Gold Digger the Insertion Files Chapter 22

We have the power

By Agent Reptile

I own none of the characters in this. This is fanfiction and I'm not getting paid a dime for this. Please be kind enough to review if possible.

This was bad, this was bad; very very bad. In the comic the Lich King was defeated by the use of an anti-magic field and a spell that separated him from the power of the undead realm forever. Sadly we didn't have access to that artifact (though I am sure Dr. Doom could come up with the same tech in a heartbeat), we were currently trying to prevent the world from being merged with this dark dimension, and on top of all of the rest of the mess this was turning Tokyo into a literal warzone.

"So is this the moment you freaks usually start gloating your plans, or are we just going to start fighting?" Sailor Mars said, in a rather impressive show of bravado.

"My what rude little girls they have here." The Lich King smirked in his wretched mirth.

"Indeed. They were always a thorn in my side." Queen Beryl smiled as she kept waving her hands over her mystic orb.

"Thorn? We kicked your butts when we were only five scouts. Now we've got not only ten Sailor Scouts, but an entire army and what do you have left? Your skeletons are gone, your yoma are on their last legs, and your generals got their asses handed to them." Sailor Moon yelled. "So yeah maybe I was a stupid kid when you faced me years ago, but guess what, that was years ago. Since then we have faced nearly

"I think you've made your point Sailor Moon." Sailor Pluto pointed out.

"My my my how brave you have been, but bravery won't be enough to save you." Queen Beryl smiled as three rather extremely attractive female humanoids in rather skimpy outfits appeared next to the Lich King.

"Is this the location of the target boss?" A rather striking female with pale skin, dark eyes, pitch black hair, and fangs said.

"Indeed, you will find the target within that fortress. So go and get her Natasha." Gina was shivering as her grandfather pointed towards her.

"Of course boss." The "woman's" response was cold and apathetic as she flew towards the fortress with her three cohorts.

"What on earth are those things?" Grid-Iron asked.

"They aren't yoma." Sailor Mercury said as she scanned them with her visor and supercomputer. "And their body temp is cold as ice."

"They are from the undead realm my dear child, what do you think that means?" Theo said as he summoned as powerful a shield as he could around the fortress.

"Vampires?" Sailor Venus joked with a smirk…only to be followed by a very serious look from both Dr. Diggers and Juila. "Oh…oh shit…"

"You've faced vampires before Mina?" Sailor Mars shivered.

"Uh one…and he uh wasn't really interested in me so much…." She shivered.

"Great now we have to deal with vampires." Dial Tone groaned.

"After that Serpentor BS with using Dracula's blood and being stuck in his coffin for a night…yeah this is going to be a load of bunk." Beach Head groaned.

"Wait real vampires?" Roadblock said as he re-armed his minigun. "Anyone pack silver bullets?" The Joe joked with a hearty laugh. Britanny just shivered a bit and ignored the laughing.

"Okay serious now, does anyone have a clue how to actually kill a vampire?" Gridiron asked. "Do guns work on these things? Do we need holy water? What?"

"Baring what you have seen in movies Captain, the best way to deal with vampires is usually a sharp blade." Julia Diggers smiled as she tested out her brand new adamantium rapier.

"You're just going to go out and fist fight a bunch of blood suckers?" Pathfinder said shrugging.

"Not something I would suggest, but my wife and I have dealt with the like of these before." Dr. Diggers smiled.

"So would bullets work on them?" Heavy Duty asked as he was ready to more shooting.

"Copper jacket lead? Nope doesn't do squat." Brianna said with a sigh.

"So what is true about, I can't believe I'm saying this, vampires?" Beach Head groaned.

"Silver, blades, holy objects, garlic do harm them…" Gina listed off with a focused intensity as she was obviously trying to think her way out of the situation at hand.

"What about sunlight?" Sailor Mercury asked.

"Why can you control the weather?" Covergirl asked as she continued to fire at the remaining Yoma.

"Vampires? Really now?" Sailor Uranus groaned.

"Hey you blood sucking jerks!" Sailor Moon yelled out at Natasha and her group. "We don't want you anywhere near our school. You aren't welcome here as school is life draining as is."

The Queen of the Vampires stopped in mid flight as she looked down directly at Sailor Moon and glared at her.

"What did you just say to me?" The dark haired former ruler of the Undead realm roared in frustration, before charging some sort of magical etherial attack.

"You heard me." Sailor Moon yelled. "This is my school and you aren't welcome here." You could feel the shoe drop at this statement.

"Why you little….." Natasha yelled in frustration as she unleashed her power on the building that hit like a dam burst.

"Incoming!" Grid Iron yelled as the mystic blast impacted against the walls of the fortification and Dr. Diggers and Séance's barrier spells. The spells clashed with the sound of thunder and the sight of huge glowing walls of light that bucked with tension in the air that felt like the sky was going to explode.

"What did you do now?" Sailor Mars groaned at Sailor Moon while both took cover behind a wall.

"What all I did was tell her to get lost." Sailor Moon said as she ducked and covered as the mystic blast racked against the armored precipices.

"You seemed to have done more than that by the way she's acting. Any clue what pissed off Elvira's slutty cousin?" Pathfinder asked as he braised for another impact.

"I'm guessing that another myth of theirs is true." Sailor Venus said with a knowing smirk.

"What are you going on about?" Beach Head groaned at the teenage superhero.

"Wait, they actually have to be invited in?" Gina blinked for a couple of seconds while the younger of the two blondes in question nodded with a absolutely smug grin.

"Stupid ditzy bimbo…." Natasha roared as she was wasting a ton of her magical reserves.

"So we are back at a stalemate?" Gridiron said as the wave of whatever magical force was hitting us crashed like an ocean swell upon a harbor wall.

"Maybe, maybe not." Sailor Mercury said as she crawled over to a desk and grabbed a laser rifle. "Captain what frequency do these rifles fire at?" The brainy member of the Sailor Scouts asked as she braced herself.

"What does that have anything to do with anything?" Cover Girl yelled over the roar of the magical waves crashing about us.

"It's blue right?" Ami asked, somewhat hesitant. "Does that mean it is ultraviolet in nature?"

"Kid what does that color of our lasers have anything to do with vampires?" Heavy Duty asked as he kept trying to shoot out at Natasha. Honestly his gun wouldn't anything as it was firing copper-jacketed lead afterall.

"Wait I get it." Gina said as she pulled out her tool set.

"Okay explain what you are doing before you possibly make that explode and kill us all." Gridiron yelled as he reloaded his rocket launcher.

"We are about to create a miniature sun." Gina explained in frustration. "Ever bother to read the warnings on sunscreen people?"

"Wait, what?" Britanny yelled in confusion.

"These rifles use an ultraviolet emitter to create the focused laser beam." Sailor Mercury stated as she and Gina proceeded to dismantle and rebuilding the components within. "Similar to those tan lamps which were popular a few years ago."

"So what your just going to give these monsters a tan or something?" Sailor Jupiter asked, completely ignorant of western monster mythology.

"Lita these are vampires, think about that." Mina, being the biggest pop-culturealist of the scouts, blurted out.

"So what you want to give them a sunburn?" Sailor Jupiter groaned.

"Sunlight kills these things and UV light is a form of radiation released by sunlight." Beachhead said as he was running out of grenades. "So you are building a sunlight bomb?"

At this most everyone looked at Beachhead in realization of what he was saying.

"It's a chance we have to take." Gina said as she carefully worked the condensing and charging chambers with Ami.

"So what they all turn to ash or something?" Heavy Duty smirked. "Should have gotten new shades."

"It won't turn them all to ash." Gina said in a huff. "Big name vampires like Natasha there don't go poof from sunlight."

"Then what do they do?" Gridiron asked, just about done with the mess he was in right now.

"They lose their powers." Gina smirked as she and Ami finished the make-shift explosive.

"And it's done." Ami smiled. "Unfortunately we had to limit the range of the detonation since…well you are going to be throwing an actual miniature sun at her."

"The explosive is a volatile reaction, so no actual fuse." Gina explained. "You'll get one shot and it will only temporarily disable the more powerful vampires. As for the lesser ones, they probably will be burned in some way

"Be careful please." Sailor Mercury asked. "I'm not sure if you would be harmed by this, but you will need to ditch the explosive as soon as you get close least you get blinded."

"So Theo looks like it's out time." Julia smiled as she addressed her husband with her sword drawn. "In the short time they are disabled we will have short time to try and slice some heads off."

"It may also give us the chance to attack Beryl directly." Sailor Pluto said. "if Beril is blinded by the flash, then she may be exposed long enough for us to take her out quickly."

"Just a chance we'll have to take." Sailor Moon said as she pulled out something that looked like a wand.

"We'll need to be somewhat close to her to hit her." Sailor Uranus said as she brandished her sword.

"But even if the vampires lose their powers then how do you deal with them?" Pathfinder asked. "If our guns don't harm them then you'll all be sitting ducks out there trying to focus on the queen chick."

"We'll take out the vampires." Julia said with her drawn sword. "With them rendered completely powerless we should be able to slice their heads off with relative ease."

"That still leaves one problem left." Theo said, very disheartened at the matter. "My father will not be so distracted, and with the Sailor Scouts focused on Beryl that means that we need to keep him off of their backs."

"Leave that to us." Roadblock smiled.

"Good. I take no pleasure in mentioning this, but regular bullets may very well be the perfect idea for him as metal interferes with Aura magic." Theo noted with a deep sigh. Even though the Lich King was an undead monsters, deep down their was still part of his father's soul trapped with that rotting corpse of dark magic. This was truly a personal fight for him and I didn't envy the heartbreak he was going through.

"Sounds good to me." Leathneck smiled. "We'll keep him off your back."

"I'll take the bomb." Brianna smiled as she grabbed it. "I've got a lot more experience with explosives that you sis." Brianna smiled as she activated her shield system and held up her plasma rifle.

"Séance you will need to provide a momentary distraction for us to get Brianna close enough to throw the bomb." Theo said as he looked at his student. "Hopefully this will end this fight soon."

Séance nodded as he charged up his mystic abilities.

"Very well. I shall provide a quick burst of firepower. After that we'll have to move fast if we are going to take out the undead. Hopefully air-burst explosions will keep the dark generals back." I reloaded my bolter and headed towards the door. "Whenever you are ready Brianna."

She smirked as she rushed out the door strafing before the returning roar of machine guns sounded above our heads. While it may seem to others cowardly for the Joes to not try to join the rest of us on the front line, this was hardly the case. They had a higher line of sight, their weapons had range, and this wall of lead worked well with the wall of concrete and steel meant that none of the vampires, negaverse scum, nor the Lich King could reasonably get close to the building and therefore couldn't get to the Arc Reactor. With the exceptional cover fire keeping hot metal headed towards the Lich meant that his aura magic was dissipated before he could try to hit us with anything.

