Author's Note: The new character in this chapter is a character who originally appeared in one of my other stories, Martial Artists in Spira. To learn more about its origins, please take a look at that story… it's a fun read. Still, if you prefer not to read it, that's no problem. The scenes with Alpha will still be easy to understand, even if you know nothing of its background.

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"Professor Tomoe, I have excellent news!"

The insane scientist turned around. "Yes, Mimete?"

The blonde witch smirked. "I experimented a little with that strange floating, spiritual substance, and I think I found a way of using it for our daimons. If I'm not mistaken, this should make one of them even stronger and more intelligent as well."

The professor looked at her through his flashing glasses. "But didn't Eudial advise against using this substance in this matter?"

"Please, Professor," Mimete huffed. "Eudial is out there, searching for pure hearts and still didn't manage to find either the talismans or Mistress 9's host. Do you really want to follow HER advice?"

The professor chuckled. "Very well... I like your way of thinking, Mimete! Finish your project... and I hope that this new daimon will be able to do what Eudial isn't capable of."

While Mimete walked back into her own little lab, he sighed. "Eudial... you really start to worry me... I hope for your sake that you don't end up like poor Kaolinite."

And he reared back his head. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

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The green robot was still floating through the city, terrorizing people with its massive frame. It was being told to search for that pink-haired hedgehog girl... and now it found two of them! Well, it would just have to bring them both to its master.

As it was the prototype of the E-Series, E-100-Alpha, aka ZERO, it wasn't powered by a trapped animal. But that also made it less intelligent, so that it couldn't adapt to new situations very well. It would just follow the instructions of its maker... and nothing would stop it.

It still didn't quit its search when it saw a strange, floating capsule approaching...

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The being trapped inside the capsule was confused. One moment, it was forced to serve the man that destroyed its previous body, afterwards, it just floated through the void, then, it was trapped in some kind of container. And now it was part of a new being and still didn't understand just WHAT exactly it was.

It only hoped that it would get a new body soon.

And when it saw the massive body of the green robot, it didn't hesitate and descended.

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When the daimon capsule got absorbed into ZERO's metal body, strange waves of energy rippled across its surface. First an electrical surge from the inside of the robot's core. Then, a pink flash, caused by the daimon substance of the death-busters. And then, a cloud of strange, floating lights surrounded it, something this world had never seen before...

A cloud of pyreflies.

And then the robot changed shape. It became a sleek, humanoid, female creature with shapely legs, encased in a green metal armor. Out of the creature's green helmet, cat ears were jutting out, while a cat-like tail grew out of a hole in its back armor.

"ALPHA!" the creature shouted in a booming voice.

When it stood on the ground, it flexed its claws and swished its tail. "Well, this certainly is interesting," it said in a female voice, sounding surprisingly similar to that of a certain Chinese Amazon. "This new world seems to be a fun place... and this new body... Let's see how anyone will control me now!"

And the ex-robot E-100-Alpha aka ZERO aka the daimon Alpha aka the reborn form of the Alpha Fiend contently walked down the street.

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"DEEP SUBMERGE!"

The watery attack missed Eudial, as the witch jumped aside. "You need to work on your aiming, fishy," she smirked.

Neptune was fuming. "Dolphins aren't fishes. They're sea mammals!"

"Whatever..." Eudial grumbled after shooting her 'heart bazooka' at the Senshi of water. She barely managed to avoid the shot.

"Hold still," Uranus shouted as she swiped at Eudial, who smirked and teleported behind her. "Gotcha!" And she pulled the trigger.

Uranus screamed as the slimy projectile ripped her heart crystal out of her body. As she fell down to the ground, it slowly turned into the shape of a curved sword.

"URANUS!" Neptune shouted. "You'll pay for this!"

"Oh, really?" the witch asked. "I would be more worried about you. I should have tried checking the hearts of Senshi a long time ago."

"Well, well, what's happening here?" a new voice shouted. "A fight? I'm in!"

Eudial and Neptune stared at the robot-like cat-girl that was walking into the backyard where they had fought.

"A daimon?" Neptune wondered. "Where did it come from?"

"Daimon," Eudial commanded. "Get that girl's heart crystal! I command it!"

Alpha smirked. "Sorry... but I don't take orders! Especially not from someone with such a bad taste for clothing." She raised her metal hands and shot the black, pincer-like gloves at Eudial. The witch got entwined into the steel cable that connected the gloves with her arms.

