CHAPTER 2 - Holding Out For a Hero
\In the woods\
"How dare you attack innocent people who are just living their lives and use it for evil! We will punish you!" Sailor Venus yelled out to the monster as she aimed her crescent beam perfectly. The evil organism screamed out in pain as Venus's attack hit it right in the middle of the eyes. "
Mars Firebird Strike!!" Sailor Mars caused the enemy a great deal of pain and the scouts watched as it fell to its knees. The scouts looked around nervously, but sailor moon had not yet arrived on the scene. "I guess we'll have to keep attacking." Sailor Jupiter said as she prepared to keep fighting. To the scout's surprise, the enemy quickly got up before Jupiter could launch her attack and used its supernatural long arm to throw sailor jupiter 60 feet away. "Sailor Jupiter!!" The remaining scouts cried out in unison.
"Where's Sailor Moon when you need-" was all Sailor Mars could say before she was plucked from the ground by the enemy and thrown into a tree. Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus looked out in horror as Sailor Mars remained near the tree paralyzed by pain and Sailor Jupiter lay unconcious. "Mercury Ice Bubb-" Mercurcy was cut short when the enemy used one arm to grab mercury and the other to grab Venus. "I'll just squeeze you to death!" The enemy said as it tightened its grip. "Ahhhh!" Venus cried out in pain.
"Stop right there! Let them go!" Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury were relieved to hear Sailor Moon's voice. "You have gone way too far and to top that off, I am not in a good mood and you just made it even worse!!" The enemy snickered as it threw Sailor Venus and Mercury into a nearby lake. "Mercury! Venus!" Sailor Moon cried out. The enemy continued to laugh its evil laugh as it made its way closer to Sailor Moon.
She glared at the monster not willing to let her guard down. She reached up to her tiara, but but the enemy leapt up and landed a mere two inches right in front of her. "You'll have the same fate as your little friends." The enemy said, its eyes looking at her with a diabolical glint. In no time, the enemy had Sailor Moon in its grips squeezing her with both hands as it held her 50 feet in the air. "Let me hear you in pain!" The evil creature cried out. Sailor Moon could feel it crushing her. "Can't...breathe..." Sailor Moon sputtered. The more she struggled, the tighter the enemy's grip became and soon, Sailor Moon was losing consciousness as she felt the oxygen leaving her lungs.
Sailor Moon had heard of people's lives flashing before their eyes in the moment of death, but not once in all her times of fighting did it ever happen to her until now. The last thing she saw before closing her eyes was Darien, his eyes filled with contempt as he told her I just don't have the same feelings for you anymore. "Darien," Serena said in a whisper. "It was too painful to live without you anyway." Her eyes slowly closed.
But just mere seconds before she lost consciousness, she heard the enemy scream out and felt the grip upon her loosen. She slipped from the enemy's grasp and began falling to the ground. She wished she would lose consciousness before hitting the hard pavement, but she was surprised when she landed. It was painless.
She looked up into the face of Tuxedo Mask who had come to her rescue not just from being squeezed to death, but also from cracking her skull on the pavement. "Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon cried out with joy as it felt like a lifetime since she had been in his arms. He quickly put her down and said, "Get rid of her Sailor Moon!" She nodded and steadied herself on her feet. "Moon Scepter Elmination!!" Sailor Moon waved her wand and in mere moments, the evil creature was gone.
From a distance, Sailor Venus yelled out, "Sailor Moon, help us get Lita home!" Sailor Venus as she lifted Jupiter's arm and placed it around her shoulder. Fortunately, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury didn't suffer too many injuries from this fight.
"Coming!" Sailor Moon replied as she turned around to face Tuxedo Mask, but her face fell when she saw that he was already walking away from her. "Tuxedo Mask, wait!" Sailor Moon cried out as she ran after him. He didn't stop or even slow down.
"Tuxedo Mask!" Serena cried out one last time that night as he leaped into the air and disappeared into the trees. Sailor Moon sorrowfully turned around and helped the injured scouts home.
\Lita's apartment\
Lita winced in pain as Amy pressed a clean wet cloth to the scratch on her forehead. "You sure nothing else hurts?" Mina asked inspecting the wound for any gravel that might have gotten caught in it. Lita winced again as Ami applied a bandage. "Nothing that will keep me down." Lita replied triumphantly. It would take all of Lita's limbs to be removed before she would admit defeat. "Anyone else? Is everyone ok?" Mina asked looking around at everyone. All nodded, but Serena who seemed to be in her own world, gazing out the window. "Well at least everyone's physically alright." Mina said.
Author's note: Once again, thank you for reading. Truth be told, I've got the next few chapters written, but I'd like to get some reviews/suggestions.
