Title: Fright Night
Author: Princess Destiny
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Rating: M 15+
Couple: Usagi And Mamoru
Summary: 'One Hour Challenges' #27, 71, 169, 238, 244, 250, 319, 333, 425 and 532 Combined: Response Fanfic. Mamoru and Usagi are tricked into babysitting Motoki's cousin on Halloween night, which impresses the two enemies little! To pass the time, they watch a horror Movie, but then the lights go out and Usagi and Mamoru start to freak out. To make things worse, someone keeps calling, but says nothing and someone keeps ringing the bell and asking to use the phone, sounding eerily like the Movies they'd just watched!
Chapters: 8/11
Status: Unfinished
Year Started: 2003
Year Revised: 2011
Year Completed: N/A
Size: 255 KB
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Comments:Hi everyone! Ugh, I have a migraine that could fell an ox, but I wanted to get this one done and sent out to you all. I have to put a warning on here for some of you who may be freaked out by the contents of this Chapter. Since I don't want to spoil it for the others by giving away the plot, I'll put the professional name for those who have a genuine phobia. If you have Coulrophobia, you might find this Chapter disturbing.
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FRIGHT NIGHT
By Princess Destiny
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Chapter Eight
Tuxedo Kamen cursed under his breath. "But that would mean that either he was going to differ from his usual habit of killing one family on Halloween day a year or-"
Motoki finished for him when the hero didn't want to go on. "Or it meant that he already had a backup family picked out in case something went wrong with the first one."
The dark-haired man searched each part of the TV frames with cold, hard eyes. As the only man there, it fell to him to protect the others. He was Tuxedo Kamen and it was his duty to make sure Sailor Moon came to no harm. But the problem was Naru and her Mother, who had no superpowers. They were just ordinary humans facing a killer with a knife. "We need to go check the house, Sailor Moon." He told her, glancing over his shoulder. He saw her wide frightened eyes and smiled reassuringly. To his relief, her fear was forced back and a determined look crossed her face.
Sailor Moon nodded, drawing on her courage. If she could face Youma, who were freaky alien monsters from another dimension, then she could definitely deal with a human guy! "Right." She replied, nodding firmly and stepping back from her friend.
Naru's fingers clung to her waist for a moment and then let her friend go, seeing how her face changed into a stranger's. Strong and calm. It was like someone else was standing before her, all confident and determined. Mamoru had similarly changed and she realized that she was looking at the superheroes that saved the world, rather than her friends. "Do we split up?" She asked, fighting back hysteria at the thought of searching her house alone.
Tuxedo Kamen swiftly rose to his feet, and smiled reassuringly down at the red-head and her Mother. "No, from now on you two stay in this room only. Sailor Moon and I will make sure that the house is secure and we can defend ourselves. The windows are shut tight in this room and you have to lock the door behind us. He can't get in here without forcing the door down and we'd hear him and come running." The hero explained to Naru, seeing her overwhelming relief that she wouldn't have to go out there with them.
The blonde nodded her head and she took her friend's hands in hers firmly. "You can't leave this room, Naru. Not even if you hear us-" She swallowed hard, imagining all of the things that could go wrong. "Screaming or yelling. Okay?"
"And we're all on our way!" Sailor Mars added into the earpiece. "Jupiter just arrived and Mercury is on her way to Luna. We only need two of us for a Sailor teleport."
"I'm sorry, but Hikaru and I will have to take the car and we're across town." Shingi told them, sounding extremely frustrated.
Luna growled into their ears. "I would feel much better if you two stayed away entirely." She replied in a hard tone that her Senshi had never heard before. "The Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen are warriors with powers from their gods-and he has roses and that cane-but you are only humans."
"Should we call the police and bring them in on this?" Mizuho asked, trying to keep back her instinctive fear. She really hoped that the closed up house was enough to keep the man out and they were all anxiously watching the monitor for a sign of movement. There was none at any point where the cameras were located and it made her very nervous. Especially the thought of him coming in through the roof... The Ripper had been killing for ten years, and though it was possible that some of his victims might have been somehow tricked to open their doors to him, he had to be getting inside by some other means. Maybe he could even pick locks.
