Imperfect
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Really, really sorry for the stupidly long update!
Blinking away the lingering darkness I notice I am no longer in the dank cave; but in a soft bed. Slowly sitting up, I snatch up the bed sheets to my chest, I'm naked. Fear triggers my heart to pound as I scan the unfamiliar surroundings. Soft green furnishes the walls and I feel more at ease since I am alone. Checking the room again I look under the covers at my body: there are no recent signs that I've been fighting. Using my left hand I brush over my ribs, sighing in relief that my Senshi abilities are still intact.
"Hello Jupiter," searing white surges through my head causing me to cry out.
"Ah! Who are you!" I'm clutching my head the pulsations are strengthening, the darkness is laughing, threatening to take me again,
"I am the one you love; yet the one you hate," the voice echoes around me as the searing heat slithers down my neck, chocking me.
"I d-d-don't hate," is all I can manage, I'm scratching at my skin, there's something inside me! Angry welts emerge all over my body, there's something tearing at me from the inside. It wants out; I want it out,
"Now Jupiter if you keep doing that you'll only hurt yourself," the voice whispers easing the ferocious burning. My hands, the bed sheets my body is seeping crimson…someone's screaming, their throat is coarse but they keep screaming. I am screaming.
"Jupiter shush now, I'll look after you," the voice materialises at my side, I know that voice, "I won't let anyone hurt you," it…she is giggling.
I keep screaming.
"Sorry Rei-chan I'm not sure what you mean," I squint in confusion at the fiery woman, she sighs and sits down,
"Mako-chan went to yours last night to see if you were ok yes?" Rei inquires; she's looking at me through the shadow her hair has cast across her face, illuminating her amethyst eyes.
"Yeah she…she did," instantly my head drops as I remember how I treated the only person who came to me.
"What happened?" Rei's voice pierced through me, I don't want to tell her,
"Ami," the intensity of the words clamp around me as though they are trying to suffocate the truth from me.
"We…" I begin but Minako comes into the kitchen surveying the scene but quickly she mutters an apology and returns to the living room.
"Continue," Rei urges, I cave in and tell her everything from the moment Makoto entered my apartment. Tears well up and spill onto the granite counter and Rei remains emotionless as she takes in everything.
"And what happened this morning?" She asks releasing a shaky breath, her shoulders slumping now,
"I left before she woke up and left a note," tears still strolling casually down my face as I wait for Rei to say something, her defeated looking form is making me uneasy.
She looks back at me her face searching for something…
"You do know she loves you right?"
"What?!" the explosion of energy startles Rei but she shakes her head cursing softly,
"I can't believe you did that; I can't believe how well she's holding up I mean it seems as though she doesn't even remember it."
I jerk awake again and scramble from the bed, not realising I'm somewhere new and fully clothed this time. The sudden movement renders me dizzy for a few seconds and I wave an arm out to gain support from anything. A hand holds my arm in response and I wrench myself away in fright, my slumbering body lacks control and the exertion of strength knocks me back as I stare up at her.
"What are you doing here?" I yell shuffling back,
"Oh Jupiter baby don't be rude," she speaks, a smirk plasters itself across her pink lips as she advances.
"I'm not your baby, why can't you leave me alone?" my back touches the soft padding of the wall, the glare of the room becomes distorted as her shadow falls upon me.
"Baby I can't leave you alone because you love me," she drops to her knees and crawls towards me, I turn my face away from her keeping my eyes locked on the warm carpeted floor. I feel her straddling me; her breath tickles my neck, causing me to shudder involuntarily.
"You do love me don't you?" she whispers against my ear as cold fingers trace my jaw line and down my neck. I close my eyes I'm so tired…
"Don't worry Jupiter I'm not like her, I won't hurt you like ssshe did," I finally look up into smoky eyes,
"You're not Ami," I murmur, the dizziness is back and my head is swimming.
"No, I'm a much better Ami," with that she presses her lips to mine and something tells me to reject her but a greater part of me just wants to be loved, to be accepted. Her body is smooth against mine but there was something slimy about it, like something you would feel from a reptile…
Her movements become desperate; violent.
She rips away my clothes, I lay there exposed while she bites and mars my skin with sharp teeth, I try to push her off, I try to scream but my body is unresponsive, her nails claw their way down my body and she laughs into my skin.
"The poissson has worked even better than I thought!" the gleeful hiss smacks me in the face, it all makes sense, but it's far too late for me to save myself. Her nails dig deeper and deeper until my body is covered with open wounds leaking out blood. I feel the hot liquid roll off me and the pain washing in.
"Mmm all minesss," she moans, her cold tongue dips into every wound, emptying me of my blood. Oh god someone help me!
Help!
Please!
REI!!
"Mako-chan," Rei hisses holding a hand against her temple,
"What about her, what's wrong?" I ask panicking,
"She needs help," Rei groans rising from her seat,
"Help? But she's only in the living room…"
Suddenly Usagi and Minako's voices become apparent in the next room, bursting through the door is Makoto, her eyes wide and her aura unreadable,
"What's wrong?" I step towards her but a powerful arm swats me out of the way into the wall, curling into a ball my back takes most of the impact but it leaves me winded.
