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Last Time

It laughed. Venus' eyes hardened, and a growl escaped her lips. Before anyone could react, Venus was on her feet, before tackling the youma to the floor.

"Ooh," the self-proclaimed Queen said. "Now this is an unexpected turn of events."

The youma threw Venus off of it, and Uranus helped Venus stand.

It was going to attack, but the King raised his hand. "No. Not yet."

He turned to the scouts. "None of you helped her. Do you know why?"

He approached the group. "Because you know it's over."

Chapter 14

The plan was set. Pluto had used the time gates to head outside of the base. As the pilots flew towards the base, Pluto waved, a tiny speck from where they were.

"What is that crazy onna doing?" Wufei asked incrediously as Pluto stood without any protection ona large platform made of metal.

"How can she breathe?" Trowa wondered to himself.

Pluto appeared on the screen of every one of their Gundams. Heero jumped, and looked down. He could have sworn that Pluto was talking to her staff with the orb on top.

"Yes Heero, my staff does many things. Now, all of you- land and exit. We're now in a protected area. It is well hidden from humanity, and much like your space colonies in the sense that once on the platform, you can breathe."

"Now call the girls," Heero said, "So we can see when to attack."

Pluto nodded and began using her communicator. She pushed several buttons on it, and a frown came to her face when all she got was static.

"Are they- are they still inside?" Pluto said this out of genuine shock. One button worked.

"Hello?" The response was a very hushed whisper. Pluto heard a lot of sound in the background, and from where the pilots sat in their Gundams, they heard it over the connection with Pluto.

"Neptune? Where are you?"

She heard shouting and screams.

"I've just ducked out of view to talk to you. Things are bad. We need help."

"One of them has a communicator still!" The voice that spilled over the connection was vile and unearthly.

Neptune's scream followed.

Pluto turned back to where she was speaking with the pilots. Her voice was stoic, yet her eyes betrayed her.

"Get ready to go in."

"What about the plan?" Setsuna turned to Heero.

"We get them out as quickly as possible," Pluto said, "but either way, this station has to go."

"Now," the self proclaimed King spoke as he backed away. "I rather enjoy open battle. Get ready, senshi! On one side of this marvelous hall is every youma that I possess." As he spoke, the back of the room filled with youma. "And my elite." Duo, Quatre, Mirvette, and Sanyu appeared in front of the youma, along with Sarah, whom was still wearing her crown as she stared blankly at the senshi.

"And on the other side," The Queen stepped forwards, laughing- "Just you."

Neptune struggled to stand and crawl away from the youma that had just attacked her, abruptly ending her phone call with Pluto. She couldn't see Uranus in the crowd.

No one was faring well. There were so many youma that the senshi could just be trampled. She thought she spotted Venus a moment, but lost her. Moon was about 20 feet away, screaming as she fought with Mirvette. Neptune began to make her way over, but was stopped by two youma. A moment later, the two screamed in pain and were disingrated. Uranus stood in front of her, space sword in hand.

"Let's find the others."

Mercury ran away from two youma at top speed, crashing straight into Duo.

"Aww, why are you running? Face them." He grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her forwards as an attack from the two came her way, hitting her head on and causing her to collapse. Duo glared at the youma a moment later. "This one's mine."

The youma moved on, as Duo approached her and crouched by her. No more youma attacked her while Duo was with her. It seemed they were afraid of him.

"There's the murderer," a voice said. As Mercury struggled to her feet, Sarah was in front of her, a sword now in her shaking hand.

"Leave her to me," Sarah said. "She's the reason for my brother's death, I want to finish her." Duo puased a moment, but nodded.

"Fine."

He backed out of view. Among the chaos, Sarah put her sword to Mercury's back.

"Walk." Mercury did as she was told, and Sarah's sword tip lead the way as it was dangerously close to harming her. Mercury still limped from her previous injuries thanks to Duo, and Sarah would push the sword closer when Mercury slowed. Mercury realized they were headed for the exit of the room.

"Where-"

"Alert a single youma of our leaving, and you will be looking at the tip of this sword from the front of your body." Sarah had never spoken so clearly. Mercury glanced back to where the battle was raging. No one had noticed yet.

She decided to go where Sarah was leading her. Maybe there was more to Sarah than they thought.

Duo frowned from where he had been watching the two. What was that crazy girl up to now?

He followed discreetly.

Pluto, Heero, Wufei, and Trowa ran at top speed away from the crazy women dressed in lab coats whom had tried to stop them at the door.

"There's a lot of sound down that hallway," Wufei said. The group ran, the women at their heals.

Trowa was the first to burst into the room, concerned for Jupiter. Everyone looked up. The fours stood in the doorway for only a moment, the pilots drawing their weapons and leaping into the fight.

