Chapter 19: Speculations
"Okay, scout meeting. What the hell is up with these Senshi?" Rei asked clearly aggravated by their last encounter, as they sat inside the temple.
"They're really harsh. I mean we'd totally forgotten about our past with the Shittenou…and then to make it seem like it was only our fault? I mean, Beryl had them so twisted and evil. I can't imagine…" Mina blushed at her memories of Malachite. At the same time she was conflicted. Clearly the past would not be repeated as simply as it had existed back on the Moon.
"Tell me about it. I mean Nephrite was one of your first enemies…" Lita bit her lip.
"Yea and he liked Molly…I mean…this is so twisted…" Rei shook her head.
"Hey, what about you Amy?" Serena asked.
"Honestly? Well…it was about Greg. Apparently in the past I was the one who pointed Greg out in a crowd, and because of it he saw one of Beryl's spies back on Earth, right before the Shittenou were turned dark…in tern he was swarn to secrecy…apparently it was his loyalty to the Moon and the Earth that caused the Queen Serenity to place of one of the silver crystal pieces in him…"
"Wait? Are you saying that the silver crystal shards were put in people we knew in the past?"
"I think people who were trusted… I mean if Greg existed in the past and was reborn now, I could see why…but again, I met him then, and basically I was the one who made him noticeable. It was my fault he was targeted…"
"No, it wasn't. It was because he's a good person. And if he hadn't been maybe you wouldn't have ended up getting together with him like you did now…See, they're trying to awaken these demons in us, and they're all circumstancial. I'm not saying we're better than others, but most of us have done the things we've had to do for a reason…not because we'd made evil or bad choices." Rei shook her head. "That's why I refused to get caught in the idea that it was my fault Jedite had died? That was Beryl's doing. She used all of them for her own gain until they weren't worth it anymore."
"Yea, and Beryl's evil nature shouldn't have been blamed on Darien's conscience." Michelle shook her head. Darien nodded and looked to Serena, who made a small nod, looking concerned.
"We've all done things in our past. Michelle and I tried to go against you Serena…we've played borders and made dangerous decisions a lot…all the same, Rei is right. We made those decisions for a reason, not because we intended harm. We have to make them to make sure the Earth and everywhere else in our solar system survives these attacks." Amara crossed her arms, leaning on the doorway.
"Are you okay Trista?" Amy noticed her silence.
"Yes…I'm just afraid of something. Serena, what did that Ixion say to you about our past?"
"Oh, well uhm…mainly that they existed in our past with us…and they were belittled…and that they hold a grudge against us…" Serena's mind hadn't escaped from the thoughts of Ixion's determination to convince her that they were to blame for something.
"And did he know you then?"
"He said he saw me…but he was segregated because of his status as a minor planet Senshi…or something like that…" Serena bit her lip. Ixion had been all too familiar with her. That was hard to bring to mind.
Trista nodded. "Then I'm afraid I may have a past too with one of these minor Senshi."
"Is it that Charon guy mentioned before?" Amara looked to Trista.
She nodded. "My dreams…they seemed foggy. But there was some kind of bitterness in the air… I can't put my finger on it, but it's not the same as the other enemies…I feel like I knew him personally…and yet his face isn't clear…"
"Can we really call them Senshi though? They don't appear the same as you guys?" Darien asked.
"They may not take a on a full Senshi form, but if you remember, some of Galaxia's Senshi she employed did not have the exact uniform you all do. You are Guardian Senshi of the Moon and the Silver Crystal…these Senshi also seemed to have used dark powers to enhance their abilities…which seem to be coming from their resentment towards us and their strive to awaken the demons in humans." Luna advised.
"This reminds me of the pandora's box theory…" Amy said putting her hand to her lip thinking hard.
"The what?" Lita asked.
"Pandora's box. It's a Grecian myth that there was once only good in the world until a woman named Pandora opened a box which let out all the demons into the world. In fact most of Grecian and Romanian myth seems to be somewhat linked to our own planetary powers. I've always had the suspicion that we, or our ancestors may have been the gods that they once honored."
"Us? Gods?" Serena looked baffled.
"Well…Neptune is the god of the water and the oceans…Pluto is the god of death…Mars is the god of war…" Darien listed off the ones he knew.