There was a shimmering in the room near the door and Naru, her Mother and the two superheroes spun that way at the ready. Then bright light spilled out, in red and green and suddenly Sailor Mars and Jupiter appeared, using the teleport. When it faded and the two were distinct, Sailor Moon gladly ran into her best friend's arms and clung to her.
"Oh Rei, I'm so glad that you're here!" The blonde whispered into her ear. She felt a kiss pressed to her cheek and Mars hugged her back.
Jupiter grinned viciously and patted the Senshi of the Moon's back comfortingly. "We're here now and are more than enough to take this creep down." She said, slamming a fist into the palm of her other hand. Someone was in need of a pounding and she was just the girl to give it to him. She had been on the streets and in a gang, so no serial killer was going to scare her!
"Mercury, how far away from Luna are you?" Tuxedo Kamen asked, after scanning the monitor cameras one last time. He rose to his feet and walked over to the other Senshi. "Please sit at the table and let us know if you spot anything." He asked Mizuho. She nodded and she and Naru sank into the chairs and pressed the buttons on their earpieces.
"Not too far, Mamoru," The cat reported.
"So the situation is that this killer is on the property somewhere, avoiding the cameras and trying to find a way into the house?" Sailor Mars asked the other three, releasing her best friend to glance around at them.
Tuxedo Kamen nodded and placed an arm about Sailor Moon's shoulders, dragging her in close to his body protectively. She turned and hugged him about the waist, her soft breasts against his chest. His breath sucked in slightly at the feeling of them and then he cursed himself for an idiot. There was a murdering man outside of the house, who had come to kill Naru and her Mother and all he could think about was Usagi's ample chest pressed against him? "We need to split up. Mars and Jupiter take the ground floor and Moon and I will take this floor." The dark-haired man commanded, as if he had been born to give orders. None of the Senshi seemed to mind him taking charge and he really appreciated that.
Sailor Jupiter put out her hand and the other two swiftly covered it. Tuxedo Kamen hesitated and placed his hand on top of the blonde's.
"Break!" The brunette said in determination and they all threw up their hands and turned to the door. The Senshi of Jupiter pressed her ear to the door and listened for a long moment, then nodded and leaned back, hand reaching for the lock.
The hero swiftly reached into his jacket for a rose and held it at the ready, his gaze meeting the brunette Senshi's as she slowly unlocked it and turned the knob. It opened silently, the hinges having been oiled down by Shingi and his family earlier so that they could exit the room without being heard.
Jupiter glanced out from the crack in the door and then pushed it fully open, stepping out with her back to the hall wall, lightning building up in her tiara. "It's clear." She whispered to them, glancing up and down the hall. To her right was a study, across the hall was Mizuho's room and further down was Naru's, above the stair. It wasn't a huge house and they could all be thankful for that mercy. It would leave less places for the intruder to hide.
The four of them snuck out of the room and it closed behind them, locking loudly in the silence. They exchanged quick looks and Sailor Mars nodded at Mizuho's room, then to Tuxedo Kamen.
He nodded and jerked his chin at Sailor Moon, reaching down for her hand and pulling her close. "You check Naru's room. I'll be right here at her Mother's room, only a few feet away." The blonde had a determined look on her face, but he could feel the tremor in the fingers grasping his own. She was frightened, but keeping her cool. How he had ever thought this girl was a lazy airheaded blonde was beyond him. Sure, Mamoru had noticed how caring she was to her friends and she had good qualities, but her bad ones had usually overshadowed them and gotten on his nerves. These girls were only fifteen, but they had superpowers backed by their planets and Gods and he had to admire their bravery. Tuxedo Kamen shared their unease and fear, but he knew that he was the only man there and older and they would look to him for guidance.