This didn't stop the Dark Generals from trying to blast us across the country side, so I started unleashing bolt shells high above Brianna and Britanny's heads. The incoming shells forced the Dark Generals and lesser vampires to scatter momentarily as Brianna set off the bomb's timer.

"Hey their goth queen, got a present for you." Brianna smiled as she chucked the bomb towards Natasha who was blind-sideded by the attack. Before humanly possible, Natasha turned to mist, evaded the bomb, and grabbed at Brianna. Natasha's eyes were red with fury and her hands had extended into claws which looked like Lady Deathstrikes. Even Britanny and my own inhanced reflexes barely were able to keep up with Natasha's attack much less try and rush to Brianna's defense.

"You wanton harlot! You dare to attack me?" Natasha roared as she tried to slash Brianna. Brianna was saved only because of a defensive barrier that the lovely lady had activated.

"Brianna!" Julia cried as she rushed sword drawn to protect her youngest daughter. Theo was already summoning some spell when the bomb detonated right behind Natasha. A brilliant flash of light flooded the entire area and I was forced to cover my eyes as it looked as if I was staring into the sun even with my eyes closed. The sound of gunfire stopped and the air was instead filled with the crying of pain from all over.

"AAAAAAAAAA" Natasha screamed in pain, but I couldn't see her or anyone else because of the brilliant flash of the detonation, but I could see the shadow of her falling over as it seems that she caught the blast on her back. The brilliant flash was more than enough to render everyone in the area temporarily disabled and who would recover first was based on who regenerated faster or who had the brains to take cover first.

"Is everyone okay?" Theo asked as he lowered his hands, apparently having summoned up a spell protecting himself and his wife.

"Beyond feeling like I just looked right at the sun? I'm just peachy thanks dad." Britanny groaned as she rubbed her eyes.

"Quick we must push our advantage." I said pulling out my bolter and started firing upon the dark generals while Julia caught the now weakened vampires off-guard and slicing them deep with her blade, nearly removing their heads in the process. Why not just cut their heads off and let them turn to dust? Julia and Theo both hold off ending anyone's existence (life or unlife) except in the most dire of situations and merely slicing off a limb is nothing to a vampire.

"Dear you seem to enjoy your new present." Theo smiled as his wife seemingly effortlessly caught clawed hands with her blade and sliced through lesser vampire limbs with no resistance.

"It's so perfect my love." Julia said as one vampire found itself slashed removing it's hand. Said blood sucker ran for it's unlife as the effect of that sunlight bomb had rendered him very much mortal.

To say that Julia was enjoying herself was an understatement. She may have been in her 40s and slowly heading into the part of her life known as middle aged, but the red-headed matriarch was essentially dancing along the field of battle with a sense of grace and poise that she should have had her own theme track. Not only was Julia able to catch the vampires attacks with a seeming indifference along the edge of her blade. To the now very slow moving undead parasites, this was absolutely terrifying.

"Natasha I think we need to get out of here." One rather lewdly dressed female vampire said as she whimpered in pain and was trying to run off while a few of her fingers had been sliced off by Julia.

"My queen we need to retreat till the effects wear off." A stoic male vampire said as he placed himself between Julia and Natasha.

At this point Sailor Moon and her proceeding onterage of scouts had booked it to the front lines and Britanny and I found ourselves acting as bodyguards protecting their flanks from being attacked.

"Sailor Moon I figured you would be back cowering in fear while your new friends did all the work for you." Queen Beryl laughed like a maniac.

"How dare you show your face again." Sailor Moon yelled. "After killing all my friends, taking over my beloved Tuxedo Mask, and then my friends and I defeating you when we were only in Junior High School. You have some nerve coming back after that."

"Sailor Moon we don't have time for this. Quickly hit her with everything you have before the Joes use up all their ammunition!" Luna yelled at the top of her kitty lungs and the scouts all knodded in agreement.

"Moon Gorgeous Mediation." Cried Sailor Moon and Mini Moon.

"Shine Aqua Illusion." Sailor Mercury yelled as a wave of magical water rushed towards Beryl.

"Mars Fire Sniper." Announced Sailor Mars as he arrow let loose.

"Super Supreme Thunder." A massive lightning bolt roared down from the heavens at the behest of Sailor Jupiter.

"Crescent Beam Barrage" Several bright yellow beams of light streaked from Sailor Venus's fingers towards the Scout's common target.

"World Shaking" A massive ball of energy was summoned by Sailor Uranus who shot it out at Beryl.

"Deep Submerge" Mystic waved joined with Sailor Mercury's own water attack and raced towards the elevated Queen of the Negaverse.

"Death Reborn Revolution" Sailor Saturn said as black cosmic power was summoned at her staff and shot out at the same target as the rest.

"Dead Scream" Sailor Pluto calmly said as she aimed her own attack hoping that this combined assault would end Queen Beryl forever…

Unfortunately right as all of the Sailor Scout's attacks were about to hit, right as I was reloading my bolter, and just as the roar and hail of lead, plasma, and laser beams all seemed to hit their intended targets putting an end to this whole mess…the Sailor Scout's attack all dissipated into vapor.

A completely stunned silent group of scouts were standing in the field while Beryl was gloating.

"What…but….what just happened?" Sailor Moon gasped out as she was at a loss as to her current predicament.

"They just….Disapeared?" Sailor Mercury said trying to find her voice.

Dr. Diggers noticed the situation as well and summoned forth his own magic attack aimed at Beryl trying to blindside her while she was gloating. Golden arching streams formed from Theo's fingers and from the circular incantation orbs around his hands, but as their streams approached Beryl, they just vanished as the Sailor Scout's attacks did.

"Theo what is going on?" Julia asked as she found a vampire was slowly gaining strength back and charged at the half-giantess. Julia though knew that she was being attacked and effortlessly sliced off the vampire's leg causing the undead fiend to stumble over and crash into one of the many holes around the field.

"She…she has an anti-magic defensive shield of some sort." Theo said as he instantly switched from offense to defense and summoned as many protection barriers around himself and his wife as he could while trying to get close enough to cover us and the scouts as well.

"Sailor Moon get down." Theo yelled at the top of his lungs as the shock of the situation was beinging to wear off and they noticed the horrid black magic that Beryl was summoning from her fingers over her mystic orb in front of her. And right now the Scouts were all in the open, concentrated in one place, and having no defenses.

"Eat this you ugly hag." Britanny just about roared as she chucked the thunderhammer right at Beryl. The weapon sparked with electric power as it shot out at speeds just under mach 1. To understand this a bit more, Britanny's super strength is in the 15 ton bench-press range under normal circumstances and her speed that she was throwing it was somewhere around 400 mph bursting at high speed right as she threw it. The impact of a thunderhammer alone is powerful, a thunderhammer moving close to the soundbarrier…

KABOOOOOM!

The roar of the projectile's impact was deafening as the Thunderhammer struck right at Beryl's orb as the magic was building up in her hands. This was followed by a brilliant light and the feeling of being launched into the air at fantastic speed. Even with an Ultramarine's physiology, I completely blacked out as I tried to reach out looking for Britanny's form through the blinding brilliance.

I awoke from being blasted half way across the city to the roaring sound of my beloved Britanny screaming in my ear.

"WAKE THE F**K UP ALREADY!" As I was being shaken to consciousness.

"Ouch…why does my everything hurt?" I asked as I was reduced to my normal self and found my body was somewhat buried in the remains of a wooden floor.

"Oh God muffin I was so worried." Britanny said hugging me tight. Her eyes were red from tears and she started rubbing me all over. "I thought you bought it."

"Ouch…almost probably did…where are we?" I asked as my love effortlessly picked me up off the floor and held me like a stuffed toy.

"Don't know, but wherever here is at least we are safe for a moment." She smiled.

"Safe? Safe? We just got blasted us half-way across the city, Queen Beryl is right near the arch reactor, and Tokyo Tower is becoming the next Dark Kingdom Castle and we have no way of getting back to the school that doesn't involve running across a city full of vampires, yoma, and who knows what else…and we don't even know what is going on." Sailor Venus yelled. "And on top of that I have to act as translator for you because you didn't learn any Japanese before coming here."

"Could we all stop yelling for five minutes." I said clutching my head. "I have a massive headache and would like it if we could all try to think for a second."

Sailor Jupiter said something in broken English then back to Japanese.

"So where are we and what happened?" I asked as my head cleared. I hadn't been in a situation like this since the Dreadwing incident and I didn't like it one bit.

"What do you think happened. We just got blasted half-way across the city and you left a hole in the ground like a certain coyote." Britanny said hugging me tight. "Speaking of which, where are we exactly?"

"Looks like we are in a temple of some sort, or a shrine?" I said as I looked out the old fashion paper doors to see the arches, hanging prayer papers, and all the stereotypes of Japanese shrines in anime. Perhaps one particular shrine.

"This is the local shrine, our uh….we've been here a few times before." Sailor Venus caught herself before she gave herself away. Sailor Jupiter looked at Sailor Venus with a stiff glare.

I looked around and saw that yep there was a massive hole in the ceiling and a huge crater in the wooden floor. I guess being an Ultramarine saved me from being killed, and would make sense that the impact would knock me out like that shield spell did to me as Colossus months ago.

"So any clue why we are still alive?" I asked as I stood up and got a look around us. Strangely enough for a world plummeting into absolute insanity this place was a tranquil bright light of peace. The dark jagged flows of the Negaverse were a sea of purple and black that swirled outside of the temple grounds, and yet it didn't seem to enter beyond the outer edge of the temple grounds that seemed to radiate a white calming presence in the face of the twisted storm.

"Well that is pretty much an answer for you." Sailor Venus answered as she pointed out the doors and saw that the two seas seemed to pass by each other. Neither one giving or taking an inch.

"So what this place just…doesn't turn into nightmare land or something?" Britanny said as she took a look around the temple grounds. "So any idea where here is and how we get back to the school?"

"And better yet, where is everyone else and how are they doing?" Sailor Venus asked aloud to no one in particular. Which at that point Sailor Jupiter pressed her rose themed earrings and started to talk something that I couldn't make out for the life of me. Well if Sailor Mercury's computer or Theo's aura weren't around to do the job then I guess I was going to have to act as translator. One quick transformation and Hal Jordan was standing before them decked out in his Green Lantern Uniform.

"Wait wait you are where Rei?" Sailor Jupiter said in shock. Apparently her earrings worked like radios.

"For some reason we got blasted to the chapel in my school. Is there some weird white field around my temple?" Sailor Mars asked.

"Uh yeah how did you know?" Sailor Jupiter asked looking around in awe.

"Because it is the same here. Any idea what this means?" Sailor Mercury asked.

"Look we don't have time to ask twenty questions." Sailor Uranus yelled. "Right now we only have four of us here at the school and we need all of you to get back here asap."

