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Chapter 4: Conversations
Sailor Saturn ran as fast as she could despite her current thoughts running through her head at how much she hated to do any type of athletic exertion, but because of weakness in her younger years and then being reborn with the help of Sailor Moons powers, she still could not run as fast as her mentor Sailor Uranus. She then halted her running when the pain in her side seemed to increase ten fold and her lungs were on fire, to catch her breath before she continued on at a more reasonable pace to her destination. She knew Sailor C was in danger she had seen it in a previous vision but couldn't confirm it until the feeling in her heart resurfaced.
Saturn looked to the sky and noted that the dark clouds had dissipated somewhat letting beams of sunset light come streaming through illuminating the landscape in a urethral glow. She smiled feeling one of the rays of sun pass over her face and then she heard a moan of pain coming a short distance away.
Saturn gasped seeing the Soldier of light and goodness lying broken on the ground; she rushed over to Sailor C in order to see if she could heal her. Saturn readied her hand with purple healing energy when the pale hand of Sailor C grabbed Saturn's hand in protest.
"Don't waste your energy, Sailor Saturn." She whispered, struggling to turn her head toward Saturn.
Saturn pushed her hand forward and placed it on top of Sailor C's head, protesting Sailor C's weak attempt at pushing her away. "Let me help you, it is the least I can do for all of the help you are giving us by defending the earth."
"No, you go back to Sailor Pluto before Chaos comes again; today this battle is over for me." Sailor C rasped.
Sailor Saturn shook her head replying, "You have it all wrong Sailor C, the Sailor Scouts are supposed to be a team and no one should battle alone. You have forgotten Sailor C that even as individual Soldiers of Justice we all have a common purpose. In the memory of Sailor moon, we must right wrongs and triumph over evil! I especially have a battle to finish with Chaos with what she did to me all those years ago with the heart snatcher and pharaoh 90."
Sailor C smiled at the young warrior before her, "You are very brave and I must commend you for it, but again I do not require your healing powers, for you see though I appear to be here I am not."
Saturn was puzzled "What do you mean you are not here? You are here in front of me are you not?"
"Yes, in a way I am here but yet I am not, you see Saturn this is not my true form. What you see before you is only part of my soul, my body was captured and sealed away some months ago and so I allow my spirit self to come and fight in order to protect the earth. Saturn I tell you this in confidence Chaos must not find this out because if she finds my body and destroys it the light will disappear and I will no longer be able to protect this earth." Sailor C explained.
"I understand, you can trust me." Saturn said as she stood up.
"Sailor Saturn you go now Sailor Chaos approaches and my spirit will have to go to back to my body soon and I fear I will not be able to help you."
"I will be fine, I am not a little girl anymore Sailor C." She said as she looked out onto the horizon, watching the last of the sun dip behind the mountains and the full moon rising into the sky."
"The moon is so beautiful, but it is time for me to go Saturn, you must go too." Sailor C said as she faded away from sight.
"Good luck sailor C we shall all need it in the future." Saturn whispered into the night sky.
An ominous cloud covered the moon cutting off the glow as a new voice cut through the night.
"I believe It is you who will need the luck tonight little Sailor Scout who has lost their way." A dark figure seemed to form out of the darkness taking shape, and then was illuminated by the moon after the dark cloud had dissipated. The dark Sailor Soldier was tall, she had long black hair reaching down to her ankles. Her eyes were dark and her skin a ghostly pale shade. She wore a Sailor outfit that looked much like the regular outfit but it was devoid of bows or trinkets and it was all black and more sleek fitting her form.
Sailor Saturn readied her in a defensive stance and held her glaive out in front of her readying herself for the situation at hand. Sailor Chaos was neither a Sailor Scout to take lightly nor an opponent that anyone should misjudge. She had always had a dark influence in all of the Sailor battles that they have been fighting for centuries.
Sailor Chaos began to slowly circle Sailor Saturn, while Saturn never kept her eyes off of her. Inside of Saturn a desire to attack the dark sailor was growing, every second that her mind would bring up past battles that they had waged against Sailor Chaos.
Sailor Chaos halted in front of Saturn and brought her hand up to trace the blade of Sailor Saturn's glaive.
"Ah, well if it isn't the Sailor of death and destruction. My, my, it has been quite a while since we last faced each other, has it not? You were but a small sickly girl, when I had happened to save you from your fathers failed experiment. The offer still stands Sailor Saturn, come join me. You would be a great asset to my dark army. She smirked as she stared into Sailor Saturn's hard glare.
