The atmosphere heats up as the prince positions himself behind her. They are both on their knees. A moan escapes her lips as he enters her abruptly. His right hand goes up to her raven hair and he tangles his fingers into it, pulling dominantly, while his left hand hardly squeezes her breast. She begs for him to push harder inside her and to move faster and faster. She moans desperately, being about to explode of pleasure when a redhead woman smashes the door open, crying out at the guard.
"I don't care if he's engaged, I want to know were my daughter is!"
Her eyes widen at the picture before her. But she recovers soon as if she would expect to such an event. The couple brakes apart since they are not alone anymore.
"Well, my dear, I see you decided to "have" prince Malachite for lunch today…" – she says with sarcasm
"Shit, mother, not now!" – she says slapping her forehead
"And when will be a good time for you, Reye? I have a Doom Phantom in my palace and a Wiseman that won't go until you pay your debt!"
"If I may Queen Beryl, this matter surely can wait." – hestates with a grin
"Oh, shut it you goof! First wasn't I enough for you, prince Malachite? And second you two made this deal and promised that if I agree I shall have my share. Now when will this be done?"
"I'm sorry, mother, but we could not get to the Crystal on time and now it's impossible to locate it."
The princess of Mars, seems irritated by the last subject. She makes herself decent while talking to her mother. Prince Malachite on the other hand seems to be bothered more about being interrupted by Queen Beryl than about the matters of war.
"Surely – Reye continues – it is somewhere in the Universe, I just don't know where!" – she cries. She slowly buttons her red, quite revealing dress; most intentionally gesture, you would think, as if she is purposely trying to irritate the prince of Earth, who cannot take his eyes of her. Queen Beryl, decides to ignore completely what happened before she entered the room and very calmly she chooses a sit by the terrace doors. The war they were involved in is undoubtedly more important than her only daughter falling for the seduction games of the eldest prince of Earth. Even she, a young queen was once a prisoner of his charms and she could name many others… 'Well… it is all past…' she thinks with a sigh.
"What say you on the matter, prince Malachite?" – the queen asks with more worry in her voice than before. He turns to her but fails to answer for Reye's slightly mocking laugh interrupts his thoughts. They both stare at her.
"I believed mother that you were wiser than to assume a man could be better informed then a woman!" – she mocks – "I could bargain my right to the throne of Mars that the prince is completely clueless!"
"Au contraire, my fiery beauty, I have more information than you expect. – he says with a smirk – In fact you would be sure to lose your throne if you would indeed make such a bargain." He looks quite satisfy to be in control of the situation. Nor the princess or the queen expected such a reply, therefore he got both their attentions. In fact princess of Mars has a very surprised look on her face, but also she seems impressed.
"Well what do you know?" – she asks impatiently while she combs her hair
"I…– he pauses just to accentuate his moment of glory – know where the Silver Crystal is." He smiles. "The prince of Dark Moon decided to play hero and took princess Serenity to his palace. I am certain she carries the Crystal."
"I'm impressed. – says Reye with a small smile – But how can you be sure?"
"I have my sources." – if his ego could increase even more then it just did
"You have spies on Dark Moon? Now I'm impressed…" – the queen states measuring the prince from head to toes
"Still, it doesn't help much. Prince Demando is invincible on his planet."
"So he is, princess, but since he decided to play hero he will take his army onto the battlefield; there he might not be as invincible. And so sweet Serenity will remain with the servants, a perfect scenario for my devious plan to steal the "precious item" of Moon Kingdom."
"Let's hope your plan will not fail." – says Reye laughing in satisfaction – "But remember : our ally will not receive his payment unless she and her friend die!" After a moment of pause : "By the way, is princess Mina also sheltered by the Dark Moon's ruler?"
"It will not be otherwise!" – he states "And…yes. Princess Mina is also there." – Malachite answers – "But, as I trust you already know, her family is dead as we speak."