"So this is Sailor Mars's home or something?" Britanny asked. To which both Jupiter and Venus scrambled to cover up their shock.

"AAAH you actually speak Japanese?" Sailor Venus yelled as her eyes just about popped out of her head and she and Jupiter nearly fell out on their butts.

"It's the ring actually." I said flatly as I used the power of the emerald energy of will and courage to scan the surrounding area. "Translates every language around it automatically generating the exact meaning to all around." I said floating around trying to get a better idea what is going on.

"So this kind of your hang-out or something?" Britanny said sniffing the air intently. "Got to say nice place, even with the damages." I took the cue and repaired the temple area as best possible like I did the Ginamobile months ago.

"How did you figure that out?" Sailor Jupiter asked, rather defensively.

"Uh duh it smells like all of you girls." Britanny pointed out. "You know werecheetah and all. Speaking of which anything around here to eat because I am starving."

"Fridge is down the hall and to the left." Sailor Venus answered. "Probably have some cans of something around here."

"Venus how could you?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"You want a hungry 2.2 meter tall cat girl that can rip apart anything in her path upset at you?" The more experienced of the Sailor Scouts pointed out. "Artemis is impossible to deal with when hungry…"

"Oh score we have hit paydirt." Britanny said as I could hear her rip apart cans of what was likely tuna as almost inhaled the whole carton of milk left in the fridge.

"So green guy anything you want to add?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "Or are you testing out the flashlight function on that thing?"

"It's Green Lantern actually, and what I'm doing is using the ring to get a detailed scan of the dimensional shift we are currently in." I replied. "That and trying to make heads or tails of what I'm getting feedback on."

"Well we know the Negaverse feeds on all the negative parts of human psyche. You know fear, hate, vice, what have you…but why would hear and…what did Rei call it a chaplet not be the same as the negaverse?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"I take it your friend goes to a Christian school?" I asked finishing my work. "And I think I know exactly why we are seeing what we are seeing."

"Okay so what is it?" Sailor Jupiter asked, deciding to sit down for a moment.

"The Negaverse as you call it, has another name: the warp, or as some may title it the realm of souls." I said curiously.

"Wait…as in the land of the dead?" Sailor Jupiter said in disgust.

"No, but I can understand the confusion. Most people get this completely wrong too." I explained. "See what we are looking at isn't the afterlife, or the realms of Heaven, hell, or purgatory."

"Pergawatsis muffin?" Britanny asked as she finished the whole jug of milk in her hand, her other one filled with tuna sandwiches and cookies.

"Nevermind not important." I said landing and creating an image with my ring's energy. "Okay this realm of souls is in reality the reflection of all the mental energies of all sentient races in the universe. Sort of…as if tuning into all the radio and TV transmissions ever made by human kind but becomes actual manifestations of a reality. And anyone with a conscience can bend said reality to their will…if their will and focus is strong enough. Unfortunately the vast majority of conflicting thoughts and emotions that fill our world create a jumbled mess of a reality that feeds of the negative aspects of it."

"Which explains why the Negaverse is an absolute mess and the Dark Kingdom looks like the run-down ghetto of a bad edgy comic." Sailor Jupiter said. "But why here and why wherever it's called at Re…I mean Sailor Mars's school?"

"You know I should be honest with you….probably should have been a while ago but didn't think I should say this in front of the Joes. You can call your friend by her real name Lita Kino because I know it's Rei Hino." I said, which caused both Jupiter and Venus to jump to their feet ready to fight.

"How did you know that, have you been spying on us like some sort of peeping Tom creep?" Sailor Venus yelled.

"I don't care how strong you are, if you have been violating our privacy I will lay the smack down on you so hard the ring will break." Sailor Jupiter gritted her teeth.

"Uh babe a little help in this?" I asked looking at Brit.

"Nope this is all you cute stuff." She said. "You got yourself into this mess."

"Okay okay, just relax a moment you two." I said holding my hands up. "Up until the moment you showed up at the school I had never seen you in person. Also I have no interest in abusing my gifts in such a disgusting way as trying to look at you in the privacy of your home or any other lewd manner."

"Okay so say we believe you, then how did you know my name and Sailor Mars's name?" Sailor Jupiter said, still on edge.

"Same way I knew Britanny's story. You're comic book, movie, anime, manga, and toyline characters in my universe." I honestly said.

"WHAT!?" Both scouts said as they nearly did that anime thing where the absurdity of a situation causes a faceplant.

"Yep. Muffin here said he thought you were cute…when he was thirteen." Britanny smirked at me. "Which I can see, but not going there now."

"Okay so say I trust you, then what is my name smart stuff?" Sailor Venus huffed trying to be intimidating with her arms crossed together.

"Mina Aino. First Sailor Scout to be activated by her Silver Moon Imperium cat Artemus while in England and the inspiration for the comic character in this universe known as Sailor V, which is of course short for Sailor Venus." I shrugged and answered. "As for the rest my Japanese pronunciation is so horrible, I won't even try and you already used your first names in our company so you may want to work on that."

She actually did that sweat drop thing on the back of her head and the frustration mark on her forehead. It was sort of adorable.

"Relax kid you get used to it after a while." Britanny said as she patted Sailor Venus on the back. "Sandwich. I don't often share but as you probably need food too…." Sailor Venus just snarfed the breaded tuna meal before her.

"Okay now I get why Sailor Pluto had us watch all those movies." Sailor Jupiter grinned. "She knew that we would be facing the same thing with someone who had watched a version of us. Okay then Mr. Lantern guy…or Pal Hordan…."

"It's Hal Jordan actually." I said flatly. "But continue."

"Whatever look, why would these places not be violent or messed up like the rest of the city?"

"Because the temple here, just like a Christian church, Jewish Synagogue, or other worship house is a place where humans go to calm their minds and seek peace and transcend their fears and earthly concerns, or if there are concerns to have unity in thought about doing something about them." I continued. "They are the inverse of the Negaverse's twisted reality and they leave marks of a transcendent reality."

"But why would Mars's school have a chapel?" Britanny asked. "Doesn't she go to the same school as the rest of you girls?" Britanny asked.

"Actually she goes to a private Catholic School." I pointed out. "Which not only would have a chapel for worship but would have daily Mass and consecration much like the temple here attempts to cleanse the area around it. With the Church it is of sin to reach Holiness and here is…well I probably would butcher the comparison but it creates the same kind of thoughts and thus is fed by a different type of conscious emanation."

"But not the afterlife?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"Nope Heaven and hell are a lot different than this believe me." I pointed out. "Same with the undead realm. It may be hellish, but it is not a place of eternal damnation for souls…just another reality like ours or the realm of Jade."

"You get all that Ami?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"Yes…uh yes I did…So Green Lantern do you think you can pick us all up and get us back to the school? I know your constructs are powered by will and courage so you could…"

"I could, but I won't…at least not unless I have to." I said. "Okay yes I could fly all around and pick everyone up and get back to the school but I have a better idea….and there is a more personal reason." I said looking at Brit.

"What? You've used the guy before babe so why are you looking at me?" My love said as she cleaned a few crumbs from her cute face.

"Because while courage and will are powerful, I need more than just that if we are going to face off against the warp, your grandfather, and Beryl." I said. " I mean yes I can hold my own against all the terrors, but with so much magic flying around…and…."

"What muffin? You afraid of something?" My energy must have been waiting as the fear inside me was messing with my field.

"I'm afraid of you going out…and getting hurt…" I answered honestly. Look it was better to be honest right now and after seeing all the problems keeping secrets caused I just told her the truth.

"Awe muffin relax you know I can handle myself in a fight…not like we haven't faced stuff like this before." She smiled at me as she kissed my forehead. "You are sweet to worry about me though."

"No I…Britanny I trust you with my heart, my soul, my very being I…" I reverted back to my normal self. "I wouldn't have asked you to be my wife if I didn't trust you…but…I am asking right now if you trust me."

"Uh duh of course I do." She said. "Same thing with me babe. I trust you no matter what. So come on what is on your mind."

"Would you trust me if I wanted to use another hero to fight this fight, one who….one who would have a better set of tools to face the Lich King and the Negaverse, and one who had a better protection for you against magic."

"Well sure babe go for it. I'm not going to stop you." Britanny smiled. "So what has gotten you worried about me?"

"Well…because I'm going to have to ask for you to trust me empowering you with part of my gifts…in you animal form." I said, kind of embarrassed to have to ask my love this request.

"What you can turn into a complete cheetah too? That is so cool." Sailor Venus smiled.

"Uh only why animal form babe. It's no different than my other forms to me so why worry." Britanny smiled at me while scratching the back of her head confused.

"Because… the guy I will use has a giant tiger for a friend who acts as his mount when he is doing heroic things and gets his own set of armor that protects him from magic and the like, and I wanted to ask you before just doing it."

"You want to have me…carry you into battle…while in my monster cheetah mode, with some sort of badass magical armor on me…because you want to make sure I have some protection from all the potential things that could hurt me?" My love glared down at me as I took a moment, closed my eyes for a second, and uttered.

"Yes, yes I am." I said worried for her safety. "If you don't want to I won't ask because you have every right to…"

"Muffin. Do it." Britanny said looking at me.

"Huh?" I asked stopping myself mid-sentence as I listened to my beloved's words.

"Muffin you love me no matter what form I am in right?" I nodded. "And you are asking me to do this because you want to make sure I have protection not to prevent me from helping, but to make sure I can fight right?" I nodded again. "And I will go back as soon as you do right? It isn't permanently going to stick me in animal form."

"It won't. The magic is an extension of me and when I recall it then it will turn you and me back." I said to her.

"Babe you have carried me before, now I guess it's my turn to carry you…in a way. Do it." She smiled while kissing me on the lips.

"Well when in Rome as it were…..By the power of GREYSKULL!" I cried as I somehow again summoned the sword and transformed from my normal human self to the enormous build, bowl-cut blonde hair, and skin revealing form of He-Man defender of Eternia. I then pointed my sword at Britanny who immediately was engulfed in a brilliant blue light that turned her massive frame even more powerful ripping her cloths right off of her as she transformed not just into her animal form, but a massive version of her animal form decked out in helmet with extended fang protection, saddle, and plated protection on her limbs, paws, and tail. "I HAVE THE POWER!"

"My lady." I said approaching Britanny. "I thank you my love."

"RUFFIN." Britanny said as she smiled at me, and licked my face.

"Oh my gosh that is so adorable." Sailor Venus said with Kawaii eyes.

"Uh you talking about superhunk there or the couple thing we saw?" Jupiter asked. The magic of Greyskull apparently allowing for autotranslate.

"Both… I mean dang is that how Americans to the magical transformation thing because I could go for some serious exchange time." Sailor Venus said in lustful abandon.