"Pluto is here," hissed the King. "She's not in time!"

Heero shot at youma until he saw a familiar face in the crowd.

"Heero!" Venus was currently being held by two youma, each one grabbing an arm. Two shots and a moment later, Venus was freed.

"What took you so long," she joked, as he approached.

Moon and Tuxedo Mask were reunited, fighting to glimpse Quatre. "We have to get him away from Sanyu. She is his influence."

Moon nodded at his words as she thought she glimpsed a blonde head in the crowd.

Jupiter struggled to sit up, currently restrained by several youma. Another one stood above her, ready to attack. Jupiter closed her eyes, wishing she could say goodbye to a certain someone first.

Nothing happened. She opened an eye unsurely, and realized that she was no longer restrained. Trowa was leaning above her, his face a few inches from her own.

"You alright?"

"I am now."

Wufei ran through the youma, slicing them as Uranus was doing. He thought he glimpsed a few strands of raven hair, but did not find his priestess.

He gasped when he felt a severe pain in his back, and before he knew it he was on the ground.Before he could turn to fight whatever it was before it destroyed him, and saw a youma covered in flames. When it fell, Mars stood behind it. She rushed over to Wufei.

"You alright?" Wufei was speechless for a moment, before accepting Mars outstretched hand.

"Keep walking, we're headed just up ahead," Sarah warned when Mercury slowed. Mercury remained silent but obeyed. Why Sarah sounding so intelligent and put together. This was unlike her.

They turned into a circular room with cabinets across every wall. It was all white. Sarah removed the sword from Mercury's back, and instructed her to turn.

Mercury turned to see a calm, steely gaze.

"Want to help your friends," Sarah said immediately.

"Of- of course. Why the sudden change," Mercury said, shock apparent. Sarah nodded grimly, rubbing her temple as she collected her words.

"I- missed my pills." Sarah removed the small crown from her head in disguist, tossing it on the ground and running a hand through her light brown locks, which were the same colour as Rob's hair was.

"Pills?" Sarah was acting normal.

Sarah reached into her pocket and tossed Mercury a small bottle with tiny white pills inside. For some reason, Mercury felt secure around Sarah all of a sudden. She opened it and pured some pill sinto her hand.

"They are similar to the ones your friends took a few hours earlier. They captured me and Rob when I was 13 and he was 15. Rob and I each had to take one day. They said it would help us keep our powers. Really, they were keeping us loyal. After Rob died, they thought it was unstable. They had me on two pills a day. I was so drugged up and disoriented that I was acting like a killer five-year old. After I ran into you a couple of days ago, and you questioned me- I missed a pill. Last night, I missed another one. When I woke up this morning, I was- back to normal. Of course, I couldn't let anyone else in the D Galaxy get suspicious, so I kept on my act. I believe I did an oscar worthy job when the Queen crowned me."

Mercury nodded. "You really are amazing Sarah. Your brother fought very hard to get you out of here."

"I know," Sarah responded. "And he also fought to keep you alive. So that's why I want to help you. Yesterday, they gave Quatre and Duo each a very powerful pill to make them loyal. You see, Mackenzie, Rob, me, we're all just test-dummies. They continue to perfect their 'perfect' medications, and gain loyalty across the universe. But the pills they gave your friends- they don't need to be taken everyday."

"How do we help them?"

Sarah went searching the cabinets.

"Every pill has a reverse, just incase something goes wrong. We simply have to find the antidote and give it to them. And then- I suppose you senshi have a plan to rid us of the enemy?"

Mercury nodded, helping Sarah search.

"Yes- we blow the place up."

From the doorway, Duo heard everything. The part about the pills did not matter- but to blow up the base- he wouldn't let them. Gazing into the room, he knew who had to go. Mercury- she was the cause.

"I think I found it," Sarah cried a moment later, and Duo decided to act. Quickly moving into the room, Mercury didn't have a moment to blink before she was pinned against the wall, Duo's arm against her neck.

"Back off Duo," Sarah said, "I told you she was mine to deal with."

"Quit playing games, I heard it all. Back away Sarah, before I do our masters a favor and snap your neck. Better yet, I'll get Sanyu to do it. She'll finish off your patheticfamily." Sarah clenched her fist, but stepped back, keeping eye contact with Mercury as she tried to think of a plan. The antidote was clenched in her fist.

"You've been such a bother Mercury, I should just kill you like my mission was originally intended."

Quietly, Sarah took the cap off of the bottle. She took one pill from the bottle, and then threw the bottle at Duo's head. He turned around with a growl, letting go of Mercury.

"You little-" From behind him, Mercury grabbed the small table next to her and threw it on his back, knocking him flat on his face. Duo screamed in anger, but before he could react, the two had pounced on him. Mercury sat on his legs while Sarah held down his arms, handing the pill to Mercury.