Saturn pulled away from Chaos and repositioned her stance," I would never join the likes of you and your evil army. I already experienced your sadistic ways when I was involuntarily chosen because you killed me to be possessed by mistress 9, and I will not stand for it again." Her purple eyes blazed with fire.
"It was a pity losing mistress 9; she was such a loyal puppet in my hands, willing to do anything that I commanded her to do. You look so much like mistress 9 now it's a wonder that your fellow scouts didn't attack you and try to destroy you." Sailor Chaos smirked as Sailor Saturn's frown increases and her eyebrows dipped down in disgust even more.
"I was mistaken once many years ago to be mistress 9, due to circumstances in this solar system in which gave the Sailor Soldiers an opportunity to form close friendships with each other, by working together with a common goal of protecting earth and the King and queen of earth, they new that mistress 9 could never be revived. That I am still Sailor Saturn, and I would never harm my friends. You Sailor Chaos know nothing of the power of friendship or love because you choose to work alone. All you care for is gaining power, and for threatening this earth I will defeat you!" Saturn swung her glaive out towards Chaos, and Chaos back flipped away from Saturn.
"Let this battle begin" Sailor Chaos's hands began to crackle with dark energy.
Time gate
Sailor Uranus and Neptune walked over to a corridor full of doors, opened one of them with a crescent moon symbol on the front of the door and carefully placed Rose onto the bed that sat against one of the far walls. When Neptune was sure that Rose was safe, secure, and warm in the comfy bed. They quietly walked back out and shut the door to the room. As the door was closed a slight breeze brought some of the mist that lined the floors of the corridor up and into Sailor Uranus's nose making her sneeze.
"Wouldn't you think that Pluto could put in a ventilation and heating system in here, in order to update this ancient place and give it a more welcoming feel?" Sailor Uranus commented as she sneezed once more and de-transformed.
"Don't be silly, Amara its fine the way it is." Sailor Neptune said as she de-transformed and straightened her hair.
"If the time gates were warm and cozy, I would have a hard time deterring people from wanting to take a trip to the past and messing with the fabric of time." Sailor Pluto emerged from one of the doors in the corridor. "Come let us sit down and discuss some important matters we are already behind schedule because you were late. Where is Princess Roselyn?" Pluto said as she opened yet another door and the three of them walked in.
"We just put Rose in her room in order to rest." Michelle sat down on one of the high backed chairs that were surrounding a table filled with tea and cakes.
"It seems our little Rosebud decided to take on a few thousand shadow warriors instead of follow orders and come straight here." Amara chuckled while grabbing a cake and sinking into an extremely comfy chair.
"Yes, well we shall let her rest for a while but I am afraid we must act quickly and send Rose to go a few days before Neo Queen Serenity disappeared and Chaos's rein began, then we might be able to find out what exactly happened to the Queen and prevent this war. It is the only way to restore the timeline to its rightful order." Sailor Pluto explained.
"If Rose is discovered in the past timeline, won't that interfere with the timeline also?" Michelle said as she stood up once more.
"Yes, but the future timeline is already crumbling at a faster rate than I have ever seen and if we do not try to put it back in order I fear the entire Gate of Time may collapse and then I will lose my guardianship of time. For now the timeline of the past is stable but I do not know how long it will hold, it seems to be fluctuating with an unknown energy, I have been monitoring it closely questioning whether it too may crumble." The Sailor scout of time explained.
The ground began rumbling and shaking, the three sailors stood at attention. "So, Pluto this is what you call a time flux?" yelled Amara over the rumbling noise.
"No, it is something more sinister, transform back into your guardianships." Commanded Pluto.
The two sailors called out "Neptune Planet Power,"
"Uranus Planet Power,"
Then transformed into their planetary guardianship. The ground began to shake even more cracking the ancient marble of the Gate of time. Then with a loud boom at the entrance, the doors were opened forcefully. The ominous shadow of Sailor Chaos was silhouetted in the doors.
"Just great! Now I see why Pluto prefers the cold mist to unwanted guests." Sailor Uranus said as she ran to the entrance in order to defend the gates.
"Well isn't this a pleasant welcome. Lets see we have three of the Outer Sailors here and oh look I have already disposed of the forth," Sailor Chaos commented as she threw a battered Sailor Saturn at the feet of Sailor Neptune.
"Saturn!" the three distressed sailor soldiers cried.