Britanny though had been transformed in more than just size. Her animal form already was a absolutely humongous version of a cheetah, but the mystic energies of Greyskull had granted her the elongated fangs and upper body of a smilodon, the powerful legs of a tiger or lion, but the length of a cheetahs and the same flexibility. Her claws were now massive blades covered in mystic metal probably as strong as Wolverine's own claws, and her fur was still the glossy sheen that looked like she was in constant motion. She also now had two massive cannons the flanked over her shoulders like in the game which was a nice touch.

"Rabe, I rot rogging to ray this agrin in rublic, but rount me." Britanny said as I kissed her head and jumped to the saddle on her back.

"Thank you my love." I said as I patted her extremely strong flank. "Now come with me if you want to live." I said to Sailor Jupiter and Venus as I helped them up onto Britanny's saddle and made sure the Sword of Greyskull was safely on my back.

"So that way." Sailor Jupiter pointed towards Sailor Mars's school. Faster than a jet accelerated, Britanny took off in a burst of speed nearly that of the Blackbird itself.

"WEE THIS IS FUN!" Sailor Venus squealed like a schoolkid…which yes she is but beside the point.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Sailor Jupiter said holding her mouth as I held both scouts safely to me as their costumes and the field Britanny seemed to give off protected us from wind damage while also protecting the civilians we passed.

If you were to ask why Britanny was still running off and not say…asking where the school was. Britanny right now had even more enhanced sense of smell and her natural ability to sense magic meant that she knew exactly where to go as she raced and weaved between wretched cars and pancaking civilians. The odd Yoma found themselves at the receiving end of Britanny's overpowered claws and powerful maw.

"You know I wonder if Artimus could do this too." Sailor Venus said as she was able catch a Yoma by the neck with her heart chain and snapped the thing's neck.

"Uh something tells me he wouldn't enjoy it very much." Jupiter said as she kept her head down and tried to not get motion sickness.

"Rere rear." Britanny growled as she stopped right outside of the school. It wasn't completely overrun, by Yoma or walking skeletons, but as Sailor Jupiter tried to get in she found that the door was locked tight.

Sailor Venus was chuckling a bit at Britanny's odd animal form speak pattern.

"Rwart's so runny?" Britanny dang near roared as looked down on Sailor Venus. Yes down as Britanny's shoulder height, and thus her head, far exceeded Mina's height. Sailor Venus sheepishly chuckled.

"Sorry I'm sorry…just….okay look don't take this the wrong way, but you reminded me of my favorite American anime show from years ago…uh…."

"Way to go Mina." Sailor Jupiter sad as she kept trying door after door. I didn't want to just rip the door off the hinges. "Great all are locked." Sailor Jupiter then pressed her shoulder against the door and popped it open.

"Awe come on Lita." Sailor Venus joked. "I just find it cute is all." Sailor Venus said. "I mean…it was one about those kids who solve mysteries where the ghost or the alien is always someone in a suite….or uh…."

Britanny smiled and patted Venus on the head with those huge paws of hers, which dwarfed Mina's head. I was now worried how Britanny would even get into the building. "Rust ron't rask me if I raunt a Rooby snack kid. I rike runa."

"Brit I will try to…" I turned looking around to see my love waving me off.

"Rest find the other ril'. I'll rard the routride." She sighed to a moment. I walked back, kissed her right on the nose, and hugged her.

"I'll be back soon." I said as Sailors Venus and Jupiter lead me into the school.

"Have you been here before Lita?" Sailor Venus asked as we maneuvered through the private school.

"I don't think so. I mean we always meet at Rei's temple so I don't think she ever showed us her school." Sailor Venus said as she looking to room after room trying to find her friends. It was strangely empty of people for a weekday.

"Uh what exactly are you looking for Mina?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"This Chapel guy that Rei said they were at. I'm not seeing anyone though…." Sailor Venus said as she checked into every room we passed. Apparently they didn't lock their doors around here.

"Sailor Venus the Chapel we are looking for isn't the name of a person, but is part of the building. Specifically is part of the center of worship here." I said trying to find a layout map…and having no idea how to read the Japanese characters on the walls.

"Wait…like a church kind of thing?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

"Isn't this a Catholic private school?" I asked, trying to not bump into all the tightly confined spaces with my new own massive build.

"I think so….do they use crosses?" Sailor Jupiter asked. Her ignorance was understandable as I would be completely ignorant of the religious practices of Shinto and such and Christians make up an extreme minority in Japan and Catholics were only one division within the larger Christian denominations.

"Yes, but I think they keep the body on the cross for some reason." Sailor Venus said as she tapped her jaw and went deep in thought.

"Are you really trying to get into a theological discussion in the middle of a world-ending catastrophe?" I ask jokingly.

"Not like there are any cute boys around to swoon over…except for you hunkzilla, but as you are engaged that means hands off." Sailor Jupiter joked.

"I'm also old enough to be your father." I pointed out.

"So uh is this the place?" Sailor Venus asked scratching her head, only to open the janitor's closet and the mops and brooms dropped on her head.

"Uh nope that isn't it." Sailor Jupiter said helping her friend up.

"Hey who's there?" a voice yelled from across the hall as Sailor Mercury and Mars jumped out from around the corner, only to find Sailor Venus with a bucket on her head trying to get to her feet with Sailor Jupiter's help while I was standing as their guard.

"What the heck happened to you?" Sailor Mercury asked as she saw her friend have a mop bucket pulled off of her head, covering her hair in dirt.

"What do you think happened Rei, we were looking for you and got lost in this place." Mina yelled. "Now I need a shower."

"Shesh Mina relax." Sailor Jupiter said with her friend. "It isn't that bad and you can just brush it out later."

I just patted Mina on the shoulder. "There are worst things to be covered in my friend. Just relax and we will have down time after saving the world."

"Okay okay…" Mina sighed. "So where is Sailor Moon?"

"She's over here in the chapel area with Tuxedo Mask." Sailor Mercury said as she pointed to a simple door with a cross on the front. Yep a simple but effective Chapel within the school grounds. Probably big enough for a couple of the classes to attend.

I made the sign of the cross and walked in.

"Do you do that because compulsion or choice?" Sailor Mars asked me.

"Choice. So what is the situation?" I smiled and walked toward the alter and saw….Tuxedo Mask buried up to his legs in the floor…upside down of all things.

"How…how did this happen?" I asked as Sailor Moon was trying to yank Tux boy out from the floor. I was just glad there was a basement as otherwise there was a likely chance that the guy would have just gone splat.

"Stop gripping." Sailor Moon said as she was yanking in what looked like the most uncomfortable position possible for lifting or a sexual position…which would have been even worse as this was you know an actual church. "If you keep grabbing down there then I can't get you out." Apparently Sailor Moon really wasn't given any enhanced strength to speak of…or perhaps the fact that Tuxedo Mask was screaming as he was getting ripped by the flooring.

"How long has this been going on?" I ask watching the hilarity before me.

"About 20 minutes at this point." Sailor Mars said. "Sailor Mercury and I tried to get him out but the floor didn't support us."

"It didn't help that the school doesn't have a shop class so we couldn't saw him out." Sailor Mercury said with a sigh. I just walked up to were the couple and started to break the wood around the hole in my hands and bit by bit made the hole large enough that Tuxedo Mask could be fished out from the impact crater.

"So who's ready for round two?" I smiled as Sailor Moon looked over her future husband…who was covered in scratches and splinters.

"Ouch…." Tuxedo Mask said as he started pulling out bits of wood from his outfit.

"Oh Tuxedo Mask you are okay." Sailor Moon yelled as she hugged her future spouse…only to find the pointy splinters digging into her skin. "Ouchy ouchy ouchy…."

"Okay Meatball head I'm fine." Tuxedo Mask groaned.

"So…everyone ready to hit back?" I smiled as I stood cross-armed over the pair, and then looked over to the other scouts.

"Hit back? We just got blasted across the city and nothing we could do even dent their magical defenses." Rei yelled.

"It wasn't magical." Ami said looking at her computer. "Magic has a specific nature to it, but the shield they used was technological in nature. It made a null field of some sort that prevented magic from penetrating the field."

"Wait so they had their own invincibility field?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "That's….well I was going to say unfair but that is irrelevant, but it certainly is going to be a serious problem."

"So what we, we just go back and blast Queen Beryl again. Piece of cake right?" Sailor Moon said. "She can't take on all of us with all of our attacks a second time."

"And how do you figure that meatballhead?" Sailor Mars yelled at her friend.

"Well duh she's got so few resources and she didn't bother to transform into that giant form she had when we thought we killed her before years ago." Sailor Moon pointed out. "That orb thing barely had any glow to it either so we can go in and finally defeat her if we all combine out attacks at her."

"Fair fair…." Sailor Mars said as she sarcastically pressed her finger to her jaw. "But attack her with what exactly?"

"Duh our powers of course." Sailor Moon yelled as she stuck her tongue out at her supposed subordinate. "We even have more powerful attacks than when we were in junior high school."

"Uh Usagi think that one through again." Sailor Jupiter said sighing.

"What? She's got a point Lita." Sailor Venus said in reply. "We've unlocked not only more powerful abilities, but also we are a more coordinated team now and our magic is even stronger. So if we show up unexpected and hit her again from behind she probably goes down easy peasy."

"Mina, please just repeat what you just said and think about how now both the Lich King and Beryl have a shield that protects them from magical attacks." I said pointing out the obvious.

"Well duh any spell would dispate like ours or like Dr. Digger's did so what does that…oh….well that stinks." Mina groaned.

"I'm still not getting this." Sailor Moon said in confusion.

"Okay bunny brain, think this one through again. The shield blocks magic spells like the walls of your school repelled magic against it. How are we supposed to attack them if our attacks are magic spells that dissipate from their shields?"

"WAAHHAAA! Rei's yelling at me." Sailor moon cried. I just placed my hands on their shoulders.

"Look arguing among yourselves isn't going to fix the problem. And Usagi you somehow need to learn to think ahead more, and Rei as much as you may be in the right about this….yelling at Usagi will only make her more upset because she isn't a natural leader." I said trying to calm things down.

"Is the big barbarian guy actually the voice of reason in this situation?" Tuxedo Mask groaned as he started to stand up. "Or did I hit my head harder than I thought?"

"You are assuming that because of my massive built, well-toned muscles, the furry briefs and boots, and lack of shirt that I am somehow only able to deal with problems through physical force?" I looked at him and smirked.

"Beyond how surreal this is, we do need to get our heads back in the game and actually defeat Beryl." Sailor Jupiter said. "Hate to just rush out and get creamed again, but what else can we do?"

"Well think about this." I smile as I stood up and did tower over all others in the chapel. "So far we haven't been attacked in mass, and all of the Yoma we encountered have been by themselves."

"So what, you think that Queen Beryl isn't interested in us?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Or perhaps, she thinks we are dead?" Sailor Mercury asked in realization. This realization struck everyone.

