Chapter Two: Supreme Thunder C:
Usagi and Mamoru were waiting for the Rei to return. They were worried that something bad happened to Minako. No signs of her anywhere they had access to, at least. Usagi bit her lower lip softly. Mamoru had placed his arm around her shoulders and tried to calm her down as much as possible. Soon, the door began to slowly open as Rei walked into the room; followed by the other four guardians she had found in the kitchen.
"Were you able to find anything, Rei?" Mamoru asked as he turned to look at her.
"No, but I brought friends!" She giggled a little.
Usagi turned her head to see the others in the room. Both her and Mamoru were both glad to see them, but were confused on why they would be here.
"Setsuna! Ami! Mako! Haruka!" Usagi cheered when she saw their faces, "When did you guys get here."
"About an hour ago." Answered Haruka, her thoughts were scattered.
"Nice to see you guys again." Mamoru greted.
"We have to talk about our new game plan." Rei announced.
Mamoru rose an eyebrow, he was confused, and he was trying to make sense of everything. They all headed to the small table; in the center of the room; and sat down. All except for Usagi, who didn't join the others and kept her eye on the fireplace.
"Both Neptune and Venus are missing." Paused Rei, brushing her hair away from her shoulders, "I found out that Neptune was missing from Jupiter and Uranus."
"Could it be possible whatever that thing is the one who took Minako?" Asks Mako, trying to figure things out.
"What we saw out in the hallway . . ." Mamoru stopped to take a deep breath in, "Yes."
"There was signs of a struggle." Rei paused, looking at the others, "I'm afraid we won't know the truth until we find Minako and Michiru."
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Usagi was paying attention to the conversation, but was trying to figure things out as well. She clenched her fist tighter around a cold metal in her palm.
"Oh, Rei!" Mako began.
"Hmm?" She turned to see her.
"Why did I find your school uniform in the fireplace?" Asked Mako as Haruka grabbed it out of her bag, "You're not bleeding anywhere, right?"
Rei glanced at the red spots on the scorched school uniform.
"Um, that's fake stage blood . . ." Rei giggled, "I wanted to make a fool out of the thing and pretended to be wounded. When the thing left me alone, I quickly took it off and threw it into the fire."
"That makes a lot of sense." Sighed Mako.
"Back to the plan." Rei paused, getting back on topic, "We should at least break into teams to go investigate; I will stay on this floor and look around."
"Alright." Answered Mamoru.
"I would like to stay behind with Rei." Mako replied.
"I'll stay as well." Setsuna added.
"I guess Ami and I will investigate the third floor." Haruka said.
"Mamo and I will see where this key goes to." Answered Usagi, finally talking.
Rei smiled until she felt something breathe down her neck. She knew it was the thing, waiting just to kill them.
"Well everyone." She grinned, "Good luck."
Rei sparked some fire and attacked the monster. Setsuna and Mako stood up and began to help. Haruka and Ami booked it out of the room.
"Usagi, Mamoru! Go now!" Ordered Mako.
The two dart out of the room and down to the first floor.