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Authors notes: Time for the usual house keeping I do with my fics. First of all I am going to state here and now this fic contains OOC elements as well as some original characters. I probably should have mentioned this in the first chapter but I forgot oh well.
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Now on with the story
Mizuryunokamioh: I have always wondered why if the Silver millennium had the time gates why did it fall, why was there no plans in place to prevent it from falling or at the very least plans in place to save at least a part of it so it could be rebuilt
This is my answer to that question.
The Pluto Protocols
Chapter 1 – Beginnings Part 2
'Speech'
"Sound Effects"
(Thoughts)
Nyx - Second Plutonian Moon
Secret Staging Base – Hades
Year 4000 YAF
Queen Serenity 17th the Avenger bore down on the current Queen and Senshi of Pluto, Tryst. Serenity's eyes blazed with barely contained fury at the time guardian's response to her last question.
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE SILVER MILLENIUM WILL FALL'
Pluto cowered from her Queen.
'Your Majesty I can explain'
'You had better Pluto for your sake, make it quick and make it good or bye this years1 end you will be remember as the woman who was born on Pluto and died in Agony2'
Pluto gulped and pressed on.
'Your Majesty the Millennium's fall is inevitable even with the power of the time gates. The time gates can…'
'I know how the gates work Pluto I did create them after all' Serenity interrupted
'Tell me why the Millennium will fall'
'Well its probability your Majesty. Nothing lasts for ever, eventually an enemy will come one who will be more powerful than the Millennium. When that happens even the time gates will not be able to help us. That is just one of the scenarios I have foreseen'
Serenity calmed as she heard the now terrified Senshi's reasoning behind her statement. What Pluto said was the truth, nothing could last forever, the lost Senshi could attest to that adage.
'Very well Pluto, you have done well to bring this disturbing information to me. Not many people would have the courage to tell me what you just have, you are to be commended. I gather then that this bunker and those others you plan to construct are just the beginning of your plans to rebuild to Millennium when it falls '
Pluto nodded her pulse slower now that it seemed she had escaped death. Turning to a small monitor behind her she quickly activated the control panel causing a series a hard light (3) constructs to appear each were square featuring a series of keys with the Millennial glyphs (4) appearing on their surface. Pushing several of the glyphs a series of small orbs appeared in the air. Pointing to the orbs Pluto showed Serenity the next sites that she had chosen for holding additional weapon dumps.
'As you can see you Majesty I have already chosen several additional sights for further weapon dumps. On mars I have chosen Mount Ares (5), while on Venus the Siren Gash (6), on Mercury we have' Noting the tapping foot of her Queen Pluto decide to skip the rest of the sights. 'Well I'm sure I can simply send you the names of the remaining sites. Still given that any force powerful enough to destroy the Millennium will be far more advanced than we are these caches will be of little aid to any future Heirs, but it is a start and I do have other options I am currently researching'
Serenity nodded a smile crossing her lips.
'You have done well indeed Pluto, I'm sure I can trust you to provide what any of our probably disposed heirs will require to rebuild our beloved Millennium. Which means that of course what we have discussed here and any results it may bring are now sealed. Only you and I shall know of this and only our heirs shall be told and only when we are on our death beds, as for those who created this dump'
Pluto gave a sad nod of understanding; to be sealed meant that any who had knowledge would have to be liquidated.
'Your Majesty it has been taken care of'
Serenity raised an eyebrow in curiosity' Oh do tell Pluto, I never figured you to be the kind of person to eliminate anyone callously.
