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Chapter 7: Stakeout

Tenshiko, Hikari and Katori were in the Rosewood Café when Medea came in and sat down with them. "Hey girls, what's going on?"

"Not much." Katori said as she took a sip of her milkshake.

"So, are you guys excited about the concert?" Medea asked.

"What concert?" Hikari asked as she looked from Tenshiko to Katori wondering why they had never mentioned it to her.

"The concert is a fundraiser for the Children's hospital, the Salvation Army, and the Red Cross, etc, etc. There's also going to be rides and food and all of the money is going to those charities. The whole thing is happening at Starr Center this weekend."

"Really? That sounds like so much fun!" Hikari said as she bounced up and down, causing Katori to shoot an annoyed glance at the girl, but then a smile appeared on her lips.

"Hey, Dearg." Medea greeted once he reached their table.

"Hello, Medea. What would you like today?" Dearg asked with a smile.

"I would like a sundae with extra sprinkles please."

"Coming right up." Dearg said as he turned and went to fill out her order.

The door opened and a boy of Dearg's age with wavy brown hair walked up to their table with a smile on his face. "Hello, ladies, I'm Wayde Cleave. I've never seen a quartet of such beautiful women before." He said with a wink of one of his blue eyes.

"Wayde, leave them alone. Sorry about that, girls, he's always like that." Dearg said as he set Medea's sundae on the table.

"It isn't a problem. Are you two friends?" Hikari asked as she smiled at Wayde and shot him a wink.

"Yes, somewhat." Dearg said jokingly as Wayde slapped him on the back and laughed loudly.

"Hey, where's Taran? Don't tell me he's checking out that computer store again." Wayde said as he scanned the café.

"Yup, there he is, I can see him from here." Dearg said he looked out the window.

"Oh, man. Don't tell me he's bought another one of those gadgets. That guy needs to get out and have some fun. Besides, we are supposed to get going. I don't want to miss the fun." Wayde said as he looked at Dearg still wearing his apron. "Are you ready to go or not?"

"Yes, yes. Let me just hang up my apron and I'll be right back." Dearg said as he turned around to head to the back of the café. He spun around and looked pointedly at Wayde. "Behave yourself in front of the young ladies."

A mischievous grin came onto Wayde's face causing Hikari and Medea to laugh.

Dearg returned quickly to the table and wondered what the two girls were laughing at when Wayde began to push him toward the door. "Come on, let's go collect Taran and get going." Wayde had Dearg practically out of the door when he ran back up to the girls' table and bowed. "Have a nice day ladies."

"Wayde!" Dearg yelled from the door.

"Have a nice day too, Wayde." Medea said with a smile.

Wayde grinned as he ran to the door and followed Dearg to the store across the street.

It took a few moments for Hikari and Medea to stop laughing.

"Oh, did you guys hear about the fisherman?" Medea asked once she had calmed down.

"What fisherman?" Katori asked.

"You didn't hear? Another one of those mysterious scrolls was found by a fisherman this morning." Medea said as she began to eat her sundae.

The three girls looked at one another with raised eyebrows. Tenshiko signaled that they should leave.

"Well, Medea we have to go. We'll see you at the concert, tomorrow." Tenshiko said as she placed money on the table for the girls' milkshakes, Medea's sundae and a generous tip.

Medea looked from one to the other before they rushed toward the door. "All right, I'll see you…later." Medea shouted as she watched the girls practically run across the window and quickly disappeared from her view.

"That was…odd." Medea said and then she shrugged and went back to her sundae, deciding that she would figure it all out later.

"You know what I don't understand is how we never hear about such things on our own, but it is someone else who always seems to tell us." Hikari said as she walked next to Tenshiko.

"Hikari, I think we can discuss that later." Katori said, who was walking on Tenshiko's other side.

Tenshiko didn't respond as they entered the museum and headed to where the offices were located. Tenshiko knocked on Professor Welkin's office door and waited a few moments him to respond. A worried frown came onto her face when he didn't answer promptly but then the door opened to reveal Professor Welkin putting on a tie.

"Ah, hello Tenshiko. I'm sorry, but I do not have any time today to chat." Welkin looked and saw Hikari and Katori. "Hello girls."

"I wanted to know about the scroll that was found." Tenshiko said strongly that Professor Welkin looked as though he had been struck.

"I'm sorry, Tenshiko, but I am not allowed to give out any information." Professor Welkin said trying to give an apologetic smile but the seriousness on Tenshiko's face caused him to play with his tie.

Hikari smiled at Professor Welkin. "I'm sorry that we disturbed your busy day. We'll leave you alone now." Hikari gently grabbed Tenshiko's arm and the three girls left Professor Welkin looking after them with a confused and somewhat uncomfortable feeling.

"Nice going, Tenshiko. You scared him!" Katori said once they had stepped outside of the museum and Katori had checked that no one was within listening distance.

"I'm sorry, but the scroll is significant in discovering who the Descendent is and if the enemy gets a hold of it first, the Descendent and the Earth shall be doomed."

"All right, all right. All we have to do is remain here and guard the scroll. I'm certain that the enemy has heard about this one being found, since they found the other ones." Tenshiko said.

