Come see my site at http://chibisenshi. I do not own Sailor Moon. I created the Chibi Senshi. I also did not create the Cosmic Senshi fuku. Ashley designed the fuku at http://yuninaoki. Chapter Seven: Infiltration By Angel Raye
Dark Chibi Uranus dragged the struggling Gloria over to Lady Ashi. Gloria was both scared and angry. She was angry with herself for being caught and dropping her transformation wand. Ger communicator had been taken away so she had no way to contact anyone. She only hoped that the Senshi would organize a rescue party.
"Very good Dark Chibi Uranus," Lady Ashi said smoothly. "Your blunders are forgiven"
"Thank you my lady," Dark Chibi Uranus replied.
"What are you going to do with me?" Gloria demanded.
"Oh you'll be our guest for a while," Lady Ashi told her. "We've got a wonderful little prison cell just waiting for you"
"My mother and the rest of the Senshi will come find me," Gloria shouted. "You won't get away with this you old hag"
"Aren't we feisty?" Lady Ashi laughed. "You don't need to worry about your mother. She won't even miss you"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Gloria asked with a feeling of dread.
"It means I'll be going in your place," Dark Chibi Venus told her as she came walking up. She looked Gloria over and then took out her own transformation wand. Her fuku dissolved into a school uniform like the one Gloria was wearing.
"Now remember," Lady Ashi reminded her. "Your mission is to free Dark Chibi Neptune and to find out any strategies that are being planned"
"Stay away from my counterpart," Dark Chibi Mars advised her. "It would only take a minute for her to realize that you're not the Aino Gloria she knows"
"I'll remember that," Dark Gloria promised. She gave her counterpart an evil smile. "Now I had better go before my mother gets worried." She vanished leaving Gloria with a feeling of panic. This did not look good.
"Take her to the prison cell Dark Chibi Uranus," Lady Ashi ordered. "I'm sure Dark Chibi Mars would like someone to practice her powers on"
"Oh I certainly would," Dark Chibi Mars replied. Gloria felt her heart sinking as she was dragged away to the prison. How was she ever going to get out of this?
Most of the children were home from their various clubs and after school activities when Hope came bursting through the entrance. "Where's Gloria?" she asked.
"She not home yet," Minako replied. She looked at her watch. "Actually she's a little late. I wonder where she is"
"Well wherever she is she doesn't have this," Hope exclaimed as she held up Gloria's transformation wand.
"Where did you find that?' Minako demanded as she took the wand from Hope. "If she runs into the enemy she'll be killed"
"I found it on my way home from school," Hope told her. "I looked around and couldn't find Gloria anywhere"
"You don't suppose she's in trouble do you?" Annika asked in a worried voice.
"Let's not jump to conclusions," Rei stated. "There could be a reasonable explanation as to why she didn't have it"
"Knowing her she probably dropped it," Daisy added only to be thumped on the head by Makoto to shut her up"
"Let's wait a little bit longer," Serenity suggested. "If she's not home soon then we can start looking for her"
"Here she is!" Ariel exclaimed as Dark Gloria walked into the foyer.
"Where were you?" Minako demanded. "Why are you so late"
"I'm sorry," Dark Gloria replied smoothly. "I lost track of time"
"I found your transformation wand," Hope told her as Minako held it up.
"I must have dropped it," Dark Gloria replied. "I didn't even miss it"
"That was very careless of you," Minako reprimanded her. "Suppose you ran into the enemy? You wouldn't have been able to fight them"
"It won't happen again," Dark Gloria promised.
"It'd better not," Minako firmly told her. "Now here take your wand." Dark Gloria took it and suddenly felt her hand burning. She gave a gasp and dropped it. "What's wrong?" Minako asked.
"It just slipped out of my hand," Dark Gloria hastily replied. She quickly picked it up and put it in her pocket. She could feel the burning through the clothing. It had to be reacting to the evil inside her. She was going to have to dispose of the wand as soon as possible.
As everyone headed toward the Senshi chambers Annika tugged at Rei's sleeve. "Mama," she whispered. "I sense an evil presence in here"
"Me too," Rei replied. "But how did an evil presence enter the palace? That's what I would like to know." She waited until everyone else had left and then knelt down next to her daughter. "Don't say anything yet. We don't want to alarm anyone. Later on we'll consult the fire and see if we can find some answers." Annika nodded in agreement and followed her mother to their chambers.
