cause that WASN'T going to happen. I'd die before I let anything happen to her…even Mamoru felt the fierce protective urge for her.

He of course agreed to it with me as he asked…so what are you going to do? I mulled over my plan of 'attack'. I will be going out there for energy, I have to return with something for my troubles. Which is where Mamoru tells me…that's what we fight against, for people NOT getting drained and stopping the evil.

I rolled my eyes at his words. We are working to stop them but sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make a proper omelet. I could damn near see the expression on his face in my own head.

Do you not hear yourself? That's the whole point. Evil steals energy for their leader, you're doing that, Mamoru snaps at me. His holier than thou nature can sometimes be a bit of a pain in the ass. I'm hearing things perfectly fine. I try to reason with him as I slowly explain why I have to do what I'm setting out to do. I may not like it or want to do it, but I have to show Beryl I'm her little 'bitch' if she's going to trust me further.

I need to build it up just enough so that when I make my move on her she's utterly unsuspecting of it. I need her vulnerable and THAT can only happen if there's a level of trust that I have to earn from her. My best way of doing that is to at least do some of what I'm told to do. So that I can earn my brownie points and use them when the time comes. Mamoru's way of doing things just won't work.

"What you don't seem to get is that if I come back completely empty handed even with whatever information I'm able to retrieve about the crystal, then Beryl will begin to suspect us. Her trust that's starting to build will falter. Thus, makes her tighten the leash on us, therefore making it more possible to find out were still us! You get the picture now?!" I ask him driving the point home as he stops talking.

For only a moment as he counters with…Usagi will not approve, and you know it.

I stop to take a breath. "Look it's going to take a little bit of dirty playing to help save the world and reclaim what's ours. Nothing is ever done without a sacrifice, and NO I'm not saying we're going to sacrifice people, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to play a little dirty. Nothing is gained without sacrifice."

He agrees with me there as I head back to our chambers. At some point Beryl herself must have used her powers to shift into my private chambers as she's awaiting me there. Startling myself as I remain cool about it.

"My Queen…what brings on the pleasure of your company?" I ask as I came in here for some solace. She walks from where she's at and makes sure to touch everything within reach as I can almost feel the evil radiate off of her like radiation.

It feels almost poisoning, yet it does make me wonder what being near Metallia would be like, if she would radiate this feeling or be that much worse since she was the root of it. Beryl graces my face with her hand. It's ice cold to the touch and I fight to NOT grimace or turn away. "I'm just glad that you're back, my dearest prince." I resist the urge to correct her words as I put on a controlled face.

"It's good to be back."

She smiles, her teeth looking even more razor sharp up close. "When you go out there and kill that moon brat, bring back her head for me. I want to mount it so that anyone else that tries to go up against me will know that I am the one true ruler and Queen, and there will be no other." I fight to keep my face controlled by the words threatening to erupt from my mouth.

This woman is even more of a narcissistic psychopath than I initially thought she was. The 'one true ruler'? seriously. She was insane to think that, even if it was just to convince me of more of her lies. Yet that wasn't the only thing or the major thing that disturbed me. She wanted my beloved's head on a pike for her enemies to see. Even Mamoru barked at her from within.

"You are the truest Queen," I tell her.

My voice thankfully sounded sincere but internally I was swallowing bile at even getting the words out.

"Once you've succeeded I want you to come to my chambers afterwards so I can deliver you a proper reward." Her eyes tell of the things she wants to do to me and with me.

I can only grit my teeth as I force out the emotionless eyes that are my major defense right now, "As you command so shall I deliver."

Her responding smile is my only knowledge that she believes my ruse, "I'd advise to leave soon, lest she and those pesky senshi formulate an idea of their own. I maybe Queen but our master Metallia has very thin line of patience…and mine even thinner."

I nod as she vanishes out. I wonder how to make my plans to see Usagi work if Beryl will be shimmering in here till I devise a new thought.

If I were to create an alternate space where I am here, yet not really here, just enough to fool her, she would have no idea that I was sneaking out to be with Usagi. I was already getting stronger so I decided to use those powers of mine to create it and make sure it was able to be used whenever Beryl's or anyone else's energy signature was in the area so that way no one would be suspicious of my activities.