Chapter 9: Powerfully Pink and a Stitch in Time
Outside in the outskirts of downtown the sailor scouts were trying to find a way in, but it seemed impossible without a fifth scout to teleport; not to mention they had to bring Tuxedo Mask with them. It also seemed that while they were trying to figure out a plan of action the floating black ship seemed to be heading farther away towards the central area of Tokyo….conveniently close to the dark crystal portal in the middle of the city.
"Are you sure there's no way to get in?" Mars asked Mercury who was trying to focus in on the floating palace.
"I've scanned it almost a million times; there is no entrance. The only way would seem to be to teleport in." Mercury answered pinching her earring as her glasses retreated.
"We have to get in there!" Tuxedo Mask said with a desperately empowered voice.
"Darien's right. Who knows what they could be doing to Serena…" Venus said suddenly before thinking. The fact was that everyone was thinking the same thing…but she was the first to say it out loud.
Finally Jupiter broke the silence. "Let's get closer and see what we can do. We can't just stand here." Jupiter said impatiently with that same underlying desperation.
"I think she's right. Let's go guys." Mars agreed motioning for them to start heading towards the black crystal.
"Right!" They all nodded in agreement and started to run.
Meanwhile Morgan had just appeared in the sky above Tokyo.
"I wonder where those little sailor scouts are?" She said aloud as she floated in mid air scanning the city. Suddenly she saw four colorful dots running down the street towards the castle.
"Ahaha, gotcha!" She laughed her strangely similar to Emerald laugh while her fan hid the lower half of her face, before disappearing.
"Common guys, we have to keep going!" Jupiter said now slightly ahead of Tuxedo Mask, and the other scouts following slightly behind.
"You're not going anywhere." A voice said from above.
Suddenly a woman with bright strawberry red blond hair and wearing a small purplish-pink and black dress appeared. She was fanning herself lightly with a black and purple feathered fan that appeared in front of them descending from the sky. She also had a dark crescent moon in the middle of her forehead.
"Who are you?" Venus asked.
"I am Morganite and you are the sailor brats that killed my sister!"
"Sorry we don't know any sister of yours, so can you move so we can pass?" Mars said with an attitude.
"I would beg to differ. You naïve scouts can't even see the resemblance? I mean clearly I am the younger and prettier one but…" She said as if flaunting herself.
Mercury took this chance to scan the new Black Moon enemy. "Guys, her face and her outfit is seems to regester as Emerald…or like Emerald!"
"Yea I can kind of see it now…" Jupiter said tilting her head.
"Super short dress, fan, and a nasty attitude; yea I'd say so." Venus said condescendingly teasing.
"You'll regret having ever killed her. I am Morganite her sister! And rumor has it that without your moon friend you scouts are worthless."
"Hah, we'll see about that! Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
Just before the fire would have hit her, she teleported out of the way. "Aha, is that all you've got?"
" Jupiter Thunder Dragon!" "Venus Love Chain Encircle!" The two scouts sent hurdling electric energy at her but she held out her fan and swiped it across like a badminton racquet pushing their powers back at them.
"It's her fan scouts; I think that's where she uses most of her power!" Tuxedo Mask said dodging the electric blow. He looked over at Mercury, and they nodded to each other. They split in two directions and Tuxedo Mask threw a rose at Morganite's hand.
"Ow!" She grabbed her hand and dropped her fan. "You're that Tuxedo Mask one eh? Oh you're going to pay for that!"
While she was yelling Mercury was calling out her powers, but with another blink of the eye Morganite had dodged the attack by teleporting and grabbed her fan off of the ground.
"You think it's that easy?" She laughed regaining her composure floating slightly above the ground again. She closed her fan and held it aiming at them. Electric dark black - pinkish energy climbed up to the feathers and then shot out with a strong blast at the scouts. They were all sent flying on the road skidding from the electric blast.
"Ha ha, you're all as good as gone!" She said hovering above them pointing her fan menacingly at them. Just when more energy seemed to be forming on her fan they heard someone else yell.
" Dead Scream!"
Suddenly an orb of energy hit Morganite and as she was encased by it, her fan seemingly got fried. She looked slightly limp as she regained herself.
"You are going to pay for destroying my good fan!" She glared up at another Sailor Scout. She had long dark green hair and was seemingly pretty. Her uniform was a blackish color with a red bow. The scouts all looked up and one by one they started to recognize her.
"Sailor Pluto?" Venus asked.
"Yes." She looked down at the scouts and Tuxedo Mask. "I am sorry I couldn't get here earlier. I had to take precautionary measures to lock the gate of time before I came here."
"But why are you here?" Mars asked as they all got up to their feet.
"I will explain after. It seems we have an enemy on our hands."
"You've got that right!" Morganite glared at the scouts as she held out her hand as if to throw another blow.
"Morganite stop!"
The scouts all looked up to see another member of the Black Moon clan appearing beside her.
"Alexandrite?" She looked over to see the man holding his arm out in front of her. The scouts looked at the man. He had long light mint green hair with a single red streak. His disdaining glare looked similar to Malachite's, and his voice was similarly deep.
"These scouts aren't worth you getting too cut up. You should keep your face as fair and beautiful as possible."
She looked up and smiled at him. "Well of course they're not worth it."
He returned the smile. "As for you scouts I wouldn't get too comfortable. If you ever want to see your Moon Princess again you better get to the dark portal quick."
"Wha…" Morganite was going to ask.
"Trust me." He said quietly to her.
"It's probably a trap." Venus reasoned.
"If you're worried about Wise Man I wouldn't waste your time. That Wicked Lady one got rid of him for Diamond. We're taking your Earth for our own." Morganite finally chimed in.
"What have you done to Sailor Moon?" Jupiter demanded.
"Ha, ha you'll just have to wait and see. Either way you'll be lucky if you get there alive; you'll have to fight off more of us Black Moon clan before you ever see her again." He looked over the scouts. Five? He'll have to report it. The man must be the Earth Guardian that Diamond wanted destroyed so bad.
"And you Tuxedo Mask, Prince Diamond's got a bounty on your head so you'd better watch out!"
"I am not scared of you." Tuxedo Mask defended back.
"You should be. If you thought you got out of this easy you're in for a surprise next time!" Suddenly the two seemed to teleport back out of the sky.
"Well at least they're gone, for now." Mars said.
"Sailor Pluto how did you know to come?" Mercury asked.
"Being the Guardian of the Gates of time, I see things from the past, present and future, as you may already deducted. When I learnt that Rini had become Wicked Lady, I was worried, but with the strong dark force growing I decided to check the future. The portal to the future of the Earth has become blurred. So when I decided to investigate the "present" I noticed that Sailor Moon had been captured. I knew that I needed to do something. Without Sailor Moon it's next to impossible to save Rini, and the world. I knew you would need my help. I have seen many wars and I am slightly older, so I figured my powers could assist you."
"Thank you for your assistance." Tuxedo Mask said.
"You're welcome. It seems that we were naïve to think that the Black Moon clan only consisted of few. These new enemies are formidable so if we do have to go to the dark portal to have any chance to save Sailor Moon, we should go."
"Wha…what if we can't get her back?" Jupiter asked as she looked down as if shy or sad to mention such a thing.
"It's true. Then we won't be able to get Rini back either…" Mercury said looking up worried at the dark crystal in the sky.
"I may have a way to get around that if it did happen; but I do not like messing with the order of events. So we need to get Serena back." Pluto said. "Let's go."