The Crystal Senshi
Savagekitty
Dedicated to those who are true senshi of the heart and spirit.
Chapter Twelve
The Nothingness
Sailor Moon fell to her knees as the last youma raised its weapon, preparing to deliver the blow. Everything moved so slowly, like they were all underwater. Caty couldn't even hear any sound. Kunzite lay before her, on the ground, the last of his breath rattling out through his mouth as the Silver Crystal floated above his chest. The Sacrifice. A cooler part of her head chimed in Artemis's voice,
"The Sacrifice. That's why the Queen died on the Moon and didn't reappear on Earth. For the Silver Crystal to actually work the way its suppose to and banish the evil forever, there must be a death. If the Crystal is in a former subject, they will probably have to die for the Crystal to appear. Then, there will have to be another for the Crystal to work."
She opened her mouth, screaming and everything sped up into real time. The youma stopped, looking up at Caty. Sailor Moon grit her teeth and pushed her weapon, the Crescent Moon Wand, up into the youma's middle. The sharp edge of the little wand ripped through his skin, his innards spilling out and hissing onto the cold ground. The youma blinked, opening and closing its mouth and fell to the side. Sailor Moon stood slowly, turning towards Caty. Caty was staring at Kunzites dead body. Her eyes wide. She reached out, her right hand going around the Silver Crystal.
There was a flash as the Antarctic sky turned midnight blue. Darkness made the air colder and Sailor Moon cried out. She ran to where she last saw Caty and Kunzite's body. She tripped over his body and fell. Rolling to her side, she looked around frantically.
"Caty! CATY! Oh no…no, no, no… Don't leave me alone… please don't leave me alone! I'm not ready! I can't do this by myself…" She covered her face, sobbing hysterically. The night pressed around her as, far off, a soft glow of where Metallia gathered energy.
"Please…Please Princess, do not cry."
Sailor Moon gasped and turned. Before her stood Sailor Emerald. But she didn't look like Sailor Emerald. She seemed to stand a little taller, her long crimson red hair hung to her waist and at the bottom it was curled. Her eyes shone with tears, their bright green, even greener. Her uniform was a shining white, the top was the classic senshi fuku, white collar, white feathers replaced the bow and the Silver Crystal sat in the middle. Below her waist, a long skirt that was slit up the front to both her knees, and under that, high heeled boots to her knees. The boots, the collar, and her little crescent moon earrings were silver. In the middle of her forehead, ringed in silver, was a shining deep green emerald.
Sailor Moon stood, wiping her tears away, "Caty?"
Sailor Emerald shook her head sadly, "I'm sorry, Princess… I am so sorry… Catherine is gone now. I am Emerald." Tilting her head to the side, she reached out and wiped a tear from Sailor Moon's cheek gently.
"I know it's hard, Princess. I know." She looked down at Kunzite's body, "My life for yours, Kunzite…" She whispered before turning back to Sailor Moon, "I loved them all too. And they will live on in our hearts. We must, we must, Princess, go and battle."
She took Sailor Moon's hand, smiling softly, "Honor will guide us. Loyalty will be our shield. Love will be our sword." Sailor Moon nodded, becoming serene and full of hope.
They had to climb up the side of a mountain. To be able to be high enough to actually battle the evil Metallia, they had to climb. Sailor Moon thought it was going to be hard, but it was actually easier. With Sailor Emerald there to help her, they rose to the top of the mountain, the top flat. They stood in the middle, chest high to Metallia. Sailor Emerald, using her telekinesis, sore a boulder the side of Sailor Moon and hurled it to Metallia, hitting her in the shoulder. With the hit, her skin sloughed off in large sheets and fell to the ground. Sailor Moon turned green, but Emerald stood her ground, "METALLIA! You vile and wicked creature bending the hearts of Man with jelousy and destroying hopes and dreams. We, as senshi of this galaxy, are here to enforce the laws of our world and find vengeance for our fallen comrades!"
The laughter the peeled from the former Beryl's body, shook the Earth. The giantess looked down at the senshi, "With what do you stop me? I am pure and undulated evil, my little ones. I am Chaos itself! You can not ever hope to stop me!"
Raising her hands, the ice around the two senshi rose, encasing them. Inside, Emerald pulled the Silver Crystal from her fuku bow and handed it to Sailor Moon, "For our friends." There was a rumble and the ice shattered. Emerald stood in front of Sailor Moon as she stared at her hands. The Crystal like a cold lump of ice.
"Sailor Moon, the Crystal demands a sacrifice to work." Emerald didn't turn, she stared up at the evil queen as she looked down at them, her eyes filled with cold nothingness. Sailor Moon opened her mouth, "But who… no… Emerald, please! I am not ready!"
"You are, Princess, because I believe in you. Because your friends are behind you, even in death. Nothing can stop senshi, Princess."
Emerald, raising her hands above her head, ready for the next blow as Metallia reached down and using one of her finger nails, flicked Emerald like she was a bug. Emerald gasped, her middle opening, blood splattering warmly across Sailor Moon. Emerald held her middle to keep her innards from spilling out like the youma's did that Sailor Moon had killed. Half twisting, she smiled at Sailor Moon and in the same motion, fell off the side of the mountain. Sailor Moon didn't move, because as soon as the blood touched the Crystal, it was white hot in her gloved hands. The hotness burned away her gloves. The power pulsed, but she had to hold on. The power of the Crystal pulsed again, bathing her in the hotness. She felt her clothing burn away. She looked up at Metallia, lifting the Crystal high, "For our friends."
And then, there was light.
And then,
nothingness.