"Makoto what are you doing?" Rei roars easily falling into her fighting stance,
"I think we both know the answer to that Rei-chan," Makoto replies sweetly advancing on Rei's position,
"I thought it would be hard fighting my best friend but she would never do what you just did so I'm going to kick your ass and save her!" Rei smirks throwing a double jab and a reverse punch to her opponent's midriff. Stepping back Makoto brings up her knee and catches Rei hard in the stomach, following through with swift hit to her face. However a chair connects with Makoto's head and forces her to collide with the fridge instead. Holding the broken back stands Minako,
"Everyone out now!" She barks as Rei grabs me and leads us out into the courtyard, the guttural growling of Makoto snapping at our heals.
"We need to get back to the grassy plain again, I think Makoto is still there," Rei orders, instantly morphing into Sailor Mars. Venus and Moon soon join her,
"Ami what are you doing? Hurry up and transform!" Venus shouts as Jupiter emerges from the house, her right hand is gripping a pulsing ball of lighting. The smell and heat radiating from it is enough for everyone to step back. I don't know why I'm not Mercury but I know it's too dangerous to do so now,
"Distract Jupiter, Ami transform now!" Venus's orders ring out clearly as the three of them spring towards the green soldier; summoning my Mercurian powers I immediately bring up my computer to scan Jupiter.
"Argh!" Mars screams as Jupiter strikes the constricted ball of lightning into her chest, her body explodes backwards into the shrubbery surrounding the temple, Sailor Moon tries to run after her but Jupiter pounces but Venus' Love Me Chain captures her snarling form long enough for the scan to finish.
"Come on where's the weak point…" the screen is blinking somewhere out of the city, "What the?"
The clinking of metal brings my attention to the fight again and Jupiter is engaging Venus in hand to hand combat. Venus ducks, jumps and blocks effectively but at the pace Jupiter is firing the attacks she wouldn't last long. Venus out steps Jupiter and aims a side kick to her solar plexus with her heal; if this was anyone else they would've stumbled to the ground but Jupiter just sneers and grabs Venus' leg and swings her into one of the temple columns.
"Shine Aqua Illusion!" I send a wave of mist over Jupiter's surroundings and run to Venus's aid whilst Sailor Moon tries to find Mars.
"We need to get to the plain now, there's no weak point on this Jupiter," I explain as the mist enrages the warrior causing her to fire lightning in all directions.
"We need the others," Venus mutters, ducking to avoid a streak of lightning, diagonally from our position the streak of lightning is interrupted by an enflamed arrow hitting Jupiter in the eye.
Sprinting out Venus signals to Mars and Moon to follow as we make our way back to the grassy plain. Jumping from rooftops I study Mars form: she's lagging behind that first attack has severely weakened her. But we're here. Staring at the huge lake, I rescan the information for the weak point but it just points to the water.
"The week point is the water," I say turning to my panting comrades,
"The water? You mean all of it?" Sailor Moons asks but I don't have the answer,
"Well someone figure it out we've got company," Mars tries to speak coolly but her higher tone of voice indicates that she knows we haven't got much time.
Mars and Venus run out to meet Jupiter to give me and Sailor Moon some time to figure this out.
Jupiter's left eye is scorched black but she's still smiling,
"Still trying to save your pathetic friend?" she sneers bringing her hands together,
"Well don't worry I won't let you…Supreme Thunder Dragon!" searing white energy escapes through her hands and towers over the whole scene,
"Fire Soul Bird!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
The blistering phoenix becomes gold as the attacks merge together strengthening their defence against the swooping dragon. The collision of attacks momentarily silences everything before the shockwaves throw Venus and Mars into the icy depths of the lake.
Grabbing hold of Sailor Moon we brace ourselves against the tremors, I am vaguely aware of two distant splashes somewhere behind me but I focus on keeping us on dry land. The energy morphs into the atmosphere and the tremors subside leaving me and Sailor Moon the only two on the battle field…
I break the surface of the freezing water, gasping for air and Venus bursts up next to me, flicking our thick hair out of our eyes we notice we are not at the grassy plain but inside a cave. Swimming to the bank we hoist ourselves out to scope out the surroundings.
Rei
"Mako-chan!" I push myself into a sprint and Venus follows me without question, the cave ends quickly and we find ourselves in a soft green room. The only piece of furniture is the large bed in the corner stained brown. Walking cautiously towards it Venus whispers,
"That's blood, Mars can you sense Mako-chan again?"
Closing my eyes I use my aura to feel its way to Mako-chan
Anyone…please…
She's that way and close, I walk to the wall, knocking to see if there are any hidden doors,
"Out the way Mars," Venus yells firing a Crescent Beam immediately after so that I am consumed by the dust emanating from the large hole where I was standing seconds before,
"Thanks for the warning," I scowl pulling myself through it after her. Venus is running ahead of me but abruptly stops and I have to skid to avoid hitting her.
"Makoto!" Venus screams as the beast feeding off of her whips around seething at our interruption. Its mouth is oozing with blood…Makoto's blood. Its beady grey eyes is scanning us, estimating our strength,
"Don't go anywhere Mako-chan I just have a couple of uninvited guessstsss to deal with," it shrieks throwing a white bed sheet over her body, instantly dyeing it red…
Chapter 5 is here for Christmas, I hope you enjoy it and have a good Christmas everyone! – Dark Shadows 01