Chapter 8-Michiru the Other Undercover Agent

"You stupid, little arrogant man." I spit out the words hatefully. They had no idea who they were dealing with.

"Ocean hath no fury like a sea goddess scorned." I closed my eyes. I called out to my ocean for power and protection. A huge wave came and knocked the ship to one side. Rubeus lost his balance and his gun.

"Deep Submerge." I shot out my attack and allowed the waves to came crashing down on the ferry. The energy shook the thugs and they were stunned. I guess they were not humans anymore. Protected by the dark power, they were only hurt.

Water crashed through the ferry and it started to sink. I grabbed Haruka and swam upwards. The ferry sank to the bottom as we reached the shore.

Haruka pulled me into a tight embrace. I hugged her back. Humans with dark power, surprisingly more evil than any of the monsters we encountered.

"Those missing people, they were either turned or dead," said Haruka. She looked back out at the ocean. I knew what she was thinking. This changed everything.

We were prepared to do anything to help Queen Serenity and that included killing. Learning that the people in the Dark Moon army might be innocent was disturbing. I pulled Haruka off her feet and dragged her to the car.

"We will come up with a different plan. Queen Serenity can heal them. Let's go back to the hotel. I need to brief Ami."

"Wait, my transformation pen." Haruka pointed at the open sea.

So I dove into the ocean again and swam down. The pen landed a few feet from where the ferry sank. As I swam closer, I realized the pen was resting on top of skulls. Dead girls.

As I swam up, I made a promise to these girls. They will pay for this. Wiseman and the Dark Moon clan.

The next morning, I woke to Haruka pacing around the room. "Haruka," I called out to her. She crawled back into bed and pulled me into her arms.

"Those girls were only a few years older than Hotaru."

I nodded. We have been dealing with evils from space. We have faced Sailor Galaxia and won. Yet, we weren't used to dealing with evils on Earth. I had a sudden urge to call our daughter and check on her.

Beep. Beep. Our communicators flashed. It was Ami.

"Do we have confirmation if Rubeus is dead?" Without saying hello, Ami jumped to the chase.

"No. I think he teleported away at the last minute. That coward." Haruka clenched her fists.

"I am sending you a picture now. Last time when we saw the Wiseman, he was a skeleton covered in a dark robe. I had asked a forensic artist to reconstruct the face based on the skull I drew. This is what his human face should look like. I am not Michiru however, so this is only an approximation."

"Thank you, Ami," I said warmly to the water senshi. She had been so helpful in the last few months, supplying us with good intel. She was no longer that timid girl that backed down from confrontations. Now she managed an entire team of scientists and had stepped up to a leadership role. If we were the soldiers, she was the tactician.

"Ami, Rubeus mentioned last night that he liked going back to Crystal Tokyo every other week. I got a weird sense out of that. Why would he go back there so often if his headquarter was in Hong Kong? This might lead us to Wiseman."

"How's little kitten doing?" Haruka asked, referring to Queen Serenity. That was the nickname she had for Usagi back in the days. Ami fell into silence. Alarmed, Haruka asked again. "What happened?"

"Mako got hurt pretty bad in one of the attacks. She's okay now. She will be discharged from the ICU by tomorrow. Usagi had locked herself in her bedroom for the last few days, pretty shaken up by what happened. Anyway, I have to go now. Keep in touch." And with that, she hung up.

Haruka turned to me, worry and concern written on her face. "I wished we could go back. It felt wrong that we were not there to protect her."

I put my arms around my sky soldier. "This is our mission. We have always chosen the harder path. Hunting for the talisman, trying to kill the Messiah of Silence, surrendering to Sailor Galaxia… This is the cross we bear."

"What are we going to do when we do find him? Heal or kill? Are we really doing this again?"

I didn't have an answer to that. I haven't thought that far ahead. "One thing at a time. Let's just find him first."

That question would have been easy to answer to if I was the old Michiru. Now, seeing how kind and powerful Queen Serenity is, I wanted to have faith that we didn't have to sacrifice anyone anymore. We didn't have to do the dirty work anymore.

Just then, our communicator beeped again. It was Ami.

"Guess I am better at drawing than I thought. We ran the face through the database. We found a match. He was brought in last year as a suspect for a homicide. Wiseman is in crystal Tokyo after all. I need you guys back here."

Haruka was already packing before I even hang up. It's time to go home.