"Dead," her voice echoed in the vast marble room and Senshi Moon stood her ground. It had been centuries since she herself had been a senshi and as she looked at the woman who had succeeded her she felt pride and now complete anger.

"I do not regret my actions," Senshi Moon breathed sturdily before them and Reilie glanced at her sisters and then the five senshi that stood behind Senshi Moon, the once Amazon Quartet and Sailor Saturn. The latter senshi had chosen to never leave her dear friend's side and was the last of the remaining active Outer Senshi beside Pluto.

"Did any of you know about this?" Reilie questioned them and they all shook their head quietly.

"Usa…" A voice began, her bright blue hair cascading down to her shoulders. She approached the woman and let out a breath. "Sweetheart I know why you did this… but she isn't there. Only her power and her body remain," she tried and Senshi Moon stared straight ahead.

"I refuse to accept that," she hissed and Amille took her hand softly.

"Usa… the woman that is coming is not your mother. She does not know you. She does not know us," she whispered, her eyes pricking with tears and Senshi Moon pulled her hand from her aunt's.

"A mother does not forget her daughter!" She screamed at her and Amille closed her eyes painfully. "She was taken from us!"

"She did her duty," Endymion whispered quietly and Senshi Moon shook her head.

"I am her duty!" She bellowed and she watched as a small tear slid down her father's cheek. "She sacrificed herself for me…" She breathed, her eyes watering and Endymion closed his eyes sadly. "She is a prisoner to them."

"She is the most powerful Senshi in the Universe Chibi… she took her rightful place. We were thankful we had her as long as we did!" Minet breathed before her godchild and Senshi Moon shook her head. "They wanted to take her before she even had the chance to marry your father… but she made this deal that if they would just give her more time with us…" Minet stopped and turned away from her niece, unable to explain again why her mother had to leave them.

"A woman should not have to give up her life just because she is powerful," Senshi Moon began. "Where does it end? Where does this Order get the right? Will I take her place? Will I rob my family of me when the time comes?"

"That is why she did this!" Reilie suddenly yelled and Senshi Moon shook. She couldn't even remember the last time she had heard Reilie yell and the voice that vibrated around the room sounded broken. "She sacrificed herself for you… so that you would not have to choose between upholding the universe and your family." Reilie sucked in a deep breath and looked at her niece with sadness. "What if she remembers… what if there is some small chance… now she will know what she has lost and have to go back and suffer the rest of eternity without us!"

Tears slowly trickled down Senshi Moon's cheeks, that possibility having crossed her mind several times.

"We deserve to have her forever," she snapped at them. "You act like I did this impulsively… don't you think I've thought of every scenario?" Senshi Moon whispered pleadingly and Endymion shook his head.

"What about the scenario when your father and your beloved aunts die of broken hearts? Did you think about that one?" Endymion whispered and Senshi Moon looked at him sadly.

"I do not regret my actions," she repeated and Endymion stood.

"You might," he breathed as he turned and walked out of the room.

"I understand how hard this has been for you Usa… I know how much you loved her and how deeply she loved you," Amille's voice was gently beside her and a few stray tears trickled down Senshi Moon's cheeks. "But we lost her too. She was our everything… and I do not want to be the one to have to kill the most powerful Senshi in the world just to prevent her a broken heart," Amille took in a shallow breath, knowing the consequences of that action. "But I will if your actions lead to that."

Senshi Moon turned to look at her horrified and Amille turned from her to elegantly make her way from the room.

"We have lived a long time Usa… so long," Reilie whispered suddenly and Saturn gently intertwined her fingers with the priestess fingers. "In all that time I have seen you do many things that have horrified me," she let out a small sigh than looked at the girl lovingly. "But how could I expect any different from you? You are your mother's child… and even though this is a terrible idea, it would have been something she would have done as well."

"Yes, and just like we would have done to her we will kick you ass for it later," Minet suddenly spat and Reilie nodded firmly.

"Indeed. Double Dead," she hissed and Senshi Moon let out a depressing sigh and looked up at the ceiling. They were taking it a bit better than she hoped… that was a positive sign. "Don't go to sleep later," Reilie threatened and Senshi Moon's head snapped back to star into her aunt's penetrating gaze. Crap.

I felt this needed it's own chapter before we jumped into Senshi Cosmos arrival.
I added more to this upon a reviewers interest in how Ami would take the news... I thought she took it pretty well... you know death threat aside and all...

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Marronett