SAILOR MOON: 1987
OKAY, I didn't create Sailor Moon. I did create Golden Hawk. Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon, and this alternate universe version is my tribute to the work of Naoko Takeuchi.
EPISODE 17: SEVEN GREAT BEASTS #4:HE WHO SEES TOMORROW
JANUARY 5, 1987
EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL, PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA 3:00 PM
"Ami!" Gregory Wolf called, chasing after Ami Andersen. He caught up with her as she was cutting through the back field, to the gate in the fence that bordered the campus. In desperation, he grabbed her arm.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Ami asked, angrily, just as an errant kick from one of the players on the soccer team sent a ball flying by, that would have hit Ami had Gregory not grabbed her. "Did you know I was about to get hit, or something? Is that why you followed me all the way out here, and why you grabbed me?"
"It's some sort of sixth sense, some precognitive ability I have," Gregory said. "It just showed up over the summer. Ever since then, there have been times I've been able to see into the future. Usually, no longer than a minute, but still, I know what's going to happen before it does. That's how I knew you were on a collision course with a soccer ball. I can't understand why just yet, but for some reason, I've been focused on you all day, like you're about to play a part in my life."
"I kind of have a boyfriend," Ami said.
"Chris Forney," Gregory said. "I know him, he plays in a band with your guitar teacher."
"How do you know I'm taking guitar lessons?" Ami asked.
"I told you," Gregory said, "I have the ability of precognition. You take guitar lessons at Cavern Music, your teacher is John McCoy, his girlfriend is one of your best friends."
Later that afternoon, John McCoy was helping a customer, a mother who was looking to buy her son an electric guitar for his birthday. "My son's going to be 13," the woman said. "He's been playing for a couple years, but he's been playing acoustic, and he's hoping to switch to electric. I'm not sure what to get him, but he's into heavy metal."
"How about this one?" John said, grabbing an Epiphone Explorer from the wall. "I don't know if you're familiar with Epiphone," John said, "but they're a subsidiary of Gibson. This model is the Explorer, a lower priced copy of the Gibson version, but still a good quality instrument. And if he likes metal, the Explorer is quite popular with metal guitarists. I'm a Gibson man myself, I have an Explorer and a Les Paul. Not to knock any other companies, though. I just prefer Gibsons.
"I think that's what he wants," the woman said. "He likes to draw guitars, and most of what he draws are that shape. Anyways, he'll also need an amplifier."
"We have a deal going this month," John said, grabbing a small Peavy amplifier, which appeared just large enough to hold a bowling ball inside, if it were hollowed out. "Buy any qualifying electric guitar, and get a package with a starter kit for one price. Amp, amp cord, gig bag, guitar strap, stand, a set of strings, and some picks. Anyways, this amp is a good amp, I have the same model myself. Not the best for blowing out eardrums or windows, or for playing live, but it's a good beginner's amp. In fact, I use this one myself for practicing. Small, lightweight, plugs into most household sockets."
"I'll take it," the woman said.
"I'll write you up,": John said. "Dianne will ring you up at the main register."
As John finished writing the woman's order up, and handed her the slip, Dianne had him clock out for the evening, as it was slow. After he clocked out, he decided to grab a bite to eat, since his parents were going out for sushi that evening. He was about to walk to Ruby's, when he ran into Ami Andersen. "Have you seen Gregory Wolf in the last few minutes?" Ami asked.
"No," John said. "You need me to tell him to back off, because you kind of have a boyfriend already?"
"No," Ami said. "I think he's in trouble."
"What makes you think he's in trouble?" John asked.
"He says he is," Ami said. "He told me he thinks I'm about to play a part in his life. He says he has the power of precognition, and after what happened today, I'm inclined to believe him."
"What happened today?" John asked.
"He grabbed me by the arm after school," Ami said.
"I would have slugged him," John said.
"He grabbed me just before I would have gotten hit in the face with a soccer ball," Ami said. "Like he knew what was about to happen."
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" John asked.
"You think he's going to be the next one of the Seven Great Beasts to be awakened?" Ami asked.
"Seems like it," John said.
Meanwhile, Gregory Wolf was coming out of the arcade, when he was approached by Zoicite. "You're Zoicite," Gregory said. "One of the Four Lords of Hell. Actually, the three remaining Lords, that is. You're about to turn me into one of the Seven Great Beasts, in order to obtain the Green Rainbow Crystal I was born with inside of me."
John and Ami happened to see Zoicite and Gregory. "Call in the troops," John said, tossing down a smoke pellet, and transforming into Golden Hawk.
"The shit just hit the fan," Ami said into her communicator, as she got out her transformation pen. "Mercury Power, Make-Up!"
