A Run From Destiny
Chapter Eleven
Serena and Jason were studying in the library when Amara and Michelle stopped by.
"There haven't been any sighting of the Prince or Beryl" Amara said. Serena sighed.
"I just want to get this over with. If I knew where Galaxia was, I'd have gone ages ago. I'm done dealing with Iron Mouse. I want to deal directly with the source" She said.
"It's not that easy, Princess" Trista said, walking up to them. "I do not have the power to take you to the Galaxy Cauldron, which is where Galaxia is" Serena nodded.
"I know" She replied.
Elsewhere the Three Lights, were rehearsing a song.
"Do you think we'll find her?" Seiya asked suddenly. Yaten and Taiki turned to him.
"Sailor Moon says she's here but she's weak" Yaten said.
"Sailor Moon has all that power, yet she can't take us to see the Princess" Taiki frowned. "Can we really trust her?" Yaten thought back to Serena and how she had inadvertantly revealed her identity to him. He hadn't told his brothers, just as Luna was keeping his secret safe, he would keep Sailor Moon's.
"She has a power that we don't" Yaten said. "This is her territory, I think we can trust her" Seiya agreed, but Taiki was still unsure.
The following day at school Serena and Lita went to the school greenhouse. Lita was collecting strawberries to make a strawberry shortcake for the girls and Serena was helping her.
"There's someone else in the greenhouse" Lita said suddenly, eyes narrowed. Serena raised an eyebrow.
"So" She said. "People come in here all the time" Lita shook her head.
"Someone has been stealing the flowers. If the thief is here, I want to catch him" Lita said firmly. Serena sighed but followed Lita to the door which led into another part of the greenhouse. Both girls were as startled to see Taiki as he was to see them. He was holding a red rose and was quoting poetry. Serena was fluent in English, but Lita was not, so Serena translated for her.
"You are in the cooking club, right?" He asked Lita. She nodded and he smiled, handing her the rose. She blushed. "I am appearing on a cooking show toorrow and I need someone to assist me" Lita smiled.
"I would love to" She said, cheerfully.
Irene, meanwhile was on her lunch break outside with all the other office workers in Tokyo.
"I need to collect the star seeds for Galaxia-sama" She said softly. Suddenly her phone rang. Sailor Galaxia summoned her to her throne room.
Iron Mouse teleported there and was confronted by Beryl and Endymion.
"I need those star seeds" Galaxia said angrily. Beryl glared daggers at Iron Mouse.
"Perhaps she does not have what it takes" She said haughtily.
"I promise to do better" Iron Mouse pleaded. Galaxia was thoughtful. "Very well" She said. "Do not fail me again" She blasted Iron Mouse with a warning blast, knocking her off her feet.
The following day Mina, Amy, Luna and Artemis were at Serena's watching Lita on tv. The guys were hanging out at the Crown parlor with Sammy.
"Today we will be cooking strawbery shortcake" The Baker on the television said. Mina frowned.
"Isn't that the cake Lita was supposed to make us?" She asked.
At the studio the show started well, even though Lita was very nervous. Serena had come to support her. Because she was nervous, Lita accidently used to much baking powder and the oven exploded, covering everyone in cake mix. She began apologizing profusely as she was usually a very good cook, but Taiki just begn to laugh hysterically.
I haven't laughed in a long time He thought to himself. Yaten and Seiya were watching from the rear door and were happy to see him laugh. Lita though, looked ready to cry so Taiki gave her a hug.
"It's okay, really" He assured her. "everyone messes up sometime. Besides, I haven't had this much fun in a while" At this Lita perked up and kissed him on the cheek, causing him to blush.
"I had fun" She said.
After the show, the cook was walking around the corner and wass attacked by Sailor Iron Mouse, who removed his star seed.
Serena and Lita transformed and ran to his aid. As his Star Seed turned black, Iron Mouse retreated, worried about what Galaxia will do to her now. The chef transformed into Sailor Chef and attacked them with flying frying pan attacks.
"Starlight Honeymoon therapy..." Princess Sailor Moon was cut off when a chocolate cake was thrown in her face. Unable to see, she stumbled backwards. The cake, which was made of acid, began burning her face.
Sailor Chef pulled out a knife and went to cut Sailor Moon, but Sailor Star Maker arrived and knocked Sailor Moon out of the way stunning the Phage with Star Gentle Uterus. The Princess wiped some of the gunk from her eyes and was able to heal the Phage before she collapsed. Sailor Jupiter ran to get some water and quickly rinsed Princess Sailor Moon's face, but the Princess remained unconcious. Jupiter wasn't sure what to do.
"Can I help?" Star Maker asked, Staring at the burns on her face. Jupiter shook her head.
"I'm going to call Jas...Jadiete" She said quickly. "Don't worry about it" Maker returned to Fighter and Healer.
"Will she be alright?" Healer asked. Maker shrugged.
"Jupiter told me Jadiete would handle it" She said. Healer wasn't sure and she knew that if Taiki and Seiya saw Serena's burns they'd be able to figure it out.
"You guys go on ahead" She said. Maker and Fighter shrugged and left. Once she was sure they were gone, Healer walked over to Jupiter who was just getting off the phone.
"Can Jadiete fix it?" She asked. Jupiter shrugged.
"I hope so" She said. "If these burns are permanent..." She trailed off. Healer nodded.
"People might be able to recognize her civillian form" She said. Jupiter looked up at Healer. Just then Jadiete showed up and knelt beside his sister.
"Can you heal her?" Jupiter asked. Jadiete sighed.
"I don't know" He said. "We'd better get her home" Healer watched them walk away, Serena in Jadiete's arms. She hoped the girl would be okay.