"Ha!" They both watch the queen in shock, clearly not understanding her outburst. "I should've known you both are too young and have over inflated egos and never should've agreed to your childish plan!" – she says. Being that none of them is yet able to respond, she goes on – "You are hungry for power, but obviously you have no idea how to get it! And don't stare at me with those eyes! Do any of you get the slight idea of the situation you are in right now?" – still no response from them – "I thought as much… Wiseman can over power most magic in the Universe, having Doom Phantom on his side. With his shadow army, he managed to destroy more then one galaxy and enslaved the remaining survivors. But he is not your ally! He only agreed to kill the princesses you wanted revenge on, for the Silver Crystal. If he does not get the Silver Crystal, killing you both will be a piece of cake! Fortunately for you that Crystal is very special. But I won't reflect on the subject more. What I will say though is this : besides the fact that you don't actually have an ally you two managed to gain for an enemy the most feared prince in the Galaxy! I wont ask what were you thinking for my only dilemma is what was I thinking in trusting you morons!" – she lifts her hands in desperation
The prince of Earth seems to have lost his words, unlike princess Reye who answers nonchalantly to her mother's speech.
"Oh, mother, would you give your daughter more credit? Yes, I did not know where the Crystal was but fortunately this is actually perfect for us! I was sure prince Malachite will be to my use and somehow I knew prince Demando will interfere to protect princes Serenity and her dearest of friends." – she states triumphantly – "He is more then in love with the sweet "oh so very annoying" blonde. The all Galaxy knows he waited for her to grow up so she will become his queen. What can I say: bleah! But to get to the point… There are places even Wiseman fears and one of them is the Dark Moon. While the Silver Crystal is there he won't dare to venture himself in order to take it, but he is useful to us, for prince Demando, will be much easier to destroy while, as prince Malachite mentioned before, he is not on his planet. If the plan works and we manage to steal the Crystal and both princesses will be murdered then and only then we will trade the so called treasure of the Moon for ruling our Galaxy. Wiseman has no interest whatsoever to remain here so it should not be a problem." – she smiles – "Apparently everything worked out exactly as I wanted! Now I understand your fears and suspicions, dear mama, but you ought to have patience. You know what the say : Good things come to those who wait. And do not fear prince Demando for he does not know who summoned Wiseman. He wont find out about Mars anyway!" Reye stands and walks to the doors, but before exiting she still turns to her mother who seems a bit more relieved. "Just clarify : one of your suspicions could not be more wrong, for I'm sure I know what you were thinking entering this room and prince Malachite did not seduced your daughter, I was the one that seduced him. You haven't raised a simpleton and I assure I will step over every principle and life to get my revenge!"
'Indeed I've raised a cruel daughter.' Thought the queen with a smile. She is proud of what her child has become. Reye's thirst for revenge gives her such strength and accomplishment. This war started at their decision and even if the Moon has more than one strong ally, they have a power of darkness that knows no scruples or limitation. They must win no matter what.
"Our men are turning on each other!" – says Lord Artemis trying to hold down the enemies surrounding the Moon Palace
"Moon Healing Activation!" – cries Luna – "Prince Demando! I can't hold the shield much longer! I am getting weaker by the second!"
"Moon Healing Activation!" – Queen Selene joins her – "We'll hold it together!"
Prince Demando turns to his brother : "Get your sword, we are getting in!"
They fight trough the dark shadows followed by their army. The magic of Moon Kingdom fades, but as long as the healing shield can hold, their men won't turn against each other blinded by evil forces. There is no sunlight for all the other planets and worlds in the system – except for Moon and Venus – appear to be surrounded by Darkness fields with magic corresponding to each of them. And as the wizardry rules go no one can fight against its own magic. In other words most are prisoners in their homes. The only help that remains for lunarians is what is left of the army from Venus, a small earthlings army and prince Demando's warriors.
Planet Venus is crowded with Doom Phantom's shadows. After the king and queen were murdered, Demando could only find some few survivors and only from the royal army. They are all fighting now by lunarians side using the famous "chains of Venus" to encircle the enemies.
The army from Earth that decided to be on Moon's side, is lead by prince Jadeite, who recently pledged his sword to Dark Moon's prince. Earthlings have no magic, but they do have strong weapons and they do outnumber all others.
Dark Moon's warriors on the other hand have very strong magic and even if they are few comparing to the shadows around them, they skillfully fight, one holding up to then enemies.
Demando, Safire and King Endymion march trough the shadows until they are quite far from the palace. The Moon Monarch is already hurt but doesn't want to give up. Lord Artemis remained closer to the palace, but only to protect Queen Selene. He dusts all shadows that might get to close to her majesty and his beloved Lady Luna, while both ladies are trying to hold the healing shield.