Sailor Moon's lips pressed together as she watched Jupiter and Mars make their way cautiously to the end of the hall and look over the balcony, keeping low. They made some hand signals that the Senshi usually did in battle when they needed to be silent or were surrounded by Mercury's mist and then they descended. The blonde clung to Tuxedo Kamen's hand for a moment more, her blue eyes locked on his calm ones and then she reluctantly let go and looked towards Naru's room.
"I'll be right next door." The dark-haired hero whispered to her, and then he moved across the hall to the door of Mizuho's room. He felt her eyes on his back until he entered the brightly lit room and then stepped away from the door.
The small girl bit her lip, hands feeling clammy beneath the white gloves. Wasn't this the part in the movie where she was always screaming at the screen 'Don't split up! Keep together or the killer will get you!'? Yeah, if this was in a horror film, it would be where the killer started to pick them off one by one. Sailor Moon was frozen there for a long moment, her eyes on the closed door of her friend's room and then she forced herself to creep across the carpet. She glanced down over the balcony to the front hall below and saw Jupiter disappearing into the lounge. If they could do this, then so could she!
Her hand went to the doorknob and carefully opened it, fingers clenched over the metal. The room slowly came into view from the hall light and it fairly creeped her out to see the dark room with its shadows. They couldn't turn all the lights on in the house or it would have given it away to the Juuban Ripper that he was expected. Her hand fumbled for the light switch and as the light flooded the room and the heroine saw that it looked thank fully empty. A little of her tension drained out till she realized she would have to go inside, check the window and then the closet. "Oh god, the closet." She whispered, feeling her heart start to thunder in her chest.
Sailor Moon shuffled sideways to keep her back to the wall as she scanned the room, the bed looked untouched and she swiftly bent down to check under it, relieved when she saw it was clear. She took in the pile of toys, the long bookcase, the desk and chair, the various knickknacks and teddies that Naru had accumulated. Not much looked different from when they used to be friends, except for all the toys that used to be around the room were now in a heap in the corner from large to small. The blonde kept glancing over her shoulder as she reluctantly opened the closet door, one hand up at her brow and ready to grab her tiara. It was full of clothes and she swiftly looked under the bottom of them for the shape of someone hiding. He wasn't in there and the girl finally relaxed, slumping and feeling some of her fear draining out of her. All she had to check was the window and she could go back to Mamoru next door.
She headed for the window quickly, wanting to get it over. The pink curtains were closed, but they fell just below the line of the window, so couldn't possibly have someone hiding behind it. The heroine anxiously stuck a hand through a crack in the material, groping for the lock. To her relief it was shut tightly and she slumped back against it, blue eyes going to the doorway. "I really don't want to be here." She moaned to herself, a hand clenching over her chest. Sailor Moon's gaze slid absently about the room and came to the pile of dolls and stuffed toys again. Oh, there was the raggedy-anne doll she'd won for Naru at that fair they'd gone to with their school. She spotted a small toy of herself and grinned. It was adorable! But not as much as the Tuxedo Kamen dolls.
But then the blonde's blue eyes fell on something and her blood absolutely froze in her chest, heart faltering in shock. Two black eyes were staring right out at her from a white face in the back of the toy pile. A scream broke from her mouth and she reeled back in horror.
There was the sound of rushing feet and then Tuxedo Kamen hurried into the room, his teeth bared in rage and a steel tipped rose brandished in his gloved hand. "Sailor Moon!" He shouted, eyes moving swiftly about the room for the killer. He saw nothing, and frowned, seeing the blonde pinned to the window over the curtain, eyes fixed in terror at something near the door. When he swung that way swiftly, arm raised to throw the rose, he saw only a large pile of toys. "Why did you scream?" The dark-haired man demanded, turning from the doorway and walking over to the girl.
