Everyone thought it seemed like a dream. They had not really seen Beryl, simply imagined they did. And imagined they got away from her. However, they hadn't imagined it. The proof was that Neptune was still unconscious. When they arrived in Crystal Tokyo, everyone seemed to be in a state of shock, even Kunzite. King Endymion and Queen Serenity greeted them.
"Did you manage to rescue Neptune?"asked Serenity.
Kunzite tried to pull himself together. He had just arrived in the Crystal Palace, and before the monarchs, and he didn't even bow.
"Yes, we did manage to bring Neptune. We managed to escape from the asteroid belt."
They were now in the conference room.
"You mean Beryl is back?"whispered Queen Serenity.
"That's what it looks like."answered Mars.
"But how?"the queen looked toward Pluto.
Pluto stared at her hands.
"Pay attention!"snapped Kunzite. "Her Majesty Queen Serenity is talking to you."he snapped at Pluto.
"You don't have to speak to her that way."Venus snapped at him.
"Let's not start fighting amongst ourselves."intervened King Endymion.
"They were dead!"said Kunzite.
"Maybe it was just an illusion."suggested Nephrite. "We could have been tricked!"
Everyone else seemed ready to believe that.
"Then how did Neptune get there!"demanded Uranus.
No one had an answer. Kunzite spoke first.
"For now, perhaps the important thing is to figure out how we're going to solve this. Then we'll worry about that later. For right now, I think we must first take care of Neptune."he said. "I think the first thing we must do is, she should be silenced."
Everyone stared.
"What do you mean, silence?"asked Uranus.
"She must have told Beryl everything. What if by now, she knows how to get into the Crystal Palace? Neptune was one of the senshi, one of the guardians! Obviously, a mistake must have been made, if she was chosen! Someone else must take her place as senshi of Neptune."
"You mean, to…kill her?"asked Jadeite.
"No!"exclaimed Uranus. "You can't do that!"
"I don't think he meant kill her."said Zoicite.
"Maybe she didn't tell them anything."suggested Mars.
"I wouldn't be so sure. We'll have to make some changes around here, we can't allow this to happen again, and we must protect the Royal Family."
Venus stood up, abruptly.
"Of course he meant that we should silence her by killing her most likely."she yelled.
Everyone else stared, speechless.
"Venus!"Artemis walked up to her. "Calm down! I'm sure you don't mean-"
"Yes, I do mean that!"she interrupted him.
"I know that maybe this is a little hard on everyone."Mercury tried to calm her.
"You don't know him like I do! I know that he has no heart!"
Venus ran from the room. Everyone else was speechless. Some stared at Kunzite, others at the door where Venus had disappeared. No one knew what to say. Kunzite cleared his throat, apologized to Endymion and Serenity for Venus's outburst, and then excusing himself left the room.
"You think he ran after her?"asked Jupiter.
No one answered.
Pluto sat alone in the room, after everyone else had left. She didn't know what to do. Everyone knew this was her domain. Ever since she'd traveled back in time, and visited Solaria, and since she'd returned, she'd discovered other things, especially about her abilities as a senshi. And here was something she couldn't help with. She knew that the dead couldn't return, maybe it all was just an illusion. At least she hoped it would be.