"W-what are you doing?" Eudial said in a confused tone. "I'm one of the Witches 5! You have to obey my orders!"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you," said Alpha and twirled Eudial around. "But I don't like your attitude."

'Now that's very strange,' Neptune said as the daimon threw Eudial up in the air. 'A daimon turning against its masters?'

Quickly, she hastened over to Uranus and put the sword into her right hand. Instantly, a pink glow flowed from the blade to Uranus' chest area. Her heart returned to her body, but the talisman stayed behind.

Eudial tried standing up, but failed miserably. "How... dare you?"

Alpha picked up Eudial's weapon that fell to the ground earlier. "Interesting thing. What does it do?" She pointed it at Eudial. "I guess I'll have to find out!" And she pulled the trigger.

"AAAAAAAAAH!" The witch screamed as her heart was being ripped out of her body. Alpha picked up the pink crystal and examined it. "Wow, this gives off a big amount of power. I wonder..."

She smirked and just swallowed the heart crystal.

Eudial's body jerked one last time... then she fell back with empty eyes.

Neptune felt like puking. What kind of daimon swallowed the hearts of its victims?

Alpha burped. "Well, that was tasty. And it raised my power, too. But I think it was no pure heart, or else I would have felt even stronger."

When Uranus slowly staggered to her feet, Alpha glanced over to the two Senshi. "Oh, I totally forgot about you two! Do you want to play with me as well?"

She raised the heart gun again. "Well, then take this!" And she fired at Neptune.

The dolphin-girl fell back with a yell, while Uranus was just beginning to understand the situation.

She stared at the sword in her hand, then at Neptune and her heart crystal, which transformed into a beautiful mirror, and finally to the monster. Snarling, she gripped the handle of the sword. "You... How dare you hurt Neptune?" And without thinking, she just yelled: "Space Sword Blaster!"

The energy wave fired off the sword's blade cut through the air and hit the daimon. Eudial's weapon got cut in half while the daimon-fiend screamed in pain. "Hey," she snarled. "That hurts!"

"And it will hurt even more," the cheetah growled. "World Shaking!"

Alpha avoided the attack and decided to retreat for now. "Just you wait, I'll be back once I consumed more of these tasty hearts." And she ran off.

Uranus took a look at her new weapon, then went back to Neptune. As Neptune did before with the sword, she put the mirror into the dolphin's hand. And, as before, the Senshi's heart returned to her body, while the talisman stayed.

After a while, Neptune rose again. Confused, she stared at the shining mirror and the golden sword. "Well, that takes care of the problem how we would get the talismans out of our bodies..."

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After having invited Chibiusa to a cup of tea, the two pink hedgehogs went to Amy's apartment. Chibiusa looked around her room in amazement. She hadn't believed until now that it was possible for something to be THAT pink. And everywhere were pictures... Pictures of Sonic, pictures of Amy, pictures of Amy with Sonic (mostly photos showing Sonic running away from Amy).

"This... is a nice place you have," Chibiusa finally said.

Amy smiled. "Thanks! I can show you my boxercise room if you like."

"Boxercise?"

"Yup! I punch my punching bag 50 times every morning to stay in shape."

Chibiusa sweat-dropped. This girl was... weird. Very nice, but weird.

"And who's that guy on all these pictures?" she wanted to know.

'Perhaps she doesn't recognize me and Sonic as her parents, as we look much mature when we are older,' Amy thought. "Oh, that is my darling Sonic!" She sighed. "He's my hero who saved me from an evil robotic hedgehog. We're destined to marry, stay together forever and have a nice, sweet daughter... just as you!" Amy giggled. 'There, that hint should be enough for her.'

"Umm... how nice," Chibiusa said. "Listen, I really have to find my mother. Your room is pretty nice and all, but can't we please continue searching for her?"

Amy sighed. That was harder than she thought it would be. Her future daughter just didn't understand who she really was. "Okay... where do you want to look?"

Chibiusa shrugged. "Perhaps at an ice cream parlor... or at the game arcade. That's where she would be most of the time."

'Huh?' Amy wondered. 'It's true that I like to eat a sundae now and then, but I never was interested in games.' "Okay... if you think so."

When they left the apartment again, a small grey cat came running at them. "Small Lady," she shouted. "Here you are! I've been searching all over town for you!"