Sailor Moon finally looked away, her face pale as ashes. "I'm sorry!" She said, almost in tears. He took her into his arms and she buried her face into his chest, trying to calm herself. "It scared me." She whispered to him, hearing only her own panicked heartbeats in her ear. She felt bad that she had worried him needlessly, but that toy had seriously freaked her out! The blonde knew that she was shaking and tried to relax into the hero, enjoying the warmth of his embrace. Once this was all over, she was considering asking him out to a date or something.
"What did?" Tuxedo Kamen asked, tempted to tease her, but feeling how much the girl was scared. But what had done it? He felt very uneasy, almost as if something weren't quite right in the room. His shoulders twitched and he knew that Sailor Moon had felt something similar. The Ripper was there outside the house somewhere, trying to get inside. What if he already was? The dark-haired man's gloved hand slid down over the back of her hair gently and trailed down one of the long blonde ponytails that he had been so fond of mocking her about. He wondered absently what her amazing head of hair looked like down and loose about her.
"It's behind you in the pile. Scared the crap out of me, Tuxedo Kamen." The blonde said in a muffled tone, raising a hand and pointing to the toys. She couldn't even bear to look in that direction and felt the coward. Facing the Dark Kingdom had been far easier! The Generals were intelligent and ruthless and the Youma had wounded the Senshi many times, but they had never been in serious danger of loosing their lives. Not like tonight.
The hero frowned slowly as he turned with her still in his arms, noting that Sailor Moon wasn't looking at the toys. Had something really scared her that badly? He looked at the pile against the wall near the door and scanned the toys, at first not even spotting what had frightened her. But then he did and his breath hissed out, heart leaping into his throat. "Christ! That's one scary motherfucker." He said in shock. Tuxedo Kamen generally wasn't a guy who swore easily, but in this instance it was entirely justified.
In the back centre of the pile was a clown. A large clown with a white face and beady black eyes. He was clothed in a white clown uniform with red pom-poms going from his neck downwards and only it's upper chest and head was showing with a red ruffle about his throat above the rest of the toys. There was a white hat on it's head, decorated with little golden stars. It was quite large and it's head was flopping slightly to the side, as if the doll was staring at them and contemplating something. It wasn't only that which was so scary, but his mouth which was full of razor sharp teeth, bursting out of the bright red mouth. The face was painted in a rather spooky way, in a stark white, with black eyeliner and a crazed sort of look in it's eyes. "Why the hell would Naru have that thing?" He said in disgust, turning back to the girl. And what sort of a sicko had even made it?
Sailor Moon clung to him and then moved back, avoiding looking at the clown and tugging him towards the door. "Let's get out of here and help Mars and Jupiter?" She suggested, shivering. Seriously, her friend had a twisted sense of humour. Must have come from some circus trip Naru and her Mom went to. Tuxedo Kamen nodded in agreement and the two left the room quietly, turning off the light and closing the door behind them. As they went down the stairs, Sailor Mars was coming up with her companion slightly behind.
"All clear guys." The Senshi of Jupiter reported, hitching up her ponytail with her hands and looking satisfied. "All the doors and windows are shut tight. Maybe he couldn't get in and left?" She suggested.
Tuxedo Kamen frowned disapprovingly at her as he and Sailor Moon turned and led the way back down the hall. He stopped in front of the study and looked at Mars and Jupiter, who moved in front and the door was opened and thrust open. He kept a tight arm about the blonde's shoulders, as she was still shaken and let the other two Senshi search the room. He was pleased to note that they were very thorough, checking behind the desk, the long curtains, the closet and anywhere else the man might be hiding.
"That room is clear too." Mars murmured, looking at her best friend in concern. Sailor Moon was awfully pale, as if she had received a great shock. "Did something happen?" She demanded, aiming a glare at Tuxedo Kamen, who had been her partner upstairs. He was supposed to be looking out for Usagi!
The blonde girl opened her mouth to answer, then shook her head and turned her face into the hero's chest. She was rather ashamed that she was their Leader and had been scared by a toy! Mars liked to tease her a lot and this wasn't something that Sailor Moon wanted to be taunted about. "It's nothing." She mumbled.