'The engineers who built this dump all suffered the Hauess Plague'
Serenity's eyes widened and the Queen quickly performed the sighs to ward of evil sicknesses, Pluto's own eyes closed briefly to remember the victims. The Hauess plague was the worst natural disaster to befall the Millennium since the meteor shower that had decimated the Jovian moons causing one to be driven into the gas giants gravitational pull ripping it and 3 million people apart, the small thin ring around the planet was all that is left of the former Jovian Capital. The plague had unleashed itself on the millennium during the height of the civil war and had killed more people than all the combined battles of the war. The planet Ceres had been struck worst of all its entire population had become infected and had to be sanitised. Though had any known that only 30 years later the Senshi of Ceres would be killed by insurgents on Juno it probably wouldn't have occurred as the resulting loss of the Senshi would have caused the people to die when the planets atmosphere dissipated. Still all the engineers she used to build the dump had been from Ceres and with nothing to live for had eagerly agreed to build the dump while their bodies wasted from the inside out. Serenity nodded to Pluto's for thought.
'In that case Pluto continue you work, I will ensure that all remaining victims of the Plague are given to you, let them become Martyrs for the Millennium. It is now time for me to depart I shall leave the rest to you Pluto; you have my permission to use what ever you need to get the job done. For the glory of the Millennium this will be, and its eventual resurrection'
AS the Queen departed Pluto thoughts swirled once again.
(For the resurrection of the Silver Millennium yes but for its Glory no. It shall be my glory that this plan goes ahead and my name that shall go before it)
For as long as the Millennium had existed Pluto had been believed as an immortal being, with only the Queens knowing the truth. Even the planet Pluto's own residence thought that Queen Pluto was the same woman she had been since the planet's kingdom's founding. This was encouraged by generations of Pluto's who had used the mysticism of their apparent immortality to bind the people to their Queen. Pluto had been the only kingdom that had not been split during the civil war its people marched as one to Serenity's banner.
(But I will not be forgotten as part of a fable, I will be remembered as an individual for it is my true name Tryst that adorns these walls and when the heirs return to this place they shall know that it was I Tryst 21st Queen of Pluto who created the contingency plans that will allow them to rebuild the Millennium)
Break
Kuiper Belt
Orbit of Dysnomia
Year 2002 CE
In the orbit of Dysnomia there sat a black mass though no longer visible to the naked eye or any kind of electronic one either. Inside the black mass a small red light blinked as it had been for the last twelve thousand odd years and just as it had suddenly switched on all those years ago, it had just suddenly switched off. While deeper into the black mass sat a large vertical metallic structure unidentifiable by the lack of light. It stood over 100 meters tall and was roughly cindrical in shape. Inside this cylinder a series of lights burst to life and a large whining whirring noise began to sound. Outside the cylinder several screens came on with a small red circle moving swiftly around the centre screen as if it was tracking something. It was tracking something, or rather someone. The small red circle soon came to a halt the screens to the left and right of the centre screen now showing multiple rising lines of glyphs, this continued for several minutes until a final single glyph sat on both the screens blinking in time with the small red circle, the glyph was a stylized crescent shape.
Soon at the rear of the black mass six large openings appeared and light filled into them causing the black mass to move, yet unknown to the black mass as it began to hurtle through space to its new destination, it had obtained a hitch hiker. Hidden within the black masses shroud sat a small meteor.
Break
Near Earth's Orbit
Year 2004 CE
After two years of travel the black mass had finally arrived and under the much brighter energy of the now closer sun, the mass if one could see it through its powerful shroud was now visible. The mass was massive in size measuring nearly 3000 Kilometres in Length and just under 1000 kilometres in height. Its Shape was tapered on either end with a pair of half sphere like growths on top and bottom on the crafts centre.
The openings at the masses rear began to close as it reached earths orbit. Inside the mass where large cylinder was the three screens came to life again, glyph once again running down them. Soon upon the screens appeared several large coloured blobs. As time passed the blobs became more defined taking on a roughly humanoid shape. Next to the blobs small glyphs appeared, with lines connecting the blobs to the glyphs. Soon both the no almost fully humanoid shaped blobs and the glyphs connected to them became fixed upon the screens with only the now humanoid shaped blobs moving.
