I do not own BSSM. Takeuchi Naoko does. I do own sailor Star Grace and Dearien so don't take them! Thanks!
Prologue
It was a rainy night in Athens, at the beginning of October. Aurora was sitting on her bed gazing melancholically at the storm raging outside and while the raindrops were striking the pane of her window, a flush of lightning lit up her face, showing the anxious look on it.
'Oh my God, what am I going to do?' she wondered silently while she lay back and leaned her head on the pillow.
She stayed there for a while and when she rose nonchalantly to prepare her dinner, she heard a scream coming from outside that was so loud it covered the thunder which fell at the same time.
'And I was just about to say that this evening would be peaceful', she sighed and took out her star – shaped, light pink crystal with a white heart of energy shinning inside it.
'Isis Grace Power, make up!' she shouted and her transformation began.
Firstly, her hair became extremely white for just a second and then, from dark blond it turned pale pink. Her original clothing – in this hour, her pajamas – disappeared and her uniform started covering her body. First the white leotard with a pink bow and a round aquamarine stone gem in the middle of it with lilac see – through sleeves: then a pink skirt covered the top of her thighs and then white gloves with purple lace at their edges covered her hands to the elbows, and after that appeared the ballet violet shoes whose satin ribbons embraced her shins up to the knees. Finally, her transformation was complete when a gold tiara appeared on her forehead with an aquamarine gem stone right in the middle and a light purple necklace covered her neck which had a pink shining heart at the top of a gold star on it.
She was Sailor Star Grace.
'Here we go again', she said to herself and ran out of her apartment to find where the scream had come from.
When she got out into the street she heard the scream again, but this time it was even louder and she realized that it was coming from the alley behind her apartment.
She ran even faster while the rain was falling all over her face and body, making it difficult to see clearly and move quickly.
Sailor Star Grace had finally arrived at the alley when she saw a hideous scene: a monster was sucking the cerebral essence of a fainting woman. The monster was naked and was, or at least it used to be, a human but seemed to be rotting second by second: but the more essence it absorbed the better it looked. The hypophysis which was coming out of the monster's mouth was connected to the top of the woman's head making a disgusting noise as the cerebral fluids were sucked up.
'Oh shit, I'm gonna be sick' she thought and tried to keep it together. 'Thank God I didn't have any dinner before I came here'
The monster sensed the new presence and turned its ugly face to see the intruder.
'More', it mumbled while disconnecting its feeding tube from the woman's brain and started moving towards Sailor Star Grace.
'Don't even think about it, ugly beast!' she yelled but she panicked at the sight of the monster and started moving backwards.
'More', said the monster again and laughed with a laugh so creepy that chilled her to the bone.
'You must fight, you coward' she thought but realized she couldn't move. Her feet and hands wouldn't obey her anymore.
'This can't be happening. This CAN'T be happening!!!'
Then she realized that it wasn't her fault. She couldn't move not because of her fear for the creature but because it was the creature that was paralyzing her.
The monster was so close to her, that she could smell its rotten flesh.
It looked at her with hunger and licked its lips, leaving a layer of green saliva on them and smiled while closing its eyes.
'Raise my servant! Come to feed!' it whispered with its repulsive voice but loud enough that Sailor Star Grace heard what it said.
'I have a bad feeling …' she considered bitterly.
Then the woman's body started stretching with convulsive movements and changing; she was taking off her clothes aggressively and while she was pulling them off violently some pieces of skin and flesh started coming off too. The woman was screaming and roaring but there was nothing human in her voice; When the alteration was complete she looked exactly like her summoner only she was smaller in size.
'I'm dead; I'm officially dead' Star Grace thought and a tear was shed on her cheek.
'Food', mumbled the two monsters and stretched their hands to grab Sailor Star Grace but then, behind them, a strong light shined and a figure of a man appeared.
'My lady!' shouted the tall, brunet guy who was holding a crystal sword and wore purple – silver armor.
'Get back or you'll suffer the consequences!' he yelled at the monsters and started running towards Star Grace.
The moment the monsters removed their eyes from her, the spell Star Grace was under, was broken.