Her best friend looked at her searchingly for a long moment and then nodded, her lips pressing into a tight line. It wasn't like Usagi to hide things from her...
Tuxedo Kamen led them a few steps away to the spare room door and he knocked lightly. "It's us!" He called through the door to Naru. There was a hesitation and then the door was unlocked and opened slightly. Nervous blue eyes met his through the crack and then became relieved when she saw it was really him. They all trooped inside and it was shut and locked again behind them. He lifted a hand to his earpiece and pressed it. "We checked the house over and he isn't currently inside."
Shingo, Hikaru, Mercury, Luna and Motoki expressed relief and then Naru's Mother raised a troubling subject.
"We might have to come up with a password or a code, Mamoru." Mizuho noted in worry, a frown between her brows. "He's a man too. What if he tries to pretend to be you?" She gestured towards the door. "If that had been him instead of you all just then, the Ripper would have easily shoved the door open and come inside." She heard Naru make a scared sound and threw her Daughter an apologetic look.
The Senshi and he gave her a quick look of respect and then turned to look at each other in a considering manner. This was something that they hadn't thought of and it was a good idea.
"A series of knocks, perhaps?" Jupiter queried, glancing at Sailor Moon.
"In a code? Like four knocks, pause, two knocks, pause, four?" The small blonde girl said slowly, tilting her head to the side. Her blue eyes went to Tuxedo Kamen's for his approval and he gave her a slight smile.
There was static on the earpieces and then Motoki broke in. "Sounds good to me, guys. So four, two, four?" He repeated back to them and his Uncle and Aunt murmured confirmations too.
Tuxedo Kamen frowned a little and looked towards the door rather uneasily. He didn't like the fact that the killer had seemed to disappear from the radar suddenly. He didn't like it at all. The dark-haired man gestured for the Senshi, Naru and her Mother to follow him and he crossed the room to the far window, with them all gathered tightly around him. "I think that we should have a phrase too." He said in a low voice, making certain that Motoki's family and Mercury could also hear it.
Sailor Mars glanced warily over her shoulder, not liking the fact that Mamoru had felt the need to move away from the door. She had also noted that the Ripper had vanished and he could already be inside the house somewhere they hadn't found. But she didn't say anything to worry the others, though she and Jupiter exchanged significant looks with the hero. "What sort of phrase, Mamoru?" She whispered to him, brushing a lock of dark hair from her eyes.
"How about Dark Kingdom?" Mercury suggested to them. She had been quiet for a while now, thinking things over and preparing to meet up with Luna and teleport over to the others.
"I think that the media has splashed a lot of things over the media and most likely has heard that phrase. The reporters have come very close to battles and might have heard us refer to the enemy as the Dark Kingdom." Luna replied through her own small ear device that Shingi had designed especially to fit on the feline so that she could contact them all. "Perhaps-Silver Millennium?"
They all stared at each other wonderingly, but no one seemed to have heard anything about it.
"I have mentioned that before, haven't I? Girls?" She questioned the Senshi uncertainly. Surely she had told them about the past?
The Senshi of the Moon shook her head slowly, looking mystified. "No Luna, what's the Silver Millennium?" Despite never having heard her guardian cat mention it, the name felt hauntingly familiar. As she stared at her friend's faces, they all looked confused and it was only Tuxedo Kamen who seemed to look like the name meant something to him too.
"Good lord, I haven't told you that a thousand years ago the planets were all inhabited and united under the name Silver Millennium?" Luna was rather aghast at her oversight and cursed her memory, which was sketchy at best regarding the past.
Jupiter gaped in disbelief. "People were living on the other planets, Luna? Why haven't you ever mentioned this? You only told us the Princess lived on the Moon with the rest of the kingdom!"
"The Moon Princess?" Tuxedo Kamen said sharply, blue eyes becoming intent behind his mask. The Senshi were talking about his Princess?
