Dr. Betrayal of the heart
Chapter twenty-three: The Battle part one
Mimete was walking home when Tellu and Viluy cornered her.
"Youre going to help those sailor brats find our hide-out" Viluy said.
"We can't let that happen" Tellu said, grinning. Neither one of them saw Mimete press a button on her brand new watch.
She tried to fight, but it was two against one and Tellu and Viluy's combined powers were no match for her. Tellu was about to deliver the final blow when the Sailor Senshi showed up. With the combined attacks of the inner senshi and the future senshi, they were able to destroy Tellu and Viluy.
"Are you okay?" Soiya asked Mimete, detransforming. The redhead nodded, and Serenity smiled.
"I will take you to the base in two days time" Mimete replied. The scouts nodded.
Later, as Usagi was getting ready for bed, Luna and Artemis showed up. They told Usagi that the students of the Infinity Academy were all gathering at the campus building. Usagi notified the others and Mimete, who told them that the academy was one of the base locations.
On the throne of the evil, she breathed heavily and uneasily. Professor Tomoe and Cyprine (the last of the witches 5) watched. Cyprine promised that as the greatest of the Witches Five, she would do her best for the professor and collect heart crystals for the evil one. Kaolinite appeared in the shadows near the ceiling of the room, watching in silence. Cyprine then promised that unlike Kaolinite, she would not disappoint him. Kaolinite was furious. She decided that the only way to redeem herself was to find the purest heart crystal for the Evil being of Silence. She chose Serenity Rei as her target.
Students of the Infinity Academy continued to march into the campus tower. A large group walked into a circular hall. Their heart crystals appeared and flew from their owners. The group of students fell to the ground. As Usagi and the others watched in shock, Cyprine trapped the senshi in a barrier and transported them to the floor above. She then told the rest of the students to offer their crystals and left. Haruka and Michiru stood at the entrance of the hall and watched.
Usagi and the others found themselves in a large, well furnished office with a large desk in front of a wall of windows. Behind the desk, the chair turned around, and in the chair sat Cyprine.
"Welcome to our Infinity Academy, Sailor Soldier ladies" She said, smirking. They hadn't even transformed yet.
"I guess there's no point in hiding who we are anymore," Makoto replied.
The five transformed.
"Burning Mandala!" Sailor Mars shouted at Cyprine. The attack shattered the windows behind Cyprine, but the the woman disappeared. Suddenly, a blue and a red energy ball appeared and hit Sailor Mars. Mars dodged the next energy ball, but immediately one more appeared and hit her in the back. She fell to the floor with a thud. As the others ran toward Mars, Cyprine appeared behind them, laughing. Venus turned around and caught her with the Chain. A red energy ball appeared out of nowhere and hit Venus. The blonde senshi slammed backward into a wall. Ptilol, Cyprine's twin, then appeared. Jupiter launched a Sparkling Wide Pressure at the twins, but it was reflected by the two's combined power, and Jupiter was struck by her own attack, causing her to scream in pain. No one noticed Sailor Silver Moon slip away from the group. She was worried about Hotaru, since Mimete had told her that Hotaru's father was behind everything.
She carefully snuck into the Tomoe mansion. Kaolinite watched from a second floor window, and she was content that her chosen target happened to be a Sailor Senshi as well. Serenity went up to Hotaru's room on the second floor. Kaolinite appeared out of the shadow and tried to take Sailor Silver Moon. Masked Knight appeared in the same room and stopped her with his rose. Kaolinite cast a force field around her, throwing Serenity out through the window. She fell into the garden. Kaolinite appeared in front of Silver Moon as she was tryng to get up. Sailor Pluto appeared and cast Dead Scream at Kaolinite. Kaolinite cast a red smoke screen and disappeared with Serenity.
Back in the campus building, the other Sailor Senshi struggled against the combined power of Cyprine and Ptilol. Mercury's Shine Aqua Illusion was also reflected back at herself. The senshi decided that the only way they could win was to rely on their teamwork to break up the two Witches. Mercury cast her Bubble Spray and filled the room with mist to cover the other four.
"Venus Love Me Chain!"