"Just shove it down his throat and pray he won't choke."

"I'll never swallow it," Duo responded, beginning to sit up and knock the two off of him in a swift motion. Before he could fully sit up, Mercury moved to put the pill in his mouth, but he clamped his lips shut. From behind him, Sarah sat on his arms, causing him to groan, and helped Mercury open up his mouth.

"Put the pill deep inside his throat, as far as you can without setting off his gag reflex, so he doesn't spit it out," Sarah warned as Mercury did so.

"You sound experienced," she commented, ignoring Duo's shouts as did so.

"That's how they gave me and Rob the pills when we first were captured," She explained, as the two leapt off of Duo. He jumped up, shouting as he began to cough. However, his sudden motion was enough to help the pill down his throat the rest of the way, and he began to curse.

"Any minute now," Sarah said. He turned away, beginning to put his fingers down his throat so he could throw up the pill.

"Stop him!" Sarah cried, as the two held his arms from his mouth, again knocking him face first into the ground as they held him down. He struggled, tossing the two around like rag dolls.

"Hold steady," Mercury warned, as he continued to thrash. A moment later, he stopped. His arms drooped and he fell limp. Sarah and Mercury exchanged a glance.

"Sarah," Mercury began tentatively, "you didn't- you didn't poison him just now, did you?"

Sarah went pale.

"I was sure those were the pills, I saw Sanyu place them in the cabinet with my own eyes."

The two turned to look back at Duo, but before they could turn him over, he spoke.

"Ladies, that's the second time I've been face first in the ground within the last five minutes. Are you trying to destroy my flawless face?"

Mercury gave a relieved laugh, turning Duo over with his help as she hugged him. Sarah stepped back, giving the two a moment.

"I thought I'd lost you," Mercury said through now teary eyes, and she was more surprised when she saw him wipe tears from his own eyes.

"I did that to your leg, didn't I? And your head...I hurt you all over." Mercury looked down at her blood soaked leg, remembering that Duo had previously tried to torture her.

"It's okay," she said, "I'm just glad you're back to normal. Let's go help the others." She stood, and picked up the bottle of pills, offering it to Sarah.

"We have to do this to Quatre too," Sarah said. "And before we leave, maybe you and I can have a shot at killing Sanyu, Mercury." Mercury nodded.

"If there's time before we blow this place up. And you're expected to join us in Tokyo."

Sanyu held firm onto Quatre's hand, limping toards the King and Queen.

"The senshi have the upper hand! They've taken out almost every youma, despite being seriously injured! Grant me more power!"

"Don't be dramatic Sanyu," Mirvette said, "We sill have Quatre."

"I think," Pluto's voice said, as the senshi all stood facing the five, "That you should fight your own battle."

"Give us back Quatre," Sailor Moon shouted.

The King and Queen glanced at each other.

"Is that all," the Queen said with a laugh. "Is that why you came here? What about that annoying boy- what's his name- ah yes, Duo. Don't you want him?"

"I resent that," a voice said from behind the senshi.

Into the room limped Mercury, followed by Sarah and Duo. The three joined the line of senshi, staring at their enemy.

"What? You've changed him back," Mirvette exclaimed.

"Sarah?" the King said. He and the Queen approached. "You've betrayed us?"

"You betrayed my brother and I first."

"This girl is talking crazy, where are your pills darling," the Queen said.

"I threw them away," Sarah responded, causing the Queen to gasp.

Venus cleared her throat. "There's still the matter of returning Quatre to us."

"No! He's mine! I won't let you take him," Sanyu responded.

"Then, let's do this fair," the King said, stepping in. "No more youma. No more attacks. A fair fight. The winner, keeps the boy."

The Senshi glanced at each other.

The past year, the fighting, death, pain, betrayal- it was leading to a fair fight proposed by the enemy.

It all just seemed too easy. Glancing at Duo, Mercury knew he was thinking the same thing.

"What about the Earth," Tuxedo Mask questioned. "You've covered it in darkness. You've hurt and killed people.Will you leave the earth alone?"

"Raising the stakes I see. Hmm...So the earth, your freedom- a fight?"

The senshi nodded.

"That's fine. Each one of you will take on one of my warriors. The Queen and I will sit back. If we win, you die, obviously."

"And if we win," Sailor Moon cut in, "You let us all walk out of here, and let Quatre have the pill."

'And then we destroy this base, killing you,' Pluto thought, glancing at the King. He nodded.

"That's fine. I agree." The senshi glanced at each other. He had agreed, yes, but it sounded risky.

"Alright, now let Quatre stand aside for now and wait for the results," Mercury said. The King laughed.

"You forget. Until this fight is over, he's one of my warriors. You have to fight him."

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