"Oh, Diana," Chibiusa said. "I'm sorry! This is Amy... Amy Rose! She saved me from some robot and invited me to her apartment afterwards."

"That cat can talk?" Amy wondered.

Chibiusa nodded. "Sure! We are hedgehogs, and we talk, right?"

Amy wanted to point out that Diana wasn't a humanoid cat, but decided against it. "So... your name is Diana, right?"

The kitten nodded. "Yes, I am Small Lady's royal advisor, and her friend."

Now Amy was really baffled. "Royal?"

Again, Diana nodded. "Yes, Chibiusa's parents are the king and queen of Crystal Tokyo."

Chibiusa groaned. "Why don't you blab it out to everyone else in town?"

"Is that an order?" Diana curiously asked. Chibiusa felt like screaming.

Amy's eyes now were sparkling eyes. 'Me and my Sonic, royalty? I'll be a queen! Queen Amy! Whooooo, I really really REALLY like that idea!'

"Hehehehehe..."

Chibiusa was worried at Amy's mad giggling. "Um, are you all right?"

"Huh? Oh, yes, of course!" Amy laughed nervously.

"What I wanted to tell you," Diana said. "I found your mother. She's here in town!"

"REALLY?" the future princess of Crystal Tokyo asked. "Where is she?"

"The last time I saw her and her guardians, she was at the outskirts of town, near some cool-looking plane."

Amy was just staring. Guardians? Plane? Outskirts of town? What was that cat talking about? She was standing RIGHT HERE!

Chibiusa excitedly pulled at Amy's hand. "Come on, I want you to meet her!" And she followed her small feline friend.

Amy ran after them. "That cat must have confused someone else for me," she muttered all the way. "She must have, she simply MUST have!"

When they reached the station plaza, they could see a small group of humanoid animals they mostly knew. Sonic, Makoto, Minako and...

"USAGI!" Chibiusa shouted and ran towards the blonde hedgehog. "I missed you!"

"Chibiusa?" Usagi shouted in surprise as the pink-furred girl tackled her with a massive hug. After the first moment of surprise, she smiled and returned the hug. "Hey there, spore! I missed you too!"

Chibiusa stepped back and smirked. "Glad to see you didn't change a bit... meatball head!"

Minako and Makoto chuckled as they saw how the two hedgehogs were bickering with each other affectionally. Sonic only scratched his head.

"Hey, Amy!" he greeted his definitely-not-girlfriend. "What's up? Who's that kid?"

Amy grinned. "You won't believe it, Sonic! This little girl is a pink hedgehog, just like me, see? And she is from the future to visit her mommy and daddy!"

Sonic blinked. "Uh... that's nice, I guess."

Amy groaned in frustration. Sonic could be so dimwitted sometimes. "Don't you see, Sonic? She is our..."

Just then, she got interrupted by Chibiusa, who pulled Usagi towards her new friend. "Amy, look! I found her! This is Usagi, and she is my mother in the future!"

Amy looked at Usagi. That blonde, clumsy klutz of a hedgehog... that bottomless pit of the ice cream parlor... that... that... "She... she... she..."

"Uh, what's wrong, Amy?" Sonic asked.

Amy fumed. "SHE is your mother? She of all persons? Can't be! Can't be! CAN'T BE! SHE JUST CAN'T MARRY MY SONIC!!"

Everyone was silent. "Um, she doesn't," Chibiusa then explained. "My father is called Mamoru, not Sonic."

Amy blinked. "Oh..."

"Well, what a nice collection of pure hearts," a voice said. "You don't mind if I take them from you, do you?"

They all turned around to the source of this voice.

"A daimon," Usagi shouted in surprise. "Be careful, everyone!"

Alpha shook her finger. "Please, I am no ordinary daimon... Call me 'Alpha'... but then again, you won't have much time left to call me that. For in a few minutes... you'll be dead!"

"Get back in that alley and transform," Sonic whispered. "Amy and I will handle this."

Amy looked at the blue hedgehog in surprise. "You... want ME to fight alongside you?"

Sonic sighed. "I'd have preferred Knuckles or Tails, but you have to do..."

Amy whooped in joy as she drew out her Piko Piko Hammer. "You can count on me! I'm going to do my best, Sonic!"