As soon as she arrived in the Venus chambers Dark Gloria ran back to her counterpart's room. She quickly yanked the transformation wand out of her pocket, trying to ignore the searing pain in her hand and flung it into the wastepaper basket. How could she have not known that her good counterpart's transformation wand would react to her that way? One thing was certain. Dark Gloria was going to have to complete her mission quickly before she was discovered.
Gloria sat in the prison cell trying to figure out what she was going to do. With her evil counterpart in her place, no one would miss her. Gloria could only hope that either Rei or Annika would sense the evil presence or that her evil counterpart would mess up and be discovered. She felt that either of those were her only hope.
"She's not going to mess up," a soft voice said breaking her thoughts. Gloria looked up and saw Dark Chibi Mars standing by the cell.
"What are you talking about?" Gloria asked.
"I can read most thoughts now," Dark Chibi Mars replied in that soft voice that made Gloria shudder. Her voice was so like good Annika's but it had a cold, evil edge to it. "So I know exactly what you were just thinking. You're hoping Dark Chibi Venus will mess up and get discovered"
"Why are you doing all this?" Gloria asked. "Why did Lady Ashi create all of you"
"Oh you are nosy," Dark Chibi Mars laughed coldly. "But since you'll be finished by the time I through with you, I'll go ahead and tell you. I don't suppose you've noticed how tired you are after you've battled us"
"We have," Gloria recalled.
"As we grow stronger, we acquire your memories, your fears and everything we need to know about you," Dark Chibi Mars explained. "That continues to make us stronger while you grow weaker. Eventually you'll be so weak that we can completely take over, merging our bodies with yours. You won't be able to stop the evil forces that will flood you. You'll be gone and we will be here. When we're all in the palace we can kill the Royal family and the Senshi. We'll be so strong that they won't be able to stop us. Lady Ashi will cover this world with darkness and this time of peace and tranquility will be over with. At least that's her plan"
"What's that suppose to mean," Gloria asked as the chill in her heart grew colder.
"The stupid woman doesn't realize that my mind controlling abilities develop I grow stronger than her," Dark Chibi Mars replied. "She believes that I will serve her but no. I will destroy her and I will be the queen of darkness"
"You're the most evil of everyone here," Gloria gasped in horror.
"Flattery will get you nowhere," Dark Chibi Mars told her. "Now I came here because I'm bored and need some practice. So let's see what I can do." Dark Chibi Mars gazed at Gloria who was suddenly flung against the concrete wall. Gloria gave a cry of pain. She tried to get up but then found herself banging her head very hard against the wall. She felt a searing pain go through her head. Before she could regain her thoughts her head banged against the wall again. Dark Chibi Mars continued to have Gloria bang her head against the wall over and over. Gloria tried to stop but had no control of her movements. As her head continued to bang against the wall she felt the blood running down her face. The last thing she heard was Dark Chibi Mars' cold laugh.
Koyo looked into the shrine and saw both Rei and Annika in deep meditation. So far they had been at it for two hours and it was way past Annika's bedtime. Although Koyo had only been part of the family for a short time, he knew enough not to interrupt Rei when she was trying to get a fire reading. Koyo went back to the living room where Yuichiro was watching television. "They're still at it," he told Yuichiro.
"Rei can go on all night," Yuichiro replied. "Fortunately she'll snap herself out of it when she realizes that Annika needs to get to bed. Then she'll be back at it again"
"I wonder what they're looking for," Koyo wondered as he sat down.
Once she was sure everyone was asleep Dark Gloria transformed and quietly snuck out of the Venus chambers. Earlier at dinner she had managed to get out of Minako that Dark Hope's henshin wand was in Ami's office. Thanks to her counterpart's memories, Dark Chibi Venus knew where the office was. Dark Chibi Venus ran to the palace hospital and went in. She made sure the night staff couldn't see her. Ami's office was locked but Dark Chibi Venus had no problems breaking in with her Sword of Hate. After some ransacking she found the henshin wand and grabbed it. Now she had to put together a plan of action.
Long after Annika had gone to bed, Rei continued with her meditation. She was exhausted but determined she was going to find out what the evil presence was. Suddenly an answer appeared. She gasped and snapped her eyes open. "So that's it," she exclaimed. She grabbed her communicator and called Serenity, waking the queen out of a deep sleep. "Sorry for waking you your Majesty," Rei told her. "But we need to have an emergency Senshi meeting right now, including the Chibi Senshi."