"Moon Tiara Action!"
"Fire Soul!"
Cyprine and Ptilol still easily absorbed the combined attacks with their staves, but then Jupiter appeared from behind Cyprine and tackled her down to the floor. Jupiter jumped up and ran away. Cyprine was angered and chased after Jupiter. Ptilol tried to stop her, but Mars suddenly appeared from high above her and struck her very hard from behind. Ptilol chased after Mars. In the chase, Jupiter leaped to avoid Cyprine's attack, while at the same time, Ptilol jumped to attack Mars from high above. As both Cyprine and Ptilol aimed their attacks at their targets, Venus suddenly appeared and pushed Jupiter away from Cyprine's line of fire, and Mars evaded away from Ptilol's attack. Cyprine and Ptilol suddenly found themselves firing their weapons at each other, and they were destroyed.
After the twins died, a dimensional distortion appeared. Within the dimensional hole, a dark passage could be seen beyond. After Mercury did some quick observations with her visor, the senshi decided to enter the dark passage, not knowing that Demando, Safir and Oparla had arrived as well.
Meanwhile, Uranus and Neptune were walking through a dimly lit passage. The sound of tiny bells echoed through the darkness, and the two saw Professor Tomoe standing before an altar in front of the Dark One's throne. Tomoe greeted the two visitors.
"You are just in time for the ceremony" He said evilly. A beam of light shone on Tomoe and the altar, and lying unconscious on the altar was Serenity. Uranus immediately dashed forward for her, but was stopped and deflected back by an invisible barrier. At the same time, the other senshi arrived at the scene, and they were stunned to see Silver Moon in the enemy's hands, having not noticed her disapearence. It was then that they noticed that Masked Knight was also missing.
Tomoe called Kaolinite, and she appeared. The ceremony to revive the Evil being of silence was about to begin. Princess Cosmos tried to stop them, but was also stopped by the barrier. Even her most powerful attack couldn't break it. The Dark One opened her eyes, and an arm of light extended out of her, reaching for Silver Moon. The arm snatched Silver Moon's heart crystal through her chest and Silver Moon woke up, crying out in pain. She looked up and saw Hotaru on the throne.
"You're alright" She whispered, then fell unconscious again as her heart crystal was pulled from her chest. After the crystal was taken, Silver Moon lost her transformation, and the crystal slowly floated toward the Evil Being of Silence. The Evil Being of Silence was about to swallow the crystal.
"Don't! If you really are Hotaru's father...if you really love Hotaru, you have to stop this!" Princess Cosmos shouted, hoping that a trace of feeling would still be left in the mad professor.
"Love? What do you mean?" The professor in the shadow replied with a cold voice.
After swallowing the heart crystal, Hotaru's body rapidly changed into an adult's body with very long hair trailing behind her.
The new evil declared her name as "Mistress Nine". Professor Tomoe told Kaolinite that she had done well. Kaolinite was grateful, but at the same time, a bolt of energy from Mistress Nine struck her and she died. Mistress Nine and Professor Tomoe left the hall to begin the next stage of their plan, and the place started to collapse. The Senshi took Silver Moon and escaped from the Infinity Academy campus building. Outside the building, Masked Knight and Sailor Pluto were waiting for them. By now, Demando and his siblings had joined up with them.
At Usagi and Demando's mansion, Demando linked his own lifeforce with Serenity's body to keep her alive. Usagi sat beside them, watching. She was both sad and worried. In the same room, the other senshi, the inner, the outer and the futre, also sat around the table in silence and worry. Setsuna entered the living room, and calmly said that she will be returning to the Infinity Academy building with Uranus and Neptune to destroy the enemy, because that was the only way to save Serenity. After Setsuna left, Usagi and the others were also determined to return to the school building to save Hotaru. As the morning sun rose, the senshi, Demando, Safir and Oparla walked towards the Infinity Academy building with the determination to fight for what they believed for, and not allowing anyone else be hurt in this war.
Meanwhile, Mimete was babysitting Usagi's twins, and wondered why she had been so decieved by Professor Tomoe. She hoped that the senshi were able to save the Professor and his daughter.