Alpha grinned. "Two little hedgehogs, coming out to play... what is this, a petting zoo? I saw fiends that were easier to take out than you." And she raised her fists to smack them down on the ground. Amy and Sonic jumped over the resulting shockwave and smacked Alpha's head with their Homing Attacks.

The daimon-fiend growled. "So, you can fight after all, huh?"

"Well, what should I say?" Sonic smirked. "If you got it, flaunt it!"

Amy raised her hammer. "It's malleting time!"

She ran towards her enemy and spun her hammer around in circles. Alpha dodged, and Amy's spin attack resulted in a wildly spinning Amy whose eyes were turning into spinning circles. "Oooooh... my head's spinning..."

Alpha grabbed her with her extending cable-arm. "Pathetic," she snarled. "Next time you wanna play hero, be sure to put up more of a fight!"

"Amy," Sonic yelled, but Alpha intensified her grip on the pink girl. "You make one wrong move, and I'll squeeze her brain out of her head."

Sonic stepped back. "Dang! What should I do?"

Alpha snickered. "Now, how am I going to take your precious little heart out of you?"

"Pink Sugar Heart Attack!"

And when a large number of pink hearts hit Alpha's face, she yelled and dropped Amy. "Ow ow ow ow! Hey, stop that!"

The pink-haired kid Senshi posed with her Pink Moon Stick. "Don't mess with Sailor Chibimoon!"

Behind her, Sailors Moon, Jupiter and Venus appeared. "Let's kick some daimon butt!" Jupiter cracked her knuckles.

"Damn," Alpha cursed. "Time for plan B!" And she reached out to snag... Diana! The grey kitten yowled in pain as it was being captured by the monster.

"Diana," Chibimoon cried.

"You let her go this instant," Amy yelled and raised her mallet.

"Or else we'll turn you into scrap metal," shouted Venus and aimed at her enemy.

Alpha smirked. "You'll do no such thing. In fact, you let me escape nicely. And if you value your lives, you come to my new hideout in Twinkle Park... And I mean only two of you." She pointed at Chibimoon with her free hand. "The little brat will be one of those two! I have a score to settle with her. See you later..."

And she dashed off.

Chibimoon whimpered. "Sailor Moon, we can't let her have Diana."

"I know," Sailor Moon replied. "But you heard her: If we all go, she will hurt her."

"Ah, lemme at her," Sonic said. "I'll give her a good beating, Sonic-style!"

"NO!" Amy yelled. "It's my fault she got captured. If I didn't screw up my spin attack... we would have beat her."

"Amy, we don't know that..." Venus said, then clamped a hand on her mouth.

Jupiter groaned. "Great, Minako... At this rate, the entire town will know our identities."

Amy smiled. "It's okay... I could guess it was you. For some reason, I never recognized you by your faces, but... A superhero group consisting of a hedgehog, an echidna, a bat, a rabbit and a blue fox? Come on, that is SO obvious."

"I guess we're lucky no one else made the connection before, huh?" Sailor Moon said. "Well then, we need a plan. Any ideas?"

"Well, we might have a suggestion," a new voice exclaimed. They all looked up and saw a cheetah and a dolphin in civilian clothes.

"Who are you?" Jupiter was on guard. They knew better than just to trust every stranger.

The two newcomers smiled. "I think it's best if we should show you," the cheetah said. And they raised two transformation sticks.

"Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!"

And while the others could just watch, the dolphin-girl turned into Sailor Neptune, while the cheetah-girl turned into Sailor Uranus.

"It's you two," Venus yelled. "You always wanted to snatch the heart crystals."

Amy growled. "You mean they're bad guys, too?"

"Whoa there!" Uranus raised her hands. "We're way past that! We're sorry for what we did and we like to make up for it. So we offer you our help to take down that daimon."

Neptune nodded. "This enemy isn't like a normal daimon. I could see a strange presence within its body." She held up a mirror. "This talisman helped me look into it's soul..."

"Soul?" Jupiter wondered. "Daimons have no souls."

"Surprisingly, this one does," Uranus exclaimed. "And it does not work together with the Witches 5. It killed Eudial and ate her heart crystal."

Sailor Moon retched. "ATE it? Oh my... god!"

Sonic looked at the mirror. "So I see you finally found your 'talismans', huh?"

Neptune smiled. "Well, at least two of them. There should be only one left. And don't worry, we found a way to examine hearts without ripping them out of the body."

"Hey, would you please hurry?" Chibimoon yelled. "We still have to save Diana!"