Sailor Moon laid a hand on his arm, sensing something was wrong with the dark-haired man. "You know her, Mamoru?" She asked him in some surprise.
He bit back a retort, knowing that this wasn't the time and place and that the Sailor Senshi had been hiding something really big from him. Maybe the key to his lost past... "This really isn't the time for that discussion." Tuxedo Kamen's voice was curt and he saw the blonde shrinking back from him, expression hurt. Her gloved hand slid from his arm and he let her go, tempted to grab it again and comfort her, but it was also something that could wait till later. They had to have a very serious talk about their relationship, after the killer had been caught.
"Yeah, as fascinating as this conversation is, we really should be concentrating on what's happening with the Ripper." Shingo said in a hard tone through their earpiece's.
"Silver Millennium it is, then." The blonde girl murmured to them, turning her body away to face the window. She couldn't help but feel pained by Tuxedo Kamen's coldness, but they were all rather tense considering the circumstances. "Knock four times, followed by two, then four and say the words."
They all quietly agreed and then went back to their posts. Sailor Mars and Jupiter leant against the wall next to the door, Tuxedo Kamen and Mizuho went to the desk and sat down to monitor the camera's and the others sat on the floor in a small circle.
"Did I hear a scream before, Usagi?" Naru demanded suddenly, eyes huge in her face and her hands wringing anxiously. She looked at her friend, remembering having heard the noise through the door when Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen had been searching the upper floor.
Sailor Moon blushed and was ashamed of having lost her cool earlier when searching Naru's room. It was such a small thing and she had needlessly worried the red-head. It was just all getting to her. "Oh, I uh-it's silly, but it was your clown doll. I saw it in the pile of toys and it freaked me out." She admitted sheepishly, grinning and rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment.
Her friend stared at her. "My clown doll scared you?" She said incredulously, glancing back and forth between her and the hero at the desk. Tuxedo Kamen turned his head and shook his head at her, warning not to make a big deal of Sailor Moon having freaked out. She smiled slightly. "Sorry Usagi. Mom got it for me when we went to the circus two years ago. I didn't think it would scare you." Some people did have a fear of clowns and it was called Coulrophobia.
The blonde shook her head slightly and grimaced. "No, it's my fault. I'm just freaked out a bit." Sailor Moon was just really on edge and it had been exactly like her to spaz out over something so trivial.
"There's a serial killer somewhere outside the house and you got scared by a doll?" Sailor Mars demanded, glaring at her friend accusingly. Her Leader glowered her way and the raven-haired girl grinned and stuck out her tongue. She understood that this was scary stuff for them all, but to get scared over an inanimate object?
The two girls fell to quiet bickering and Tuxedo Kamen sighed deeply, sharing a longsuffering look with Jupiter and then Naru. He strode over to Mizuho, who hadn't turned from the monitors and was watching them intently. He sank into the chair beside her and looked also. "Anything?" The dark-haired man asked quietly.
"Nothing, Mamoru. I did think I saw something a few minutes ago, but it could have been just a shadow from a tree or bush." The woman reported, face tense. She shot a quick look towards him. "Did you four see anything?" She asked him, hoping that the reply would be negative.
Tuxedo Kamen leant forward to scrutinize the monitors and felt unease creep over him. This couldn't be right. Nothing was going according to what happened to he and Usagi the night before. There was no cutting of lights, or weird phone calls. The phone was set up on the desk next to the keyboard and it had been silent. He reached for the phone and held it to his ear, hearing a dial tone. "Nothing, Mizuho." The hero replied gently, trying to reassure her.
But just as the phone went into the cradle, it suddenly rang. The four of them froze in shock, staring at it as if it was a foreign device.
"Oh my god, is it him?" Sailor Moon whispered, her eyes flying wide with panic. Her heart had leapt into her throat at the sound.
"Probably, Usagi." The dark-haired man said grimly, shaking off the bad feelings that came from the night before when he and the blonde and been in the dark all alone. He looked at Naru and her Mother. "I guess it could be from someone you two know. It's still early evening." He murmured doubtfully.
