Disclaimer I don't own Sailor Moon or Power Rangers SPD. Kayla is in fact mine though, so don't even ask.
A/n: After seeing a friend of mine, I've gotten inspired enough to work on this.
Warnings: This chapter may contain adult content. If you are under age, or do not enjoy reading such content, please go back now.
Chapter 3
Suddenly everything seemed to be going in fast motion. Before Jack had time to defend himself, guards had him at the queen's feet. His eyes grew wide, knowing just what was in store for him. But, before the blade could slice through his neck he put a hand up to speak, "I didn't kill your daughter, she slit her own wrist." He tried to explain.
Princess serenity seemed to know what he said was true, but he had so much going against him, that even if she tried to stop her mother, there would be no hope. She gave him a soft knowing smile, before all hell broke lose. Jack braced himself for the blow that would take his life, but none came. An explosion sounded knocking all present to fall off their feet.
Within seconds all hell broke lose as people begun to panic. Structures all around the kingdom had already started to burn as the ground under them begun to give way. The inner senshi had already begun to fight what would later prove to be a losing battle. Jack's friends had gone to help them, while jack awaited his fate. Chaos spread across the moon, as the battle to save it continued.
Not long after the battle started, bodies lined the ground piling up on structures, scattering everywhere. Death filled the air, The queen, princess Serenity, and her current love interest the only ones remaining. Feeling that her love interest may be at fault, Queen Celene sliced through him while his back remained turn. Serenity watched this interaction with wide frightened eyes as her grief got the better of her. In a bright white light, killing Serenity and anything else living that remained. This also took the earth, returning it to a baron waste land.
Jack found himself on his knees not a scratch on him. His friends ran to him, everyone back in their SPD uniforms. The crystal flashed brilliantly, a sure sign what they had just witnessed ended. Clasping the small sphere in his palm, Jack stood glancing out into the remains of the moon palace. "If what we saw was real… then the princess we were sent to find is through here…" he said leading his team through a series of pillars and stone that once created a hallway lined with many doors. One door stayed in tact, Jack feeling in his heart that behind it they would find what they had been searching for. What he thought turned out to be true when he pushed back the obstacle.
In the center of what looked to be remains of a bedroom, a figure lie halfway on a bed. In death, her skin looked flawless, no trace that she had ever sliced her wrist. She had no clothing on her person, not even a single trace of undergarments. Her hair lay around her much like a fan, perfectly straight, brown bangs parted reveling a solid gold upturned crescent moon symbol in the exact center of her forehead. The crystal shot out of Jack's hands of its own accord, landing in the exact center of her chest.
The body flashed gold for only a moment, before signs of life started to return to it. Blemishes marked various spots on the skin, Moles and old scars join them. The right ankle had turned in to the right, turning the toe down dramatically, causing it to point down like a ballerina on point. The right hand begun to flex on its own, the fingers constricting and then relaxing. Both legs begun to twitch for several moments, as clothing began to form around the exposed woman. Finally brown eyes flickered open, and the body begun to move.
The Rangers stood frozen for several moments, lost on what to do. Sky, the blue ranger, had been the first to react. He quickly pulled out his comicuation device and called their commander. "Sir, we arrived on the moon, but some strange events have begun to occur. We found the body, but the woman is far from dead." Sky reported keeping his face hard much like a statue.
"What that is impossible…" the commander barked a little more then just shocked by the news.
"No sir…" Cat began as she approached her leading officer from behind. She had been doing research and now stood behind him loaded down with books and printed documents that suggested that at one point and time, life could have existed on the moon. "I have research that may argue that fact sir."
"True or not, we are seeing this…" Sky confirmed adjusting the device to provide as much as a visual as possible.
Their commander's eyes grew wide at the sight before him. "No… Way… that just can't… be."
"But… yet it is, and it matches the video footage our scanners picked up just two days before." Cat confirmed as she joined him at his side.
"Find a way to bring the girl to base, we must find out all we can from her." He ordered cutting off the connection.
Sky nodded and placed the device back in his uniform belt before approaching the other rangers. "Have you established any form of conimmuation with the young woman yet?" Sky asked startling Jack and the other rangers out of their thoughts.
"No…" Jack replied as he moved slowly to the figure, who now sat up half way on her elbows. "Hello, don't worry we won't hurt you…" Jack turned his attention to the girl, not making any motion to move beyond where he had stopped while he awaited her reply.
"I know…" came her voice, so soft, smooth, yet so low one would have to strain their ears in order to hear it. "I knew my time of rest would be short-lived."
"Please explain…" Sky started to ask, but Bridge cut him off.
"I think she means that when we found her she didn't really die , even though it looked like she did. Her body showed all signs of death, but she was just really asleep waiting…" he started to explain which caused everyone to give him yet another strange look.
"I think you have been reading too many comic books man.." Jack sighed shaking his head at his green friend.
"The one called Bridge speaks the truth. I'm not really human, and I can't really die." The girl continued picking up right from where Bridge left off. "I'm constently being reborn to fight when, and where I'm needed. I'll probly never live to see old age ever again." She said continueing the explanation.
"Our commander wants you to come to earth with us. He has an interest in meeting you." Sky stated never loosing his all business tone.
"I will return to Earth with you, but your commander is going to have to wait before, or if I chose to show up at your base." The girl replied. "I do not take orders from anyone, and I'm not about to start now." She finished a dead serious look in her eyes.
No one othered to question her methods not knowing anything about her. However, Jack thought he might try and say something at least. "Why don't you just allow us to take you back to earth." He suggested.
The girl stood and limped over to Jack. "I'll except your offer, but I'm not reaidally going to your commander until I've observe how much the earth has changed in my abance." She responded.