"I think they will only attack the museum at night." Katori said as she gazed at the building over Tenshiko's shoulder.

"Very well, we shall meet here tonight at nine." Tenshiko said.

"I'm going to be very tired tomorrow." Hikari grumbled and ignored the look that Katori had given her.

At nine, Hikari and Tenshiko met Katori outside of the museum.

"There are certainly a lot of guards." Hikari said as she peered through the branches of a line of bushes across the street from the museum that the three girls had stationed themselves behind.

"Yes. This makes this a lot more difficult. We have to make sure that the enemy doesn't harm any of the guards." Katori said with a frown.

They watched as a black mist rose from the ground and encircled the guards. They watched as the guards fell to the ground.

The three girls transformed and headed toward the guards. They could sense that the guards were alive because several of them were snoring but that they probably wouldn't wake up for awhile.

They ran into the museum. Lord Lasu stood with a creature that was had the same scaly skin as him except that it was a female, and had blue skin instead of green. Standing next to them were two creatures, one that had the head of a swordfish and the other that was like an octopus.

Lord Lasu smiled evilly at the scouts. "Well, I knew that you three were going to be here. If you'll excuse me, I have something I must go and get." Lasu said as he turned and headed down a hallway with the female right behind him.

"I am Sailor Sun the…" Sailor Sun began just as Sailor Soul pulled her out of the way of about a dozen swords that were aimed right for her.

"I told you that the speeches would just allow the monsters time to attack us!" Sailor Soul yelled as she dragged Sailor Sun away from more swords that were sent toward them.

"I am the Sword Master." The creature had a head of a swordfish and was carrying a large sword said.

"Like we couldn't figure that out!" Sailor Sun said as her eyes followed the movement of the Sword Master's sword.

Sailor Guardian slid underneath the sword, avoiding several tentacles that the octopus creature had aimed towards her. She swung her foot around and tripped the Sword Master. The monster fell to the ground and tried to swipe at Sailor Guardian using its bill that was a sword but she effectively dodged it.

Sailor Soul and Sailor Sun sent a combined attack that turned the Sword Master into a black puddle of water.

"You two stop the other monster and I'll go after Lasu and the other one." Sailor Guardian said as she jumped to her feet and ran out of the room.

"Why is it we have to deal with the squid?" Sailor Sun asked out loud.

"I am an octopus, you stupid girl." The creature roared as it wrapped its tentacles around Sailor Sun's legs causing her to fall. "Sailor Soul, a little help here!"

"Soul Shadow Envelops!" Sailor Soul screamed.

The Octopus Monster screamed in rage as its tentacles began to disintegrate, releasing Sailor Sun. The two Sailors dodged around the tentacles that were coming from all directions. Sailor Soul hoped that Sailor Guardian would get to the scroll before the two creatures did.

Sailor Guardian ran after Lord Lasu and the female creature. She finally caught up with them just as Lord Lasu had the scroll within his hands. She ran up and grabbed the scroll from Lasu's hands. The female clawed at Guardian and knocked the scroll out of the Scout's hands.

Lasu picked up the scroll and grinned at Sailor Guardian who was trying to keep the female creature from clawing her throat.

"Excellent, Lady Dhuam. I never knew you had a fighter's spirit within you."

Sailor Guardian shoved Dhuam away from her and then sent a kick to her stomach, causing Dhuam to slam into the wall. Dhuam slid to the floor shaking her head trying to clear her mind and to focus her eyes.

Lasu turned to face Sailor Guardian and was about to unsheathe the sword that he had at his waist but she slammed her elbow into his face. She then used her other and twisted his wrist, causing the scroll to clatter onto the tile floor.

"We have the scroll!" Sailor Sun said triumphantly as she raised it into the air.

"Don't even try it." Sailor Soul said to Lasu as she held her attack in her hands.

Lasu's eyes glowed angrily. "This is not the end." He scurried over to Dhuam and grabbed her arm. They disappeared as a black wave of water rose up in between the Scouts and the creatures and when the water fell, they were gone.

"We have the scroll!" Sailor Sun said triumphantly as she raised it into the air. Sailor Soul grabbed it from her hands. Sailor Sun was about to protest before Sailor Guardian interrupted her.

"Yes, come on. We should leave before…" Sailor Guardian began before she was interrupted.

"Freeze! This is the Starr City Police!" The leader of the dozen of men yelled as they beamed their flashlights onto the three Scouts' faces.

"Oh great." Sailor Soul said with a loud sigh.

"Raise your hands slowly into the air!" The man with green hair and brown eyes yelled as he trained his gun onto Sailor Soul. The Scouts recognized the man as Captain Kaden Zola.

"Sailor Sun." Sailor Guardian said calmly.

"What Sailor Guardian?" Sailor Sun said nervously as she raised her hands into the air. Sailor Soul shot her a glance.

"Oh. Right. Sun Beam Flash!" Sailor Sun said and the entire museum filled with a bright light, causing the police to cover their eyes. When they were able to open them a few minutes later, the three girls were gone. Captain Zola mumbled underneath his breath and ordered his team to search the entire museum for the three girls.

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