Pluto and Uranus arrived at Triton Castle. They walked into the entrance hall. Like all the planetary castles, it was a large room, with the planetary symbol in the middle of the floor. Triton was in different shades of aquamarine and sea green, but showed no signs of a struggle. There were no signs that anyone had been there recently, either.
"Neptune!"Uranus called.
She was only answered by an echo. The only other sound was the running water from the aquariums.
"It doesn't seem like there's anyone here at all."said Pluto.
"It's a big castle. She could be anywhere."replied Uranus stubbornly, and ran to the nearest door.
Pluto went the other way.
"We've looked everywhere!"Pluto said, later. "There's just no sign of her."
"No."Uranus insisted. "She has to be somewhere."
"She's not here."
Uranus shook her head.
"I think we should get in touch with anyone in Crystal Tokyo as soon as possible."said Pluto.
They went to the communication room.
"Do you know how to use the viewer?"Pluto asked Uranus.
"Yes."she nodded. "I don't have a viewing technician at Miranda, so I operate the viewer myself."
She walked up to the controls, and began to manipulate them. One of the walls lit up, and Mercury's image appeared.
"We've been waiting for you to contact us."she said. "Kunzite's assigned someone to be next to the viewer every minute! Did you find her?"
Pluto shook her head.
"No. We've searched every room. The gardens, too."
Mercury frowned.
"I was sure you'd find her there."she said. "And there's no way you could possibly search the whole planet."
"We didn't think of that!"exclaimed Uranus. "Do you think she's somewhere on Neptune?"
"I don't think so."Mercury answered. "She'd be unmistakable, wouldn't she? I mean, anyone would recognize her. We'd probably know at once."
"Of course, that's what I thought, as well."said Pluto.
"I guess the only thing for you to do is to return?"Mercury suggested.
"I guess so."they agreed.
Uranus broke the connection, and they prepared to leave.
"Did you at least find anything that could give us a clue as to where she could be?"asked Uranus.
Pluto shook her head.
"I don't think so, but we'll see what happens. I'm sure she's all right, everything will be all right, you'll see."
When they returned to Crystal Tokyo, they were met by the guardian senshi, and the shitenou.
"Well?"asked Zoicite. "Mercury said you didn't find her at Triton, but where else can we look? She should be fired for causing this uproar."he said, shaking his head. "I think Kunzite's already working on that, though. I've seen Kunzite mad before, but he's furious with this! He's always seeing enemies everywhere, at least that's what everyone says, but this time, even I'm starting to think he might be right, and I was the one who was most convinced he was paranoid."
Uranus glared at him. It took all her self control to keep herself from beating him.
"But have we learned anything new?"asked Jupiter.
"Apparently, there's a disturbance within this planetary system."said Mercury, after studying something on her computer.
"A disturbance? What kind of a disturbance?"asked Nephrite.
"Well, I noticed it when I spoke with Uranus through the viewer, so while they got back, in the meantime, I decided to take a closer look."she explained to them. "It seems to be coming from the asteroid belt!"she sounded surprised and confused.
"The asteroids?"Mars sounded skeptical.
"But there's nothing there. Except…minerals, and other materials. Maybe that's what's causing this disturbance."suggested Jupiter.
"No, it's like…this kind of radiation would only come from planets. Because planets are inhabited. I don't see how else it could be emitted."
"Do you think there's someone colonizing the asteroid belt?"asked Jadeite looking doubtful.
"I think we should investigate."said Kunzite, firmly. "Even if it is just, perhaps someone exploring, we should know."