"Not so fast, Zoicite!" Golden Hawk said. "I am the Suburban Heavy Metal Warrior of the 1980s. I stand for Rock & Roll, I stand for baseball, I stand for apple pie, I stand for Disneyland. I stand with the Sailor Soldiers, and all they stand for, and anyone who wants to harm the innocent will have to go through me. My name is Golden Hawk, and in the name of all that is awesome and wicked cool, I will kick your ass!"
"I am the Pretty Soldier of Love and Intelligence," Sailor Mercury said. "I am Sailor Mercury, and in the name of Mercury, douse yourself with water and repent!"
"I am the Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice," Sailor Moon said, as she arrived on scene. "I am Sailor Moon, and in the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"
"I am the Pretty Soldier of Love and Beauty," Sailor Venus said. "I am Sailor Venus, and in the name of Venus, prepare to meet your fate!"
"I am the Pretty Soldier of Love and Passion," Sailor Mars said. "I am Sailor Mars, and in the name of Mars, evil will go down in flames!"
"I am the Pretty Soldier of Love and Courage," Sailor Jupiter said. "I am Sailor Jupiter, and in the name of Jupiter, prepare to ride the lightning!"
"Whatever," Zoicite said. "At least you girls keep it short and simple, I don't know why Golden Hawk feels the need to tell his damn life story every time I see him. Anyways, prepare to meet my newest creation." He pointed his black crystal at Gregory, opening a hole in his chest, out of which came the Green Rainbow Crystal. As Gregory was transformed into a lupine creature that wouldn't have been out of place in the Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars, Zoicite used the black crystal to draw the Green Rainbow Crystal to himself, grabbing it. "I got what I came for," Zoicite said. "Destroy these pathetic humans, my pet," he added, as he disappeared.
"Mercury Bubble Spray!" Sailor Mercury said, surrounding the monster that was once Gregory Wolf(and, coincidentally, resembled a wolf) with a fog that obscured his vision. "Don't harm him," she said. "He may be a monster, but he's still a human being."
"I don't plan on harming him," Golden Hawk, said, channeling bolts of energy from his hands through his tonfas, and firing them at the wolf creature.
"If you're not trying to harm him," Sailor Venus said, "Why are you firing at him?"
""I'm only using low level blasts," Golden Hawk said. "Let's just say I have my blasters set on stun. I don't want to hurt him, just slow him down so Sailor Moon can use her healing powers on him."
"Venus Love-Me Chain!" Sailor Venus said, binding the monster in her chain.
""Jupiter Lighting Lasso!" Sailor Jupiter said, creating a rope from lightning, which she used to tie up the monster.
"Mars Fire Surround!" Sailor Mars said, surrounding the monster with fire.
The monster struggled against the attacks used on him, nearly breaking free from his bonds. "I don't think my healing attack will work on him yet!" Sailor Moon said.
"I got it," Golden Hawk said. "Gregory," Golden Hawk said, "I don't know if you can hear me in there, but if you do, please forgive me for what I'm about to do." He powered up his right hand, which was balled in a fist, and threw a ball of energy at the monster, knocking it nearly unconscious. "Sailor Moon, now!"
"Moon Healing, Escalation!" Sailor Moon said, firing a beam of white energy from her Moon Stick, which transformed the monster back to Gregory Wolf, who was none the worse for wear, except for the fact he was a little groggy. As he transformed back, he collapsed. Sailor Mercury ran to him, to help him up.
"Gee, Ami," Gregory said, as Sailor Mercury helped him up, "I didn't know you cared."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Sailor Mercury said.
"You're Ami Andersen," Gregory said. "I told you, I have the power of precognition. I've known you were Sailor Mercury when I first met you back when you first started at El Dorado. And I knew something was going to happen to me today after school, that's part of why I was sort of chasing you."
"Part of why you were sort of chasing me?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"Sometimes, I can prevent the things I see from happening," Gregory said. "Other things are set in stone, I can't change them. In algebra this morning, I saw you get smacked in the face by an errant soccer ball, but I knew I could change that, so I did. However when I saw Zoicite taking the crystal from me, I couldn't change it. Unfortunately, he managed to steal the crystal."
"The good news is it won't do him any good," Sailor Mercury said.
"Not even if he manages to get the last 3?" Gregory asked.
"He needs all 7," Golden Hawk said. "Even if he manages to get all the rest, it won't do him any good without the ones he doesn't have. I have one of them, only way he's going to get it is to pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
"Listen, John," Gregory said, "Don't worry about slugging me with that energy ball earlier when I was that monster. You did what you had to do, you needed to subdue me so Sailor Moon could restore me. And as for knowing who you are under that mask, Ami did tell you that I have precognitive powers."
"Glad we got that out of the way," John said.
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