The middle screen then went blank before another set of glyphs began running down the screen. If one had been near the screens at this moment they may have noticed that the glyphs connected to the humanoid shapes were similar to several glyphs that after scrolling down the centre screen had remained fixed on its right hand side, almost as though the glyphs were a list of some kind. Soon the red circle appeared on the middle screen again, this time running up and down between the glyphs on the right hand side and if their had been anyone on the mass near to the screens the might have noticed that the movements of the circle over the glyphs had a peculiar and familiar pattern. Almost like a typical game used for somebody to decide between several roughly even choices, in fact one could probably have recited the lines of that game with practiced ease, eneey meneey mineey mo. On the mo the circle stopped and began to blink and at that precise moment on the outside of the mass a part of its surface opened up revealing a circular opening, which began to glow, the glow quickly condensed into a sphere which suddenly stabbed out towards the earth as a beam.
While this was happening below the mass on the earth in a city know as Tokyo, in a ward known as Nerima several forms could be seen. Not knowing of the glowing beam heading towards their planet of residence these beings were engaged in a typical Nerimian pass time, fighting. These beings were in fact rather well known in Nerima as they quite often fought with one another. They were of course the male members of a group of youths known as the Nerima Wreaking Crew ™ or NWC for short.
Break
Earth
Tokyo City, Nerima Ward
Year 2004 CE
Ranma Saotome one of and perhaps the most famous (or rather infamous) member of the NWC was having one of the worst days of his life. Scratch that more like one of the worst months of his life. Like all his problems Ranma naturally felt (in his own mind at least) that the blame lay squarely on his father. That's not to say that Ranma could not recognise his own fault nor realise his own part to blame in the many misfortunes of his life. He could, in fact Ranma would be the first to admit, albeit only in his own mind, that he had a tendency to make situations worse. After all even Ranma knew that telling Akane that her cooking was so bad the smell alone could bring down an bull elephant at 100 paces was just asking for trouble even if it was true. Actually that was the cause of this current fight as Ryoga had over heard Ranma's speech and had attacked him for insulting Akane's cooking. Kuno had joint in soon after when he had been told by Satsuke, who had listened in on the conversation, that Ranma had called Akane a bull elephant. While Mousse had joined the fight after over hearing Sayuri telling Yuki of the affair and decide to punish Ranma for telling Shampoo that he was hung like a bull Elephant (7).
The whole mess that was this particular month had started according to Ranma at least when yet another fiancé had shown up, if four wasn't bad enough. This lead to each of his current fiancées being rather upset which in turn lead to their respective suitors being upset which lead to everyone attacking Ranma all over, once again according to Ranma, a keg of beer, which was the dowry that had been paid for this particular fiancé.
As these thought roved about Ranma's brain his body was engaged in the battle between Ranma and his three Main rivals. Dodging to the left of Kuno's Zantsuken (8) Ranma quickly leaped over a volley of Mousse's chains tucking himself into a ball rolling under an umbrella swipe from Ryoga. Pushing himself into a hand spring Ranma leapt into the air, twisting to face his opponent he began to pull chi into his now cupped hands. As he reached the apex of his jump Ranma aimed the now basketball sized chi blast at his foes….
……Only to have a large beam of light hit him dead on. At this point Ryoga, Kuno and Mousse had there jaws dropped as the pillar of light speared downwards engulfing the one person the whom each believed to be the focal point of their respective problems in life. The beam then began to shrink in size until it was no wider than a laser pointer which promptly rescinded back up from its origins leaving the three boys aghast at what had just happened. Aghast until each realized what this meant.
'At last my Shampoo is free to marry me' Guess who
'Now my dear Akane we can finally be together' Guess who again
'Can it be have the heavens heard the plight of their mighty son and destroyed that foul sorcerer once and for all, oh at last I can gather the pig tailed goddess and the fierce tigers into my arms' You gotta be able to guess who this is.
Break
Near Earth's Orbit
Year 2004 CE
Moments Later
Ranma groaned as he sat up wondering just what had happened to him. Looking around he noticed that he seemed to be sitting on an odd kind of platform with several TV's suspended several meters above his head. Taking a few moments to take in his surroundings and get rid of the ringing sensation in his ears Ranma began trying to work out what his father had gotten him into this time.