"I don't know if that is that case, but my experience is badguys can be sort of arrogant when they think they have won." I smiled. "And as much as I love to talk to all of you, we have to get going and I hate having my lady wait."

"Oh darn Britanny's still outside." Sailor Venus groaned. "Come on let's go."

"Why couldn't she come in? I mean yes she is tall but…." Sailor Moon yelled as we left the Chapel, with one sign of the cross later.

"Actually before we get outside you need to know something about Brit, you see she…" Sailor Jupiter tried to explain as we exited the door to find….Britanny seemingly taking a nap. This wouldn't be seen as too much of a problem, as she is afterall very much a cat at heart, what was weird was the fact the broken and beaten bodies of a few lesser Yoma surrounded her. In fact one particular unlucky one was under her paw which looked absolutely gored while Britanny was purring with her claws apathetically scratching the mangled body of an unfortunate yoma. I hadn't heard a single utterance though, not a single sound of her roaring, the screams of the Yoma….

"Rar your run ralking?" Britanny smiled as she stood up and shook her body.

"AAAHHHAAA!" Sailor Moon yelled as she nearly fell over.

"Wonderful job my love." I said as I hugged her head. "I didn't hear you at all."

"Ruffin I'm a cat remember." She licked my face. "Reen runting since I wras a cub."

"Wait…that's Britanny?" Sailor Mars said in shock. "She's…she's….."

"Absolutely glorious honestly." Sailor Venus said as she walked up. "Are you going to take us all the way back to the school?" The young blonde said with slightly reserved hope.

"We can't head back to the school yet. They still have that anti-magic shield Mina." Sailor Mercury said working on her computer. "We need to take that thing out or we'll never be able stop Queen Beryl."

"So where is it?" Sailor Moon asked, while Mercury was working on her computer.

"It's….it's in Tokyo Tower itself." Sailor Mercury said as she blinked.

"That seems way too obvious." Sailor Mars said in reply.

"But it makes sense." Sailor Mercury said in thought. "If our attacks are magical in nature, then shielding the artifacts which generates the link between our world and theirs with a device that generates a magical spell blocking field. We literally can't harm them and the longer we wait then the more likely the Negaverse will conquer the city and maybe the world."

"We need to get moving then." I said as I patted Britanny on the head. "Great job my love."

Britanny stood up and licked my face. She almost took my cheek off with her now rough tongue and readied herself for me to jump on her back again.

"Wait…." Sailor Moon yelled, and everyone looked at her in curiosity.

"What now bunny head?" Sailor Mars asked.

"How is she supposed to get us all to Tokyo Tower?" Sailor Moon asked as she started to stroke Britanny's flanks…which caused my love to purr.

"Riye can rary you easily." Britanny kinda roared, sort of purred.

"But we don't have room to hang on." Sailor Mercury said as she was on her computer. "I'm calling in some transports."

"As in…fly to the tower…." Sailor Jupiter said in a full body shiver. "As in, have the Joes fly us…."

"Is something wrong Lita?" I asked the young lady in a tone of deep respect.

"Just…look maybe I need to sit this one out because I…" Sailor Jupiter tried to continue, but a smaller hand touched her shoulder.

"Lita we are all in this together." Sailor Moon said. "WE are a team and you know that we can't just turn away from stopping Beryl…."

"I know, and I'm sorry I'm just…" Sailor Jupiter said as she seemed ready to cry. What was going on.

"Forgive me but, what is the matter?" I asked as Ami made some calls on her computer.

"Sailor Jupiter is….well it's hard to say but she's really afraid of aircraft, air ports, and…."

"Look it's stupid I admit. I'm the strongest of the Inners Scouts and the sight of an airplane terrifies me okay." Sailor Jupiter said as she sat down.

"Are you afraid of heights?" I asked sitting down next to her as Britanny looked her in the face.

"No no….look you said that you watched our show right? Our supposed anime and all that….well I." Sailor Jupiter took a moment to catch her breath. "You know I don't have parents right? Did the show tell you that?" She looked me in the eyes and I nodded. "Did it tell you why I'm an orphan?"

"I barely remember. I'm sorry it was many years ago and some things weren't the same in that show as is in your world." I answered honestly.

"Well, my parents left…they went on an airplane on a trip and….the never…they never came back and I…" Sailor Jupiter started to cry. "And I don't want to….don't want to lose my friends or just disappear like they did okay…I'm afraid."

"Lita, your fear is understandable. And you have nothing to be ashamed of because your tragedy isn't something that you should fear." I said placing a hand on her shoulder opposite of Sailor Moon. "And let me tell you something about the Sailor Scout I saw in that anime. The Lita, Sailor Jupiter, was brave, loyal, strong, and determined. I saw how you faced bullies, stood up for your friends, and never let them down." This seemed to cheer her up a lot. "But let me tell you something about real bravery, about courage. See courage isn't the absence of fear Lita, it is having fear and facing it. Now I know your story, but let me tell you a story of a friend of mine named RamMan."

"Ram Man?" Sailor Jupiter laughed a bit.

"He has a very direct name, and he is a member of another team of heroes who had to face his greatest fear. He was strong, brave, and very blunt and direct. See he got his name because his usual method of dealing with problems was head-on, literally so. He would charge right at his foes headbashing them with a re-inforced helmet. But one time we and the other Master of the Universe found ourselves facing a horde known as Shadow Beasts summoned by the evil sorcerer Skeletor and his minion Beastman."

"Charming names." Sailor Mars said in somewhat disgust.

"Ram Man, for all his bravery and courage was deathly afraid of the dark, being trapped for days in tunnels as a young boy, and the shadow beasts not only live in darkness, they spread it."

"That, must have been horrible for him." Sailor Jupiter said listening carefully.

"It was, but the worst part of the battle was when Ram Man had to save the life of our friend Teela deep in the catacombs of the Palace of Eternia. The two had fallen deep into the castle's interior and Teela was rendered unconscious. Ram Man found himself alone there in the dark with an injured friend…."

"What did he do? Was he scare like I'm stupidly being right now?" Sailor Jupiter asked holding her legs together.

"He was afraid, but he was more afraid of what would happen if Teela didn't get help and he wasn't going to leave her by herself down there. So Ram Man picked Teela up and carried her through the darkness potentially full of Shadow Beasts to safety. He did it because he cared about his friend and her life, even though he was afraid of the dark. And Lita I see that same fear for your friends and the courage to face those fears in you."

"Yeah, how can you tell?" She smiled listening.

"Remember when I turned into He-Man before you? Remember what I said when I transformed?"

"I don't know something about a skull and power?" She shrugged.

"The Power of Greyskull." I said back to her. "And that power is in me. The sword is merely a conduit which brings the power inside me forth, but the Power of Greyskull is not something I alone have nor is it strength alone. The power is Strength, Wisdom, Kindness, and Courage. And these gifts anyone can have. I just have a bit of help bringing some of their potential out as it is from an ancient king of Eterna, King Greyskull."

"So the guy you turned into now…is a prince then?" Lita asked.

"Well sort of, but it's not because I'm a royal that makes me a do this or try to be a hero. It's the character inside you that matters more than a title." I answered, really not into the whole royalty thing and He-Man was only one character I became of many.

"So you are the American version of us then afterall." Sailor Venus laughed.

"Hey Britanny's a princess, but I loved her long before I knew that." I said patting my love's side. "So you ready to show the courage I know is inside you Sailor Jupiter?" I smiled at her as Sailor Jupiter stood up.

"I'm willing to try." Sailor Jupiter said as a mighty roar above signaled the arrival of a familiar Dropship.

"WAHOOO there partners." Wild Bill yelled from the lowering loading ramp. "Got word from Abernathy that you needed a lift."

"Thank you." Ami smiled. "We need head to Tokyo Tower and take our whatever is transmitting the Negaverse here."

"I have no idea what that means, but I'm guessing it's this nightmare stuff." Duke said as we loaded into the craft. "We will be escorting you in Sky HAWKS with Flint, Lady Jay, Scarlett, and Snake-Eyes."

"So what's the plan, we just blow the tower apart and then go home?" Lady Jay asked as she looked at our assembled team.

"There is little chance of that not causing a massive failure of the tower, or your weapons may bounce off whatever shields they have, but a fast infiltration of the tower and a deactivation of whatever they have that is merging our realms will stop this. We also need to shut down whatever is interfering with the magic we tried to use or Beryl will be able to take the arch reactor." Ami said as she ran up the loading ramp.

"So no rore rise jokes?" Britanny chuckled at Wild Bill who just laughed.

"Ma'am, if you keep those claws pointed towards those uglies then I'll fly you wherever you want to go."

"Load up and hang tight." Duke said as Wild Bill and Dial Tone worked the controls for the Drop Ship. "This thing gets slightly bumpy."

"So once we get to the tower what do we do?" Sailor Jupiter said, still very upset at being in an aircraft.

"We punch a hole into the thing is what we do." Sailor Moon said. "I mean if all of their generals, vampires, and what not are at the school then they probably aren't that defended…"

"Are you actually using tactics?" Sailor Mars looked at her friend in shock.

"Well why not?" Sailor Moon said. "How else are we going to get in there?"

"So what would be big enough to punch a hole into a massive tower filled with dark energy?" Tuxedo Mask said, as Duke started handing out weapons.

"If missiles don't work, then the drop ship itself will." I said looking towards the front of the craft.

"WAIT WHAT!?" Wild Bill asked in shock.

"This aircraft is made of composite layers of Adamentium and Vibranium. It can withstand a direct hydrogen bomb blast with zero radiation penetration, make several oribital drops and launches out of Earth's atmosphere, and can withstand a free-fall crash from extra-orbital heights."

"You mean this ship is invincible?" Wild Bill asked in shock.

"Almost, but we aren't." I pointed out. "So if we do go crashing into that thing everyone needs to be buckled up.

"Wait if the frame is invincible…what's the glass made of?" Dial Tone asked confused.

"Compressed Aluminum Oxide crystals with carbon nano-tube layeres between for insulation. Essentially you're looking out of a ruby diamond lens."

"How expensive is this stuff to make?" Wild Bill said in awe.

"Honestly? Not that bad. Gina got the cost down to around that of a 744 she said."

"We can talk about cost later." Rei said. Right now, do we have a place to land this thing? The tower is just a giant piece of metal that….what on earth?"

Rei's question was made clear as what was supposed to be more or less a copy of the Eiffel Tower was a giant evil layer looking fortress that wouldn't be out of place in Lord of the Rings.

"Looks like whatever hit they brought forth from that nightmare world is having an effect on our world turning it into their world." Duke said as he looked thought the front window.

"Not like we haven't headed into the Negaverse before right?" Sailor Venus said as she kept a hand on Sailor Jupiter.