"That is understood." Jack replied offering an arm out to be her escort. He seemed a little startled though when she took his arm sighted guide style. He wanted to question her vision right then and there, but knew better not too.
As he led her to their ship, she started to undergo a transformation. Her long flowing white gown vanished, being replaced with a whight skin-tight body suit. The suit fit to meet her every curve creating a sailor-style neckline, whith a dark blue trim on the top front. On her chest where the v-neck cut to form the end of the "v", a five pointed star-shapped broach rested. Each point in the shape of a plantary symbol. The star ranged in color, from silver-white to gold trim. Each point in color of its respective planet. This broach seemed to be pinned to a red-purple bow that jetted out covering her chest somewhat. White eblow-length gloves covered her arms with the same color as the bow faning out on the upper rim. A blue minni-skirt covered the lower half of the body suit covering just enough, but not too much. A small bow of the same color as the front planted itself on her lower back. Knee-high boots completed the outfit cuping to form around her legs at the knee. Two silver earrings hung from her ears while a silver moon rested on a chocker arund her neck. The moon held a star much like the one on her chest. A gold teria completed the look a stain glass jem in its exact senter where the upturned cresent once rested. Her hair turned from brown to blonde flaring out and down to her ankles int two even golden streams held in pace by two even buns. Stain glass pins held the buns in place, and a silver and gold berrett held the pins in place. Each point representing each planet. Fatigue started to set in and if anyone were to look at her, they could clearly see just how so. Her limp became more noticeable as she started using jack more as a walking stick then a guide at this point. Lucky for them, by this point, they had reached their ship.
"We are on our way back to earth with the princess." Jack reported once they had prepared to take off. Sky drove for the most part, while Syd, Z, and Bridge helped steer through space. Jack on the other hand kept a close eye on the now slumbering princess.
Once on earth, the girl had been jarred from her slumbers by the rough landing. "Where are we ?" she asked still half asleep.
"We are in the docking bay of the SPD headquarters." Jack replied helping her out aonce the ship landed and had made a complete landing.
Upon arrival, the commander waited for them. By the time the ship had made a complete stop, he stood with Cat by his side watching the team as they departed from the machine. The strange princess they brought back had been one of the last to depart. "Welcome to SPD and to Earth princess. I hope your stay is enjoyable. However, I have many questions, and I'm sure you have some from me as well." The commander began. "I'm Commander Doggie Cruger, the leader of this base of operations." He introduced.
"Hello there….. doggie…-san…" the trl spit out her words broken and slipping as she spoke. Her eyes were half open a sure sign she was either drunk, or half asleep. Considering the length back from the moon by ship, the cammander guessed the later of the two.
"I'll talk to you once you've rested, I'm interested to hear all about your home and about your people." The commander announced ordering Jack to find her a suitable place in which to sleep.
The next morning the young moon princess refused to wake, even though everyone tried everything they could think of to wake her. If she hadn't been so out of it the night before she would have been sure to inform them that she wasn't a morning person. By the time she awoke, her head had cleared considerably, and she relized what she spent the night in. "Could this skirt get ANY shorter." She complained to no one in particular as she made her way down the hall.
"Good you're up…" a female stated to her. "The commander is going to want to talk to you." She finished.
"I was afraid of that, but I have news for him. I'm SO out of here…." She stated continuing on her search for the exit.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" the young ranger asked.
"Like I told you before, I have to see what has happened to the earth while I spent all that time, dead for the most part." She explained. "I have to protect it from forces that no one could face, ones that hold a personal fight with me, and my family. " she sighed. "but, first to change out of this fuku…. I can't let people see me like this"
"if you feel that way… I have some clothes I think you may fit into." The female ranger offered.
"very well, anything has to be better then this." The young moon princess complained tugging at the shortness of her skirt.
"by the way, in fuku, you can call me Sailor Gweten, and out you can call me Kayla, or Kayla-chan." The girl introduced detransforming. Once done she quickly changed to the cloths that the female ranger gave her.
"My name is Syd pleasure Kayla-chan." Syd introduced.
Within minutes of Kayla's detransformation, she fell to her knees. Syd had found herself helping the girl to her bed. "Maybe you shouldn't go out…" she suggested seeing the sudden loss in balance when the girl wasn't in fuku.
"Don't worry about me its nothing, I just have a rather severe case of CP." She explained. "All I need is a wheelchair or a pair of forearm crutches to get around." She finished.
"I'll see what I can pick up from the base hospital." Syd offered, you just stay here ok?"
Kayla nodded, "Ok…. Thanks Syd-chan." She commented as she feel back against the pink ranger's bed.
Within a few moments, Syd returned with a manual wheelchair. It didn't look much different then the ones Kayla were used to, minus the fact that somewhere on it it said property of SPD. "I'll talk to the commander so it doesn't come up stolen." She explained. "Now are you sure you can handle this on your own?"
Kayla nodded. "I've been in worse trouble then this, besides I've got the perfect decise. No one out on the hunt for the moon princess is going to suspect a severely handicapped girl now are they?"
Syd had to laugh at the comment. "No I guess you are right." With that, she hugged Kayla before helping her into the wheelchair. She then led the girl to the exit and to the outside world. "Oh and one more thing Kayla chan," Syd called before she could get far.
Kayla turned with a smile on her face, "What?"
"Take this, that way if you need anything you can call." Syd stated slipping a small compact device in her hand. "I'm not sure how well your cell will work." She added.
"I'm sure you are right…" Kayla smiled placing the device on her waist band with her cell before disappearing in search of what had "changed" while she lie on the moon.