"Oh how touching it is too see sailor soldiers reunite and then mourn over a fallen comrade, it makes me want to hurl." Sailor Chaos commented dryly.
"Uranus, Sailor Saturn is still alive but barely. We have to defend these gates they are our only hope." Sailor Neptune walked over and stood to at the Side of Sailor Neptune.
Rose was dreaming peacefully and she felt as if she was lying on clouds when she felt the entire room shake and heard several things topple over from the shelves. She woke up startled and ready to fight off the shadows which were the last things she remembered. She recognized that she had somehow made it into the Gate of Time. How she did it she was too tired to comprehend anything, but she was glad that she was in a familiar place and safe from the dark beings that plagued her.
Rose got out of the bed stretching listening as her back popped, and decided it was best if she could find a new change of cloths seeing as her dress was destroyed beyond repair. She wandered over to a dresser and pulled out a simple dark blue shirt and a short white layered skirt. The ground and walls rumbled and shook in protest as Rose finished dressing, and then a loud sonic boom seemed to rock the entire structure.
Rose was curious what was making all the commotion and eager to see Sailor Pluto so she exited the door only to be greeted with the scene of Sailor Chaos floating at the entrance, Sailor Neptune and Uranus in battle stance at the front, Sailor Saturn unresponsive, and Sailor Pluto at the back holding her staff so tight her knuckles were turning white.
"Pluto?" Rose whispered as she questioned the situation.
All heads turned toward the small voice of Rose. Sailor Chaos smirked and said "Well if it isn't the surviving royal pain of this mud ball. It is a pleasure to know that I will be the one to end your life once these pathetic Sailors drop just like their little Saturn did."
Rose was furious and wanted nothing more than to punch the smirk off of the dark sailors face. Sailor Pluto stepped toward Rose and shook her head. "Rose, you must go directly to the Time gate and retrieve the key hanging furthest from the door and then read the words attached to the key. Go now!" Sailor Pluto commanded as she pushed Rose in the direction of the gates.
Rose ran as she heard the dark sailor declaration of "That girl will not escape my grasp!" and proceeded down the long hall and into the Time room where the Time gate stood as ancient and timeless as ever. She walked toward the keys that hung on the wall and could not help but admire each and every one, for no two were the same in color or design. The walls shook again and a stray blast came through the wall and smashed into a table. The keys shook on the wall, some of them falling to the ground. In a panic Rose grabbed a small golden key with two heart shapes, and a red and pink jewel. Slipped the golden chain the key hung on around her neck, and then picked up the small tag attached to it and called out "Guardian Coronus of time, I ask that you may grant me permission, to travel through time into the Past in order to help me find my friends and family and protect the future! Take me to the Past!"
The Ancient Gate of Time opened and Rose looked into the gates seeing nothing but bright light and fog swirling in its depths. The ground shook again, a surge of dark energy from the front room burst forward knocking Rose off of her feet and into the swirling mists of time.
The Gate closed, Sailor Chaos rushed forward in an attempt to destroy the gate and Rose within it. A bright flash of light zoomed in front of Chaos, and blocked her from coming any closer to the gate. The light formed into Sailor C.
"Ancient guardian Coronus, I ask permission to seal these ancient gates from ill use and evil intent, until the threat is gone. Protect the time traveler and guide her to her rightful destiny." Sailor C called out a blue shield covered and sealed the gate.
"No! What have you done?" snarled Sailor Chaos.
Smiling confidently with her blue eyes shining Sailor C replied. "The Gate of Time is forever sealed and the former guardian of time is now called off her duty of protecting the gate but still has her duty as a Sailor Scout, until I Sailor C determines that you Sailor Chaos have been destroyed." Then from a staff that Sailor C had been holding a bright light burst forth hitting Chaos in the chest, sending her flying out of the entrance of the gates and a distance from the gate.
Sailors Pluto, Uranus and Neptune looked at the Sailor of light in awe of her power. In Pluto's mind she was questioning the loyalty of the white sailor and if she was one to trust seeing as Sailor C somehow just took the duty of Time guardian away from her, when Queen Serenity of the Silver Millennium had entrusted that duty onto Sailor Pluto for centuries and Sailor Pluto had not failed to protect the gate until that very moment.
"Take Sailor Saturn and head back to the secret shelter, I shall finish up here by putting up an unbreakable barrier and sealing this area off from Chaos." Sailor C said as she proceeded to walk out the door.
The three remaining sailors picked up their fallen comrade and journeyed to their hideout.
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