"Doesn't look like they wanted any visitors so I'm going to make a door ourselves." Wild Bill said as we cold feel the wings of the drop ship extend and the roar of missiles being launched was matched to the bright red and yellow streaks that hit right into the side of the dark fortress. The fiery detonation light up the darkening skies and revealed a huge hole large enough for us to land in. "Okay strap in and hold on tight everyone."

No one questioned when we buckled up and heard the wings retract into position. "Alright everyone we are landing in three, two…."

The landing was a bit jarring as we didn't have a smooth vertical landing and the skids scrapped the inside of the tower.

"Well, we are alive…that's good right?" Sailor Venus said as she helped Sailor Jupiter to her feet.

"What are you seeing out there Wild Bill?" Duke said as he slide the chambering mechanism of his rifle.

"A whole lot of ugly interior, and a few uglies heading out way." The pilot said as he flipped the switch activating the Drop Ship's turret.

"Duke Flint here. We are coming in hot. Is the landing zone clear?" The Warrant officer asked over the radio.

"About to be." Wild Bill smiled as the main gun of the ship lit up and armor piercing explosive rounds buzzed through the air with a sound roughly close to BRRRRR.

"Everyone out." Duke yelled as the loading ramp lowered and Wild Bill stopped firing.

At that moment Britanny rushed out in a blur of yellow with the screeching sound of a rushing train combined with the singing of sharpened metal slashing through the air and the clash of metal against flesh as Yoma were sent flying by the impact of a shield to their face. I held the Sword of Greyskull tight as my blade cut deep into the armor and through the armaments of these Negaverse forces. Why would He-Man, who doesn't kill, be so ready to hack and slash and bash through hordes of Yoma with the brutality of Conan? Because of what a Yoma is, or rather what they are in the Negaverse.

While a human possessed and transformed into a dark manifestation by the powers of the warp/negaverse can be called a Yoma, in their pure form these things are the manifestations of ill-will, negative desires, vices, and (for lack of a better word) sins. This was why I choose He-Man in the first place. As they are soulless manifestations around a primal instinct and hunger. While He-Man, and thus I, was imbue with the power of wisdom, courage, kindness, and strength; the mere presence of which was weakening whatever few Yoma were left to materialize from the darkness of the tower.

"YEAAAAAHHHH!" I yelled at my blade dissipated the few weak forces left to defend the place.

"RRRRRROAAAAAARRRRR!" Britanny unleashed one of the loudest roars I ever heard, and she smiled as she literally tore into a Yoma ripping the head off in flash of orange armor. The black mist that rose instead of blood from the stump dissipated into the black ether of the Negaverse.

"So where to now?" Sailor Moon asked as she ran huffing and puffing trying to approach us.

"I, have no idea honestly." I said as Britanny tried sniffing and twisting her ears back and forth for clues.

"Wild Bill keep the ramp up and the engine running." Duke said as the pilot gave him a thumbs up.

"So any idea what we are looking for?" Sailor Jupiter asked taking a look around and keeping her hands in fists.

"If it's anything like the other artifacts we are looking for, it should be a brick-like thing with weird writing all over it." Flint said as he pulled his shot-gun out of the Sky HAWK.

"So what did you do with the other ones?" Sailor Moon asked as Tuxboy pulled out his sword from his cane.

"Well shooting them with a shotgun seemed to work." Lady Jay said with a smile as she tested the weight of her spear.

"Sailor Mercury do you have an idea where we should head or should be split-up and scout around?" I asked as Ami was messing was working on her computer unit.

"No we can't split up." Sailor Mercury said as she was typing fast on her computer.

"But that would cover more area." Sailor Moon said. "I mean it kind of worked at the school.."

"No now we can't. This isn't a real construct that obeys the laws of our universe Sailor Moon. This tower bends to the will of the creator and can alter entirely to our actions."

"Wait wait…so we are walking into a madhouse?" Duke said as he took point. "Any idea how we find what we are looking for in a place that is completely unstable?"

"I'm looking to find a void in the flow of magic in this tower. A gap in the disportion of the negaverse near us."

"Wow Sailor Mercury you seem to be a lot more…forceful here?" Sailor Moon said blinking.

"Is something wrong with that?" Sailor Mercury said in shock.

"Nope, just point us where we need to go." Sailor Jupiter said as she hugged her friend.

"So what do we plan on doing when we get to wherever this thing is that messes with your powers is?" Lady Jay asked as Mercury lead us through the depths of the fortification.

"I saw we grab it, fly off to the school, and use it against Beryl and the Lich King." Sailor Moon said as she smirked.

"Do we even know what we are looking for?" Sailor Mars asked as we carefully made our way through the Negaverse.

"No, but I found where it is." Sailor Mercury said as we turned a corner and saw, much to our shock, the Dark Generals completely wasted throwing back glasses of wine gafforing with loud exaltations.

"Quick we can…" Sailor Moon was about to jump out into the open till a quick hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back covering her mouth.

The scouts were about to attack whoever did that till a hand covered Sailor Moon's mouth and she turned her head to find a masked figure putting his finger to his mouth in a shushing motion. It was Snake-Eyes and he wagged his finger while shacking his head.

Sailor Moon fumed a bit as the ninja of the Joes pointed past the area where the Dark Generals were partying. Once we had gotten out of earshot of the leaders of Beryl's forces, Snake-Eye's took his hand off of Sailor Moon's mouth.

"What was that for, we had the perfect chance to…" Sailor Moon started to yell before Snake-Eyes placed his finger up getting her to tone it down.

"Yes the perfect chance, as if it they were waiting for us." Scarlett pointed out.

"Whether or not they were drunk and easy prey, the opportunity was too perfect, especially after we just made a huge amount of noise getting in here. Drunk or not they would likely be waiting and you never want your enemy to be able to make all the choices for a fight." Duke said as we followed Sailor Mercury's lead.

"So in other words, that was a trap?" Sailor Mars asked.

"We can chuck a few grenades into the room on our way out." Flint said. "Right now we need to retrieve whatever it was they have here and get out. The longer we take to do that the more likely they get the reactor and win."

Sailor Moon did the whole sweat drop thing when she realized just how dumb she had acted, but the moment passed and we did find the room we were looking for. Oddly enough it was in the least messed up part of this Negaverse cesspit.

"So what exactly are we looking at here?" Lady Jay said, not impressed at the dining table sized slab in the center of the room. While we all funneled into the room, the Joes along with Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars took positions around the room with weapons pointed towards the open door least someone rush into the room.

"Whatever it is, it seems important." Sailor Venus said as she tapped it. "So do we blast it or…"

"Wait don't." Sailor Mercury said as she stopped her friend's idea from getting any traction. "This is an extremely advanced machine that somehow blocks magic spells."

"So what just blow it up and we can attack Beryl." Sailor Mars said as she looked at the Joes.

"Sounds good to me." Lady Jay said in response, only taking a moment from pointing her spear to the door to look out to see if anyone was coming. Thankfully no one seemed to be heading near us.

"Or we take it back and use it against the Lich King and Queen Beryl." I said.

"But doesn't it block whatever spell used around it?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Any spell used against it. But not spells from where it protects." I pointed out as I hopped off of Britanny's back. "But something tells me that they wouldn't just leave this unprotected…."

"You'd be surprised at some of the choices they do." Sailor Jupiter said as she tried to lift the slab, barely able to get it to budge. "Ooffff. Man this is heavy."

"Sailor Mercury, we still need to find whatever it is that is keeping this tower pumping out this dark world garbage." Duke said to the brainy scout. "Can you find that for us?"

"Oh sure….give me some time….." Sailor Mercury said as she worked on her computer. "It's….it is on the top of the tower."

"As in head up the stairs?" Scarlett asked looking around the room.

"More like the actual top of the flagpool from the look of this picture." Sailor Venus said as she looked over her friend's shoulder.

"I take it we can't just run to the top of the tower and shoot it?" Lady Jay joked.

"I say we get this slab to the drop ship and blow that thing away with the main gun while rushing off to the school before it's too late." Duke said as he tested the weight himself. "Hey you mind offering a hand pal?" Duke joked looking at me, which I smirked and tested the weight myself.

"So is he just going to carry it out of here?" Flint laughted.

"Actually…Britanny you can easily carry this on your back if you don't mind." I asked placing my hand on Britanny's flank.

"Rine.." Britanny growled a bit. "Bur rowr is it rgoing to stay put?" She had a point. The slab was unwieldy and with her current state with the magical armor with saddle, there was no way to balance the slab on her back.

"Uh I have an idea." Sailor Venus said sheepishly while pulling out her heart-shaped golden chain. "We if we can lift it up then tie it around her back then maybe Britanny can haul it out fast?" The somewhat ditzy scout pointed out.

"Hate to break it to you Venus, but it won't be long enough and…" Sailor Mars said, only to be interrupted by Snake Eye's pulling out a length of rope from around his shoulder.

"That will work." I smiled. "Sailor Jupiter give me a hand holding this stable."

Shrugging the tallest of the Sailor Scouts helped me hold the slab up. Britanny, with only slightly annoyance, laid down as low to the floor as she could. Even then it was a bit of a stretch for Lita.

"Okay so…" Sailor Jupiter said when Snake-Eyes just started tying his rope over the top of the slab and let Sailor Venus bind the rope and her chain together. Britanny slowly stood up as Sailor Mercury slipped under Britanny's chest to make sure the chain was set properly.

"This doesn't look that stable." Sailor Mercury said as she stood up.

"Russtent reel rable." Britanny said as she shifted her shoulders back and forth getting a feel for the weight on her back.

"Okay we'll have to hold this thing in place then as we make our way out of this place." Sailor Mercury said as Flint and Duke took positions on Britanny's flanks helping to stabilizing the slab with one hand while holding their rifles with the other.

"Everyone ready?" I asked as we tried to silently get out before wasting our advantage.

Britanny just smirked, which was impressive in her animal form, and kept her ears wiggling back and forth as she softly walked down the hall. The Joes immediately stopped talking, relying solely on hand gestures and checking corners with weapons drawn. This seemed to be going fine till a rather boisterous dark general started laughing from that room we passed earlier.

"And then that stupid catgirl just lobs the hammer at Queen Beryl and the just all exploded KABOOMMM" Not only was he drunk, he was wasting his magic to embellish his story. Normally we would have been found, but in their arrogance they didn't think to make sure we were dead.

"Why that braggart I'm going to…." Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars started fuming ready to charge in and start blasting. Thankfully two fast acting Joes stopped this before we had a real massive fight on our hands.

"No, we are leaving." Scarlett said as she just about lifted Sailor Moon off her feet to get out of the situation. As for Mars, she was being hauled off by Snake-Eyes.

"Almost home. Looks like a smooth drive from here." Sailor Venus said with a sigh of relief.