"She's right," Uranus said. "I would suggest you and Sailor Moon go try to talk with her... stall for some time. Meanwhile, I'll try to attack the enemy from behind."

"Hey, but not with your usual blast, right?" Sonic shouted. "That would only harm the lil' kitty."

Uranus smiled and raised her new sword. "Don't worry, I'll just... cut her free!"

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Twinkle Park was one of Station Square's main attractions. It was a big amusement park, divided into variou parts presenting different themes. One part stands for science-fiction and outer space, another part for fairy tales and fantasy stories. In this fantasy part of Twinkle Park, there was a big castle with many, mirrored walls. And inside Mirror Castle was Alpha's new hideout.

She looked down at her hostage. "It's a good thing I consumed many heart crystals earlier," she told the cat, who was struggling against the metal cable wrapped around her body. "Or I wouldn't have been able to resist devouring your little heart." She raised her arms. "And those hearts are making me strong... I still haven't all my old powers back, but I can already use some of the attacks my old host had learned."

"What are you going to do to me?" Diana asked in a scared voice.

"Oh, nothing for now," the daimon told her. "I need you to lure your little pink friend here. I sensed she has a very pure heart... I want to devour it!"

"No! Not Small Lady's heart!"

Alpha chuckled. "Oh, you won't be able to prevent me from taking it... I will savor its taste... And afterwards... I will kill every single one of those so-called 'Senshi'."

"I don't think it's going to be that easy," an amused voice said. "Or didn't you notice that you are only one single daimon, and they outnumber you?"

"Who's there?" the feline robot-daimon snarled. "Show yourself!"

"Don't worry! I'm not here to fight you..." Another metal figure stepped towards her. "Call me Metal Sonic. And I'm here with a message from my master, Dr. Robotnik..."

"And what do you want?" Alpha asked, still on edge.

Metal Sonic's eyes gleamed. "The robot you're possessing was once in my master's possession... and it had a mission. The doctor now wants to offer you an alliance... We'll help you defeat those Sailor Senshi, and in return... you'll hand over the small, pink girl!"

"HER?" Alpha snarled. "But I was sooo looking forward to her young, pure heart... Ah, dang! Well, I guess the others will do. But you better not trick me, or else..."

Metal Sonic snickered. "Would I do something like that?"

Diana looked at the blue robot in horror. "King Endymion? No... it can't be..."

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Sailor Moon and Chibimoon carefully walked through the deserted halls. "Kinda... creepy here," Chibimoon whispered.

Sailor Moon looked around. "Look, there's a door! You think she's hiding there?"

"I hope so," her future daughter said. "I have to free Diana!" And she ran forward.

"Chibimoon, wait!" The blonde hedgehog ran after her.

They entered a hexagonal room. There was another door directly in front of them, the rest of the walls was covered with mirrors. It was a strange sight... like hundreds of blonde and pink hedgehogs were walking around the room.

On the floor in the middle of the room, a small grey shape was lying.

"Diana," Chibimoon cried.

"No, stay back," Diana moaned. "It's a trap!"

She was right. On each side, a metal portcullis shut down their escape routes.

Behind the mirrors, another figure appeared. It was Alpha. "Well, how nice of you to pay me a visit. But now you're trapped like rats! I'd like to consume your hearts, but... the little brat has something that I need! So hand over the Chaos Emerald nice and easy, you hear me?"

Moon gasped. "Chaos Emerald?"

Chibimoon winced and pulled a blue gem out of her clothes.

Her future mother groaned. "Chibiusa, why didn't you tell me you had one?"

"I'm sorry, Usagi," the girl said in a small voice. "I didn't know it was important. I just thought it was a pretty gem, so I took it with me."

"Enough with the yapping!" Alpha and her numerous counterparts in the mirrors yelled. "Put down the emerald next to the cat."

"Don't do it, Sailor Chibimoon," Diana whispered. "She's going to trick you."

"I know," Chibimoon replied. "But I have no choice..."

Moon looked around in desperation. She still couldn't see which of the many images was the real Alpha. What should she do? She only hoped the others would arrive in time.

"Space Sword Blaster!"

An energy wave cut through the opposite door and destroyed the portcullis. Sailors Neptune and Uranus ran into the middle of the room. "End of the line for you," Uranus yelled while Neptune freed Diana from her bounds.