"Some of it fits." Amy nodded. "Selene was their Moon goddess, and it's not that far from your name Serena. And Helios was the god of the sun, and his golden power seems close to that in theory. Artemis was a hunting and moon goddess, which makes sense because he did have to hunt us down to be awakened as scouts with Luna but-"
"Hey, don't make fun. I'm 100% male cat here." Artemis
"So what does this have to do with our new enemy?" Mina asked.
"I'm not sure exactly. But I will do some research on the other minor planets." Amy shook her head.
"Rei, how come you're the only one with the guardians of your moons still around?" Lita asked.
"Phobos and Deimos? No clue." She shrugged. "They just kind of showed up. After I became Sailor Mars, I just had a kind of sense about them."
"It may have been that Rei's spiritual powers were strong enough to drive them to her. I wouldn't doubt that some of the other guardians exist and we have yet to awaken them. I can't say Luna or I recall all of them…the past will never be entirely clear to us unfortunately." Artemis sat down.
"Isn't it strange though? Each one of these Senshi have a different Demon Seed…where are they getting them from? I mean do they have some kind of ring leader whose pulling these strings?" Lita guessed.
"They probably won't let us close enough to find out. But it seems orchestrated…your right Lita." Rei nodded.
"We won't get all our answers until they let us in…which is dangerous because not knowing puts us at a disadvantage." Michelle shook her head.
"I don't like it." Amara looked agitated. They all agreed in silence.
This was a puzzle with too many pieces missing, and they were loosing time.
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"So what do you plan to do so differently? Somehow they've over come our own strikes against those humans." Varune asked Charon.
"I'm not going to let it seed in a human. I'm going to let it overcome a smaller organism, that way it can't be just healed."
"Hmm…I see what your saying. The seed will be able to overcome the organism, because of it's lack of consciousness. However, Ixion is terribly fixed on our enemy. I don't doubt you will be tempted to sway Pluto jus the same." Varune said. His calm yet dominant demeanor was never overbearing with him.
"Not to the point of forgetting what we sat out to do. I'd rather watch this world of illusions of goodness break. Maybe then they'll all see what I once saw." Charon remembered the conversation he'd had like yesterday.
"We all saw it. They however chose to ignore it because they were on top. If you can bring them down to our level…then we'll have the chance to change that. Good luck." Varune turned away leaving Charon alone again. Varuna knew Charon was too calm. He stayed on the outskirts of their group because he'd hated turning against Pluto. But Charon was more careful then Ixion. If it came down to it, he'd rather see Charon succeed.
Charon looked at the two Seeds floating in his hand. She'd entrusted him with two of the more sly and powerful demons.
Varune and Charon had previously known each other before their decision to reject the Moon and the Hierarchy that had once existed in the Silver Millennium. They both had encountered each other in the past; their orbits intertwining as Charon orbited Pluto as the guardian of her moon, Varuna had once orbited Neptune, his primary rival.
Orcus on the other hand, was always against his inability to get over Pluto and their past together. For lack of better word he was Anti-Pluto, and only pro their lovely senshi leader. He'd also been in rival with Pluto so his words never meant much to Charon – too bias for any good advice.
Ixion…well Ixion was hot headed as ever. As confident as his planet was redr, loved to stand out and be bold. He never cared much about Pluto until he found a similarity in his own circumstances; which were weak. Ixion never had a past with the Moon Princess…he was as infatuated as all get out for her. However he also knew that Mars was close with the Princess which also made him uneasy.
Charon shook his head. For himself, this wasn't infatuation. This was betrayal, this was ignorance, and this was his own attempt at freeing a bird out of a cage. This was his own attempt to break through the blinders of the Guardian ideology that Pluto had once blinded herself with. He couldn't just give up.
He was stubborn underneath his appearances to everyone else that he didn't care. He couldn't let go. But he wouldn't let it stop himself from breaking that glass. That illusion.
He looked to the demon seed Ate.
On the other hand, maybe Ixion was right. Maybe he ought to reveal more. Try again. Maybe this time things will be different.
Or maybe Ixion was just rubbing off on him. Since when did his work become an invite to entice the more tricksters of demon seeds to act, especially on his own terms?
I guess this would be a new experience for himself. Maybe Mistress Eris gave him these on purpose. He always knew she was more clever than she'd let on.
All the same, it was time.