"That's smooth sailing, and you should never say that in the middle of a mission." Lady Jay said as she turned to hear the verbose gafforing and stumbling of a highly intoxicated Kosite.

"Great warp shenanings." I groaned as I and Tuxedo Mask turned around to block the rest of the group's escape.

"Brit, you need to get that thing to Gina." I said as I brandished the Sword of Greyskull and my shield. "I'll find a way back to you."

"Ruffin, why ro you go off on rour own like this?" Britanny turned her head and cried.

"My love, no one else can carry that thing." I pointed out. "I promise I'll be there soon."

"You retter." She growled as she increased her speed with the others barely able to follow.

"So what's the plan?" Tuxedo Mask said, as he pulled out his sword.

"We give them enough time to get back to the drop ship and prevent Beryl from knowing they are coming." I said as myself, Snake-Eyes, Lady Jay, and Scarlett blocked our friends' retreat.

"So tux-boy, you know how to use that thing?" Lady Jay said pointing her spear at the three grouped dark generals, who were very inebriated.

"You are using a spear when you have access to assault rifles, and you're worried about me using a sword?" Tuxedo Mask asked as he stood his ground.

"You know what, this is going to be payback time." Zoicite smiled as the general grabbed a rapier from whatever they have for weapon's space and charged at me. Before the sword connected, a large amount of rose petals were summoned that were changed into a hundred sharp needles which were launched at us.

"Get down." I yelled as pulled my shield forward and covered us from the incoming attack. While Zoicite took the frontal route, Jadite and Kunzite attempted to attack our flanks. Tuxedo Mask saw this and threw his rose at the ground just in front of Jadite causing the intoxicated foe to stumble slightly trying to not get his foot impaled, his recovery was all the opening that Lady Jay needed to launch her spear which penetrated right into Jadite's upper chest nearly hitting him in the heart.

"Jadite!" Zoicite yelled in shock as he charged at us with shield and sword raised. Snake-Eyes wasn't going to let him get far though and fired off suppressive rounds from his pistol which forced Zoicite to bring his shield forward to keep from getting hit.

"You stupid britch." Jadite said through grit teeth. "I'll enjoy killing you for that." The dark general pulled the spear out of his chest and tossed it to the ground. The sharp metal point was covered in dark blood and the seemingly young man was stumbling with every step to keep himself from collapsing.

"He's bleeding." Lady Jay said as she pulled another spear to use as a meele weapon.

"I kind of noticed that." Scarlet said as she dodged the rose petal needle things and fired a cross-bow bolt at Kozite while Snake-Eyes reloaded.

"Yes but they took how much damage before? One of them took a fifty cal to the head and survived without much damage." Lady Jay answered as she found herself locked in one-on one fighting with Jadite for a moment before Tuxedo Mask slashed at Jadite's side leaving behind a huge gash.

"Just as an observation, but I'm guessing they have to keep focused to use their powers fully…" The usual cheerleader of the Sailor Scouts pointed out. "And since right now they are about two almost three sheets to the wind as it were…"

"They aren't able to use their magical protections or healing efficiently." I finished with as smirk.

"Maybe no, but I a can still do this." Kuzite said as he charged a magic blast of great size and launched it at us forcing me to change where my shield was and deflect the blast out of the top of the tower.

"You just…stopped that?" Kuzite said in stammered shock while Snake-Eyes and Scarlett took the moment close-in. Snake-Eyes sweep-kicked the general while Scarlet fired off a cross-bow bolt that hit her target in the lower abdomen.

Sadly with me changing position I now was opened up for a direct hit from Zoicite who struck me hard in the flank.

"I guess exposed skin isn't really the best option you overgrown barbarian." The arrogant general retorted as my foe summoned their own dark magic sword and slashed at me from above in a diving attack. Before the blade to strike home, I blocked it with the Sword of Greyskull and held fast pushing the general off me and several feet down the hall with but a light push.

"That only stung a bit. I've been hurt worse by greater users of the dark arts many times." I smiled. The general used their magic to rush me and attempt to use speed to their advantage considering my bulk to be a strategic disadvantage. This was highly inaccurate to say the least as I caught every strike against me barely even trying.

CLANK CLACK TZZEEETSSS

Our blades struck each other again and again with Zoicite throwing everything into each blow. The dark magic of the blade seemed like an ethereal fire around the weapon.

"See how you overgrown brute? See how the dark magics of the Negaverse are stronger than ever here in our new fortress? See how your sword shall break against mine soon." The dark general laughed in drunken glee, but I was done.

"Which one of ours will break?" I said as I continued to hold back the attack with one hand. I caught my foe's blade again with mine and shoved back with a force that knocked Zoicite onto the floor in a heep.

"Yours will you…." In one fast blow that caught Zoicite completely offguard I bore down with both hands holding the Sword of Greyskull and swiped through the dark magic sword as if I was cutting air. A brilliant flash of blue erupted from where my sword cut cleanly through Zoicite's dispating the dark magic from the blade as the thin bit of metal flew off hundreds of feet into the distance.

"You're…you're…"

"I am He-Man. Defender of Eternia and friend to the Diggers, G. , and the Sailor Scouts." I said as Zoicite trembled in fear as I raised the Sword of Greyskull above my head. Zocite looked around for a moment looking for help. Jadite was on the floor unconscious with blood flowing from his wound as Tuxedo Mask and Lady Jay were bandaging his wounds taking him prisoner. Tuxedo Mask's cape served as the bandage in this case, perhaps some long-lost loyalty when Jadite was Edimon's servant. Kuzite was barely holding his own against Snake-Eyes and Scarlett. But he had just enough of an opening to…

With one open hand Kuzite blasted at me with all the remaining strength he had left and I had to drop my attack quickly to block the magic stream. Snake-Eyes and Scarlett jumped away unsure what to do with magic. So now I was caught in a stand-still. The Sword of Greyskull in both my hands blocking a massively powerful dark-magic attack that was almost as strong as Evil Lynn's own magic as the tower still boosted these dark general's powers. We now were stuck. I could hold off the assault for as long as it hit me, but I couldn't move from my position. Irresistible force meets unmovable object. No bravado, no boasting from either side, all focus now was on this attack. It didn't help that as soon as Zoicite got their wits about them that dark magic was added to the attack forcing me to double my resistance to a point the very tower as beginning to quake under the force of the powers involved.

"Run." I barely was able to say as the floor beneath my feet started to crack.

Before anyone could respond though, a tremendous roar filled the whole tower so loud and with such a resounding quake to it that if my will against the dark magic wasn't going to shatter this place, then the roar would.

I could feel the quake of the thunderous steps before again I heard the mighty roar of a loyal lover. With speed reach that of a sonic boom generation, Britanny decked out in armor sans one anti-magical table, pounced upon Kuzite and digging into the floor with such an impact that it shook the room and sent most everyone scrabling. Britanny then roared again as she towered over the dark general with such a predatory look upon her that it looked like she was going to rip the man's head off his shoulders as if he were a mouse.

"Oh great now that overgrown furball?" Zoicite said as the magical attack was stopped on me and instead tried to hit Britanny with the same magical attack that was used on me with the rose petals and needles. I was horrified at the idea of magic hitting my love that I charged at Zoicite while my voice trembled in fear, only to find..

Ting ting ting ting

The metallic projectiles bounced off harmlessly off her armor. Britanny turned to look at Zoicite with an almost evil grin on her face while pressing Kuzite's head into the floor with one massive paw.

Britanny then looked at Zoicite with a grin that I hadn't seen since the Dreadwing cave when she took on Tark and Mesha. Okay so the lady I love is a bit arrogant, but at this point I wasn't going to ignore the save.

"Rou rwant some?" She again roared as her metal-covered claws dug hard into the floor. "Rcome at me." Britanny tensed her muscles and dug hard into the dark tower's floor.

"You have got to be kidding me." Zoicite said as Britanny charged and with one powerful blow from her paw, smacked Zoicite to the ground rendering the general completely unconscious.

I walked over to Britanny and kneeled down to look her in the face.

"Brit thank you I…" Smack. Britanny popped me on the side of the face. Not enough to do any damage, but definitely she was upset.

"Rdon't you rever ask me to ro that again." She growled at me, then licked my face. "Rwe are a rcouple now."

"I'm sorry I…I don't want to face anything like that without you, but who else could have carried that to the dropship? I trusted you completely and…" Britanny just licked my face again.

"Ri know. Rusn't mean I like it." She said rubbing against me.

"So what do we do now? Leave them and fly off?" Scarlett asked as she took a look at three completely incompacitated dark generals.

"No." Tuxedo Mask said. "The fortress appears to increase their strength, and their magic. And they are now completely incapacitated and our prisoners. With the anti-magical artifact on our side we can use it to keep them subdued."

"He's right. They are now prisoners of war and as such we have to get them out of here." Lady Jay admitted while hauling Jadite over her shoulder. "Uh you mind?" Lady Jay asked Britanny indicating for my love to carry the generals on her back.

"Row them on." Britanny sighed.

"Expect a mountain of Tuna after this in thanks dear." I said helping to secure the Dark Generals to Britanny's back.

"So now what? We leave this place and that Queen could retreat here and still make a stand against the Sailor Scouts. But we don't have the explosives to demolish a fortress like this since the missiles likely will blow everything apart." Scarlett asked thinking.

"I will channel the Power of Greyskull into this fortress and destroy it's very existence." I said holding my sword up again.

"That was what you were doing before." Tuxedo Mask pointed out.

"With any luck we can escape on the drop ship long before this place collapses, or Britanny's superspeed." I smiled at my love.

"Okay so uh you mind?" Scarlett smirked at Britanny, who just shrugged while everyone jumped on her back. It was a very tight fit, but it worked well enough.

"So. Once more BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!" I said as I summoned forth the ancient and powerful magics within me now with my sword raised high up above my head before driving the blade into the floor with such might that it cracked the entire level. "I HAVE THE POWER!"

In a brilliant almost blinding flash of white-blue, the mystical powers of Greyskull flowed from me and into the entire Dark Kingdom tower. It flowed as a cascading wave through the whole of the structure and everywhere the magic reached, the dark metal and chrystal structure began to give way and crumble as the dark embodiments of pride, wrath, lust, greed, etc. found themselves struck hard by the power of wisdom, courage, kindness, and strength focused like it wasn't ready for. And when there was a moment of resistance, I felt a loving paw placed at my side while Britanny's had rested on my shoulder and her own spirit strengthened mine. At that moment I felt the hands others as well. Tuxedo Mask, Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, and Lady Jay all added their own gifts and inner strengths that flowed from us through the sword, and into the dark tower. Soon the wave reached the very foundations of this black mass and we could feel it tremble and shatter like a pane of glass into a billion pieces. Instead of a sense of finality and us running off to save the day…the tower soon became enveloped in an even more brilliant white radiance that swallowed all of us.