"Crescent Beam!" A bright energy beam cut through the other door and missed Usagi's head by a few centimeters. The blonde hedgehog freaked.

"Don't forget about us," shouted Sailor Venus as she stormed the room together with Sonic, Amy and Jupiter.

"Venus, be careful where you shoot that stuff," Moon yelled. "You almost torched my head!"

"Oops," the ditzy bat giggled. "Sorry!"

Alpha snarled. "You'll never escape from here!"

Sonic looked around. "Which is the real one?"

Neptune smirked. "We'll find out in a moment! Everyone, step behind me!" As they did, she raised her mirror.

"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"

The bright beam shot out of the mirror, hit one of the wall mirrors, got reflected, hit another one and bounced through the room until all of the mirrors were being shattered.

Behind one of the mirror shard piles, the fuming daimon was standing.

Venus took a deep breath. "How did you know we would be safe here?" she wondered.

The dolphin of Neptune smiled. "All a matter of geometry!"

Moon shuddered at the thought of her least favorite subject, math. "Let's just dust this thing."

"Yeah," Amy said in an excited voice. "She is all alone, it should be easy defeating her."

"Oooh, I don't think it will be that easy," Metal Sonic said as he stepped out of the hidden passageway behind Alpha.

"Metal Sonic," Sonic snarled.

Metal Sonic threw his living counterpart an amused glance. "How nice to see you again, my loathsome copy!"

"Shut up!" Sonic yelled.

The robot's gaze then wandered to Chibimoon. "And Chibiusa... my, my, after all what happened, I'm surprised that you aren't erased from the timeline... as if I would ever marry a pathetic creature like Usagi..."

Chibiusa recognized the voice. "M-m-mamoru?"

"Not anymore," the metal hedgehog corrected her. "I'm Metal Sonic now, and I serve the ingenious Dr. Robotnik."

Chibimoon stared at her future mother. "H-how? He is my father! How could you... how could you let something like this happen to him?"

"Chibiusa, I'm sorry..." whispered Sailor Moon, a small tear running down her cheek. Then she raised her Moon Rod. "But I'm gonna turn you back to your normal self, Mamoru!"

"I believe we have no time for that," Metal Sonic replied. He held out his hand. "The Chaos Emerald, please!"

Chibimoon clutched it to her chest. "N-no way!"

Metal Sonic sighed. "Chibiusa, be a good girl and listen to your daddy!"

"You're not my father," the future princess yelled. "My father is a kind and gentle man who would never take sides with a monster like that!" She pointed at Alpha.

"Less talking... more fighting," Uranus shouted and powered up her shot. "World Shaking!"

Neptune added: "Deep Submerge!"

The other Senshi and the two hedgehogs used their magical attacks as well:

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" "Venus Love-Me-Chain!" "Sonic Wind!" "Storming Heart!"

Metal Sonic just raised his protective barrier. The attacks all bounced off. "Please... he huffed. "Don't waste my time!"

Uranus cursed. "He's strong..."

"Well, not strong enough," Sonic shouted and jumped towards his robotic counterpart. As he attacked him with a Homing Attack, Metal Sonic blocked by using his own Homing Attack.

"Enough of this," Alpha screamed and extended her right hand. She was reaching for Chibimoon.

"No!" Sailor Moon yelled and grabbed her future daughter. "I won't let you take her as well!"

"Stupid girl," the daimon growled and extended his other arm. "1000 Needles!" And out of the palm of the hand, a shower of stinging needles came hailing down on Sailor Moon.

She yelled in pain and had to release Chibimoon.

"Small Lady," Diana shouted and jumped to attack Alpha with her teeth. But of course, she just couldn't bite through metal. Alpha snatched her away and entwined both of her captives in her cables. "The pink hedgehog as main course, and the little kitty as dessert." She giggled. "I believe we're done here, 'boss'."

Metal Sonic glared at his enemies. "For now, yes... Goodbye, Sailor Moon. And don't worry: You'll be following your daughter soon!"

He shot a sphere of energy out of his chest and blasted a hole through the ceiling. And quickly, he and Alpha disappeared.

"Follow them," Uranus yelled, and she jumped up onto the roof. Sonic, Moon and Neptune followed her.

But outside, there was no trace of the two villains.

"Damn," Sonic grumbled. "They got away!"

Sailor Moon was sobbing. "No... Chibiusa..."