"No!" – cries Artemis
"How did he get there?" – prince Demando cries out, with a desperate look on his face. He sticks his magic sword into a dark shadow and pushes the dead enemy down.
Somehow Wiseman managed to get behind the healing shield, just in front of the palace. He is floating above the ground gathering dark forces inside his globe. Artemis tries to fasten the destruction of all shadows near him so he can get to the bigger enemy. With a glimpse of an eye, he is able to anticipate Wiseman's devious plan.
"He's going to attack the queen!" – Artemis hopes somehow prince Demando will get there faster.
Meanwhile Jadeite gets into the battlefield closer to King Endymion and strikes him to death. Demando and Safire watch the scene from afar not being able to stop it from happening. The Moon King falls breathless and the queen Selene froze in shock. She cannot move or scream, she can no longer fight. She falls on her knees staring in the same direction she last saw her husband.
"Jadeite what are you doing?" – Demando screams at him
"Moon Healing Activation!" – cried Luna from the other side trying to increase the power of the shield
"You didn't actually thought I was on your side!" – Jadeite says with a grin. Just as Demando wanted to march to him, his brother puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Demando, look!" – Safire points to the other side of the front where earthlings army has turned against their men.
"We have to get to the queen now!" The white haired prince says to his brother. Jadeite still grins at his malicious plan and raises his sword against lunarians army.
Both princes of Dark Moon have to fight trough shadows in order to get near Queen Selene. Demando hates himself right now. 'How could I have been so stupid?' he thought while fighting. 'I've let myself fooled! I should've know Earth had something to do with Wiseman's summoning! Ah! Three kings are dead and I do share the blame for I've trusted that fool!' It is torture to him, but he swears in his thoughts that he will revenge the dead monarchs and make sure the forth wont die.
"Artemis, you must try to hold the healing shield yourself, I will try to protect the queen from the blast!"
Wiseman send his first blast at the queen, but Artemis manages to sweep her of the ground and save her from the impact.
"I'll hold the shield, go fight!" – he tells Luna before he activates the healing shield himself.
"Right!" – says Luna. She turns to the shadows behind them. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" Moon's love destroys a few shadows and Lady Luna continues with her attack to defeat all of them. But she is already weak and her energy fades by the second. Wiseman throws thunders of dark energy at her, sure she is not able to dodge them. But just then Queen Selene comes to her senses and tries to fend away his attack.
"I call upon the powers of the Purity Chalice, give me the protection shield!" A white force appears in front of them that blasts away Wiseman's thunders.
"Hahahaha" – he laughs sarcastically – "Fools! You think you can stand against my powers?"
"How about if I stand against you?" – spoke prince Demando – "Alone!" – he states firmly. Wiseman turns to him.
"You may be strong boy, but don't forget your place! You are not on your planet now, which gives you disadvantage." Wiseman addresses him in a mocking tone.
"Don't lecture me coward! Are you accepting my duel or not?" Demando awaits his enemy answer without blinking. He feels so much rage inside and such a thirst to destroy the one responsible for this mess.
"I am no coward!" – says Wiseman between his teeth, while approaching the young prince – "Name your terms."
"The battle stops while we fight. If I win I will destroy you and your shadows are sure to die in such case; but before you take your last breath, you shall tell me who is it that summoned you here, except the princes of Earth."
"And what if I win? What you could possibly have that I want?" – Wiseman asks coming even closer
"The Silver Crystal." – the prince simply states – "You cannot take it while I'm alive and even you know – he chuckles – your shadows can't possibly defeat me."
"I accept." Wiseman says before raising his hand above the globe. All shadows vanish and there is no more fighting. The ones remained there move away to give them space for the duel. Prince Safire puts a hand on his brother shoulder.
"Why do this? If you loose there'll be no more hope for this Galaxy!"
"I must, Safire, for this way I hope to stop the rest from getting hurt or die." – Demando gives his brother an assuring look – "And you are wrong, there is still hope for this Galaxy, besides myself."
"I thought you did not trust in her fighting skills…"
"And… you are wrong again…" – says Demando while his lips form a smile – "But be sure : I wont loose! Not this fight!" – looks in Safire'seyes – "Now… Get everyone left on our side inside the palace!"