When I said blinding, I mean absolutely blinding as I found myself having to rub my eyes several times to even attempt to adjust to the light. It was as if walking in a cloud, where all around was just this white light that covered everything outside of my face and hands. It felt a bit weird as the light left a tingling sensation wherever it penetrated.

"Brit where are you?" I asked as I found myself as my normal self seemingly floating in this realm of calm transcendence.

"Right here muffin but…uh where exactly are we?" Britanny was in her hybrid form, covered in what could be described as a cloth of light….was this Heaven? Were we all now dead and about to face God?

"No you aren't dead, but this isn't the physical reality either." A calm and wise voice said as we beheld a rather graceful form. A blonde woman of about 30 years I guess addressed us. She had the same blue eyes and bound up hair as Sailor Moon, but her face wasn't the same. Her figure was similar to the older Queen Usagi from Rini's future…so maybe it was Queen Serenity from the Moon Kingdom. But why would she appear to us?

"To answer your question, and those of everyone else here….yes I am Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. Your previous life's mother Sailor Moon, or should I say Usagi, and the one who entrusted all of you with the duty of protecting the Silver Moon Chrystal and stopping Queen Beryl's dark reign on earth. Though I didn't expect to meet you all again like this." She smiled a very warm smile as I found that not only were I and Britanny here, but somehow all the Scouts, the Joes, and even Tuxboy were here and equally not quite as before.

"Uh ma'am I mean no disrespect but we aren't royals and we…wait I can talk I…" Everyone turned to look at Snake-Eyes and saw the square jaw and well formed features of a man lacking of scars with short crew-cut blond hair on his head. "I'm not disfigured?"

The man was on the verge of tears. No one would doubt Snake-Eye's strength of character, but all who knew about G. was familiar of the horrible scars inflicted upon him from a helicopter crash before joining G. that also sliced his vocal cords. I couldn't imagine what he was going through at this moment, but I could almost feel the emotional release from this soldier. The veteran Joe so usually calm and collected probably was holding onto this pain for years.

At that moment the queen looked upon Snake-Eyes with great sympathy. "Sargent I am sorry to say this is but a moment's reprieve from the pain you suffered in life, and at this moment you are as you truly are inside. This is the nature of the realm of souls, the warp…the manifestation of all the hopes and dreams of all sapient species mixed with the vices of all with souls. None of you are dead, and you will return to the moral plane as your lives and your work is not yet done, but here on the briefest of times I can share what I have before you face your foes again."

"But why are we here? I thought we met before on the palace on the moon and you were gone?" Sailor Moon asked, someone tearing up.

"That was part of me, a reflection of myself from long ago. Bound to the mortal plane trying to protect you in your duty. But sadly bound to a cycle of rise and fall that could not be broken due to the ancient magics that gave our kingdom it's power. We used it to help others, but there would always be those that coveted it…and sadly for this we fed the very cycle of our undoing. But here now you have a choice, a chance for something greater." Queen Serenity explained.

"You mean Chrystal Tokyo?" Sailor Mercury asked in wonder.

"Look ma'am I mean no disrespect, but you can't believe we are going to overthrow one queen to support another. Magic or no we don't hold to monarchies any more than any other system with too much power in too few hands." Duke said in a polite but forceful manner.

The queen smiled at Duke. It was a joyful smiled that added with a head shake.

"You Americans are always so boisterous, but in that proud and unwavering devotion you Joes have proven yourselves heroes defending those in need."

"Wait wait, so what are you saying here?" Sailor Venus pipped up. "If Chrystal Tokyo doesn't exist then Rini doesn't get born and doesn't get sent back so won't that cause like a pair of ducks or something?" the someone ditzy scout asked confused. "What I watched Back to the Future."

"It's called a paradox, and yes that would, wouldn't it?" Sailor Mercury asked Queen Serenity.

"That's actually why we are here." Another figure said materializing from the brilliant void, or rather several figures. "To talk to you about the momentous choice before you." It was an older Usagi, along with Ami, Rei, Lita, Mina, and Darien.

"Uh are we going to meet our future selves here, because that would be freaky." Wild Bill said scratching his head.

"As none of you are bout to the magic of the Silver Millennium, no you don't have to worry about that Chief Warrant Officer Hardy…but it is very good to see you again." The older Ami smiled.

"How do you know my name?" Wild Bill asked in cautious concern.

"Because I remember you, in a time that may be yet to happen or never will occur." The older Ami said cryptically. "The realm of souls and time travel can be confusing even for someone like me."

"And it is cool to see you again Brit…may be a while yet but the three of us had, or have in your case, a lot to do." The older Lita smiled as she wrapped the older Mina in her arms.

"But why are you here? What is all this about?" Usagi asked very confused.

"My daughter, you have seen one potential path. One of a multitude of options that before you were bound to only one of. While Sailor Pluto has done a fantastic job at protecting time from being abused, she too was bound to the same path in which sadly a dark future would unfold no matter what. Chrystal Tokyo was never meant to be a totalitarian rule, but was the only choice we had in saving what we could of humanity." Queen Serenity said in shame. "But now you have a choice."

"And that choice is what you will do with the power you have." The older Usagi said. "Before we only had ourselves, and we did the best we could. But now you have the greatest weapon at your hands against the future we had to endure. A future that you can change."

"What weapon? The Silver Chrystal, another magical artifact of the Silver Millennium?" Usagi asked worried for some reason.

"Nope, the most powerful weapon of all against the likes of Beryl, the Lich King, and a whole lot of other things I rather not worry you about right now." The old Usagi said with a smile.

"I'm lost here." Usagi said with an over dramatic sigh.

"Duh." The older Rei joked.

"Friendship." The materialized beings before us said in unison.

"Your belief in the goodness of others is unquestionable." The older Lita said.

"Your willingness to stand by others no matter their differences is beyond reproach." The older Ami smiled.

"Caring for others in spite of how unlike you are in a virtue worthy of the highest regard." The older Mina said.

"And to forgive others of their mistakes is a mark of true human being." The older Rei added.

"Awe gee guys thanks." Usagi said rubbing the back of her head.

"We weren't just talking about you meatball head." The spirit-like scouts, and the older Usagi said with a smile.

"Wait, you were talking about all of us?" Lady Jay said pointing at the crowd before her.

"Right on the nose Sargent First Class Hart-Burnett." The older Rei smiled.

"So what we are supposed to form like an Avengers team or something?" I asked confused.

"Well that's not for us to choose." The older Usagi said.

"What we came to do was to tell you that right now you are faced with a choice that will rock the very cosmos." The older Darien said. "And that choice only you all can make."

"Wait, but what about grandpa?" Britanny asked. "I mean yeah he's evil but he never asked to be turned into a lich."

"Britanny, there is someone I would like you to meet as well." Queen Serenity smiled not answering my love's question. But something told me the answer was going to happen soon. "And Snake-Eyes someone wants to talk with you privately too."

At that instant two petite female forms materialized out of the light. One was a werecheetah female far more like the others Britanny and I had met in Africa and the other was a young American girl. What happened afterwards I can't say for them as time seemed to move differently and Britanny and Snake-Eyes disappeared for a moment.

"You seem troubled Alex." Queen Serenity said focused on me.

"Uh begging your pardon ma'am but it's not…." I tried to say.

"You are too hard on yourself young man….and your fear need not be." She said offering a comforting glace.

"Uh ma'am I think you misunderstand see I was more worried about..." I tried to answer without being insulting my current host.

"You're worried you crossed a line somewhere, failed in your hopes and dreams….and right now you are worried you upset the Big Guy Upstairs too many times." Queen Serenity said indicating up.

"Uh okay am I about to meet Jesus right now then because I'm sure He and the Father are really busy and I don't want to be too rude and…" the Older Usagi placed her hand over my mouth for a moment.

"Alex relax okay. That's not what we are here to do and your faith isn't being tested by some necromancy or whatever else you are worried about. You need to forgive yourself of those choices you are regretting and let go of your fears for what may be. That guilt that you carry isn't going to do you any good okay, trust me I kind of have a list of things I did when younger I'm not proud of…and putting yourself in harms way to protect others? Using your gifts to help others and try to ensure the world is a better place is great and all, but don't try to carry what you were never asked to carry alone. Be willing to forgive yourself of your mistakes as you constantly ask forgiveness of others and don't expect to always have the right answer."

"I take it you have been waiting a while to say that to me?" I said looking at the older Usagi with a shrug.

"We all need a pep-talk sometimes. And remember this: love and forgiveness are more powerful than people often know. In fact it may just save the world someday." The older Usagi winked at me as the light built up a bit and I could almost see an outline of a figure with a broad-brim with flowing cloak and platinum hair that seemed completely different from the Sailor Scout motif, but still familiar somehow. Not Christian iconography, not anime, or cartoon that I remembered but something seems familiar and important about that individual.

The moment passed though as the blinding light one more removed my ability to see and then instantly dissipated. Then I found myself again as the mighty He-Man plunging my sword into the fortress that finally started to crumble. I stood up setting my blade back into the scabbard on my back and looked around for some explanation, and the exit.

"Did all that just happen?" Scarlett asked as we looked around and found we need to book it.

Snake-Eyes touched his face as his hands began to shake, only for Scarlett to pat his back.

"Look hansom I've never been prouder of you, but we need to go, this whole place is about to go up in smoke." We agreed and Britanny indicated for all of us to jump on her back. We all held on for dear life as my fiancée bolted to the exit as the fortress started to explode behind us.

"Hey hurry up." Sailor Moon yelled as Britanny leapt up onto the loading ramp of the drop ship and we all tumbled to the back.

"And we are officially gone." Wild Bill said as the loading ramp closed and the drop ship started to fly back to the school. The Sky HAWKS may have fallen to the ground, but we were all okay and had what we came for.

"So what now? Did all that actually happen?" Sailor Mars asked, which we all figured yes as we knew exactly what she was talking about. "And what does it mean?"

"I think we all know. We need to not only save the world, save humanity, but make sure that it's not just Chrystal Tokyo that survives." Sailor Moon said looking at her rod. "We're more than princesses guys, we're heroes and we…we are going to make sure all of our friends get to live a life they get to choose."

"So we all agree that we're about to stop that Queen Beryl chick and that Lich King guy once and for all?" Flint said crossing his arms.

"And make sure that our future, is all of our future." Sailor Moon said with a confident smile.

To be continued.

Okay so this has been one of the largest chapters I have ever made and I honestly didn't think it would be this big a story. So next time we have our final confrontation with Queen Beryl and the Lich King as the Diggers, Sailor Scouts, and Joes fight to make sure that the world is free. If I stuffed way too much into this chapter let me know as I hope I got the feel of Sailor Moon anime, G. I. Joe cartoons, He-Man, and Gold Digger right. Please be so kind as to review as feedback is very important to me.