'Stupid pops what have ya got me into this time'
As he finish his small rant a strange beam of light shot straight onto his forehead before flattening out and began moving up and down his body. As this process occur within the space of only a few seconds Ranma had no time to react and decided to make up for it by leaping several feet high than he usually wood when a strange bodiless voice cried out, scaring him
'Your Name'
Landing on his feet and rolling into a low fighting stance Ranma decided to return the query directed at him.
'Who said that?'
To which the voice replied
'Your Name'
Seeing that his own question wasn't going to be answered Ranma decided to answer the query as maturely as he could manage.
'I ain't gonna answer you to ya tell me who you are first'
The voice failed to understand the ultimatum and responded
'Your Name'
'I said ya have to tell who you are first'
'Your Name'
'Ain't telling ya'
'Your Name'
'Dammit I said I ain't telling ya'
'Your Name'
As this scene could seeming go on for a very long time Ranma finally decided to give in to the voices demands.
'Your Name'
'FINE I 'LL TELL YOU ALREADY JUST STOP SAYING THE SAME THING IN THE SAME TONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN ITS ANNOYING MY NAME IS RANMA'
'Navigators name is Ranma'
'Huh Navigator what s that' Ranma asked with some confusion having never heard of the term before.
'Navigator acceptable beginning next phase of Pluto Protocols'
'Huh what's a Pluto protocols'
'Phase began, required: direction, Navigator you will chose this vessels next destination, preparing Navigator for task'
'Huh what are you…' Before Ranma could complete his next question he found the platform he was standing on to be suddenly surrounded by a strange shimmering green light and had began to lower itself leaving Ranma suspended in mid air. The surround light then began to raise itself until the suspend screens upon were at Ranma's eye level. Once Ranma had stopped moving the screens each began to switch on, each showing a black star filled void. Seeing this Ranma decided to ask one last question
'Umm just where am I'
'Fielding Navigators query: Navigator this vessel is currently outside Earths orbit'
'What does that mean?'
'Fielding second query: the Navigator is no longer on Earth he is inside the vessel in the void ocean'
With the last reply Ranma's mind had decided that it had enough of being confused and did the one thing it could do. With that Ranma fainted even as the vessel began pulling away from near the earths orbit preparing itself for its next destination….
'Navigator has shut down primary response functions, conduction response method ze (9): Wait until Navigators normal functions have resumed'
… Just as soon as it's Navigator woke up.
End?
Well that's it for now let me know what you think. Once again apologies for any spelling or grammar mistakes, my Beta reader is unable to begin their task as of yet until other commitments have been fulfilled. Not to mention that words spelling and grammar checker sucks big time. So remember to review please and until the next chapter Caio.
(1) See previous chapter for date and time issues
(2) This line comes from Black Adder 2 for the full line wait a few chapters.
(3) Hard Light is a form of illusionary magicks that have a physical property meaning hard light can be touched and manipulated.
(4) Millennial glyphs are the written form of the language. All pictorial forms of writing are derived form these glyphs including, hieroglyphs, pictograms and Kanji.
(5) The Martian name for Mons Olympus, the highest mountain on Mars.
(6) The meaning and importance of this sight and its name shall be revealed in a later chapter. Just not that it is important
(7) Naturally Satsuke had misheard what was said when he reported to his master, while Mousse had heard the abridged version of what happened which had correspondedly been continually mis-told by Kodatchi who overheard Satsuke and had shouted it form the roof tops, which was heard by Miyo who had informed another class mate who was over heard by Gosunkugi who had told Tsubasa who was posing as a tree at the time who had told Sayuri his current obsession who had told Yuka which Mousse over heard. In other words Chinese whispers gone very very wrong
(8) The move is the Kuno uses on Ranma after he (Kuno) was trained by Happosai in the Anime. I can't remember its real name. Basically Kuno creates a mini tornado from his Bokken.
(9) Ze the first numeral in Millennial.