'No! Dearien, no! Please! One of them, I think, can still be saved!' she shouted at the top of her lungs.
'But, my lady, we can't let them get away. Imagine the trouble they' re gonna cause!'
'Please, Dearien, let me try healing them. I'm sure I…'
'How moving. I think I have tears in my eyes'.
Both Darien and Star Grace turned to see where the voice came from. They saw a figure of a Sailor Warrior with a powerful aura surrounding her, like flames were embracing every part of her body and it was so bright they thought her entire body was see – through. Her uniform was black and red with some tones of purple here and there, but the colors were fading from her light. Not even her facial characteristics could be easily noticed.
But her stare was noticeable as she was looking at both of them with a mixture of irony and disgust.
Sailor Star Grace was confused. 'Why I can't feel her energy if she is indeed a Sailor Warrior?' she wondered.
'There's no room for mercy here'. The mysterious sailor spoke again and her voice was like frozen crystals falling and piercing their ear drums.
'They've been contaminated. And they MUST die', she added and moved towards the monsters which seemed to have been hypnotized by her strong glow and had stopped moving.
Suddenly, the red shinning aura around the Sailor Warrior shined so bright that she almost disappeared inside the light. Then the light took the shape of an enormous sword with a gold handhold, preened with gems at the length of the blade; the sword looked like as it was liquid because it was on fire and the Sailor Warrior grabbed it with her right hand, but even then, she didn't seem to be hurt by the flames.
'No, please! Listen to me! One of these monsters is actually a victim' Star Grace shouted to the other Sailor. 'Just let me give it a try'.
For a moment something happened. It was like the energy coming out of the sword responded to Star Grace's request and reduced its cruel brightness so that the other Sailor's face became noticeable again and a smile was revealed on her lips.
But then, the moment passed and her cold attitude replaced the peaceful expression she had before.
'Fine' she said spiting every letter, 'But I will leave; if something goes wrong because of your stupid idea, it won't be neither my fault nor my problem' and she disappeared in a red shine.
'What a bitch', Dearien said and looked at Star Grace 'Are you ready, my lady?' he asked. 'The monsters seem to be coming back from the hypnosis that Sailor put them under'.
'Yes Dearien, I'm ready' she said and a long gold scepter appeared in her hand with a circle on top of it; inside the circle was a pentacle and inside the pentacle was a pink heart which started spreading a warm light as she started the healing process.
She caught the scepter with both hands and put it in front of her to make it stand perfectly straight, leaning it close to the monsters,
'Stellar purity vibes healing!' she shouted in a melodic way and waves of light pink energy covered the monsters. Then the pink energy transformed into bandages of energy that covered every part of their bodies; the monsters where screaming and thrashing around but then the light started to became more and more intense so that they couldn't fight it any longer. A sigh of alleviation came out of their mouths and when the light faded completely they were back to normal again. The other person was a man, around thirty; both the man and the woman looked exhausted.
'Dearien, please, take them to the nearest hospital and make sure they get the medical care they need' Sailor Star Grace said.
'What about you, my lady? You used a lot of your energy to heal those two. Should I get you back to your place safely?'
'Don't worry, Dearien. I'll be all right. Besides, the flat is just after that corner so I'll be fine. Come to the apartment later when you're done to get some rest, ok? We have to thing about what we're dealing with and to do so, we're going to need all of our strength. Ok?'
'All right, my lady' he said and he picked up the man and the woman like they had no weight at all.
As Sailor Star Grace was leaving the crime scene a woman in a black red uniform was watching her walk away,
'Well, now I know where I can go to seek help.' She said to herself
The rain had finally stopped and the moon returned as the dark clouds were drawn from the velvet black sky. When the sailor warrior came to the light she became invisible.
'I'm just a shadow. and I'm fading. I have to meet sailor Star Grace quickly' she said but her words were just a whisper which came from nowhere.
A shadow hidden behind a tree was watching the battle and the sad monologue of the shadow warrior. A woman's mean laugh was heard and then the street was finally empty under the cold moonlight.
TBC
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