Rei was the only alert one in the conference room. The Queen, Senshi and Chibi Senshi were all half asleep. Ami and Hotaru had to carry Ariel and Madelyn because they were both stubborn about waking up. "This had better be important," Haruka grumbled as she sat down. "It's after two in the morning"
"Sorry but I wouldn't have asked the Queen to call this meeting if this wasn't important," Rei replied.
"What's the problem Rei?" Serenity asked stifling an enormous yawn.
"Last night Annika and I sensed an evil force very near us in this palace," Rei explained. "I've been up all night conducting a fire reading. It took a long time but it finally revealed what we had been sensing"
"And what is it?" Michiru asked impatiently.
"We have an imposter among us," Rei replied. Immediately everyone sat up alert.
"An imposter?" Minako exclaimed. "Who"
"I don't know but I do know that it has to be one of the children," Rei informed them. "They're the ones with the evil counterparts right now"
"Well how are we going to find out who it is?" Makoto demanded looking at Daisy with suspicion.
"Hey I'm not an imposter," Daisy exclaimed.
"It's impossible to find out," Ami explained. "When I examined Dark Hope, her results were identical to our Hope"
"Well there has to be a way to find out," Maggie stated.
"There is," Luna jumped onto the table. "The children's henshin wands can tell us"
"How?" Hotaru asked.
"They will react to evil," Luna replied. She looked around the table at the children. "So I need all of you to get your henshin wands. Your mothers will go with you"
"Right," everyone agreed.
"Report back here immediately," Artemis told them and everyone left the room.
Dark Gloria's mind was racing. She had to figure out a way out of this before she was discovered. There was no time to think of a plan. She just had to act.
"Okay," Minako said when they got to Gloria's room. "Get out your henshin wand so we can prove that you're who you say you are"
"Right Mom," Dark Gloria replied. She quickly looked around the room. "Oh could you straighten that picture on the wall over there"
"What's wrong with it?" Minako asked as she walked over to the picture, Dark Gloria was referring too. She didn't notice Dark Gloria picking up a lamp. "There's nothing wrong with this picture. Now stop..." Minako didn't get any further. Something banged against her head and she fell unconscious to the floor. Dark Gloria grabbed her henshin wand and Dark Chibi Neptune's and flew out of the Venus chambers.
"Now you can see that both Faith and I are real," Hope protested as she and Faith followed Haruka and Michiru back to the conference room. "These wands aren't doing anything"
"We know but we have to prove that to everyone else," Michiru quietly explained.
"Hey isn't that Gloria?' Faith asked pointing. They looked and sure enough saw the small figure disappearing through the door that led to the palace prisons.
"What's she up too?" Haruka wondered. Just then Ami came running up with Ariel in tow. "Someone has broken into my office and taken Dark Chibi Neptune's henshin wand," she exclaimed.
"Nani," Michiru gasped. She looked at Haruka. "We need to get to the prison now"
"Right," Haruka replied and the two of them sprinted off leaving the rest of them staring in surprise and wonder.
Dark Hope was surprised to see Dark Chibi Venus arrive. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"No time," Dark Chibi Venus hissed as she held up her sword. "We've got to get out of here before they find us." Her sword powered up. "SWORD OF HATRED!" The beams shot out and busted the lock to the prison. Dark Hope ran out and grabbed her henshin wand from Dark Chibi Venus. "Hurry up and transform," Dark Chibi Venus ordered. "We've got to get out of here"
"I don't think so," Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus appeared before them. "You should have known we would figure it out"
"Now where is our Gloria?" Uranus demanded.
"She's our prisoner," Dark Chibi Venus replied. "But don't worry. She's alive for as long as Dark Chibi Mars needs her"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Neptune asked.
"She needs someone to practice her skills on," Dark Chibi Venus laughed. "Now if you'll excuse us we need to get going"
"I don't think so," Uranus roared as she began to power up.
"DARK NEPTUNE POWER MAKE UP!" Dark Hope transformed into Dark Chibi Neptune. Dark Chibi Venus held up her sword. "SWORD OF HATRED!" Beams flew out of the sword and knocked both Uranus and Neptune over. "We'd love to stay longer but we really need to be going," Dark Chibi Venus explained. "But don't worry we will be back to finish this war which we will be victorious." Before either Senshi could do anything the Dark Chibi Senshi vanished leaving Uranus and Neptune alone in the palace prison.
To be continued...