Mizuho hesitantly came forward and looked at Tuxedo Kamen for an anxious moment and then she answered the phone. "Hello?" She said with forced cheerfulness, as if she didn't know exactly what was going on and the Juuban Ripper was probably headed to her house that night to kill them all. There was heavy breathing for a few seconds and then the line went dead. "I think it was him." She whispered, feeling the fear choking her.
"Did he say anything?" Her Daughter asked fearfully, eyes wide.
The woman shook her head and sank into the chair beside Mamoru, pale as a sheet and hands trembling. "No, just heavy breathing." She told them all in a hushed tone.
"He's started his sick little game." Jupiter growled out angrily, her green eyes flashing.
Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Moon looked at each other quickly. It had to be him with the heavy breathing and not saying anything. "Yeah," He said, nodding. "He's around here somewhere. He must have cut the wires to the electricity in the fuse box, but left the phone ones okay." He clicked the button over his ear device to contact the others. "Guys, we think that the Ripper just called us, because the caller said nothing and there was heavy breathing. All the windows and doors were locked when the Senshi and I did a patrol, but if he's gone to the fuse box, then he's definitely still outside."
"Where exactly is it located, Mizuho?" Mercury queried over the earpiece. "Some houses have it in their basements and others outside."
They all looked quickly at the red-haired woman. It had been assumed that the box was outside, but what if it was in?
She shook her head quickly, reassuring them. "It's on the side of the house-" She went a little pale then, eyes flying to the window that they had been gathered around when they'd had their conversation about the pass code to enter the room. "It's right-right under that window." She said, pointing to it with a shaking finger.
The Senshi and the dark-haired man quickly exchanged a look, faces grim.
"Change of plan." Tuxedo Kamen said in a hard tone. "The password is no longer Silver Millennium, in case he somehow heard us talking. It's Rainbow Crystals now."
There were no objections and all fell silent, wondering if they had been heard. Though they were on the second floor and the window closed, it wasn't outside the realm of possibility that somehow the killer had been listening in. They couldn't underestimate him.
"We're still twenty minutes from Naru's house." Shingi reported over the line, the sound of his car in the background.
"I'm about eight minutes away." Motoki said, also heading across town in his car.
Mercury chimed in after them. "Luna just got here and we're about to do a teleport."
"Thank god for that." Sailor Moon whispered to Mars and the other two girls. She would feel a lot better with her whole team there and their advisor too.
"Good, then get-" Tuxedo Kamen began, but suddenly the power in the house died and there were frightened screams from the girls. "Quiet! He might hear you!" He hissed at them, angry that the Senshi and Naru hadn't thought about their shrieks being heard. They all stopped abruptly and he heard Sailor Moon whimper a little. The hero understood perfectly, also getting a sense of deja vu from what had happened the night before. When this was all over, he was going to strangle Motoki for planning that fiasco in order to get his best friend and the Odango Atama together.
"What's wrong?" Luna demanded, sounding scared for them. "Usagi, Makoto, Rei?"
"We're fine, Luna." Mars responded, voice grim. The Senshi and Naru were practically glommed desperately to each other, having almost had a heart attack when the lights died. She looked towards the table as she noted that the computer was still powered on. "The backup?" She questioned in relief. Thanks to Shingi, they should still be able to watch the cameras even when the main power in the house was out. The computer was running on something called a UPS (Uninterrupted power supply).
The dark-haired man quickly entered the password and booted up the software, seeing the camera feed popping back onto the huge TV. He could see the house again and was relieved.
"What happened?" Shingi's voice asked into his ear.
"The power died. Your UPS kept the computer running. I can see everything outside, but he doesn't know that." Tuxedo Kamen reported. He heard a relieved sigh and felt that way himself.
"Mamoru, those are designed only to keep the computer running for about an hour. If the power is not back on by then, that's going to a really big problem."
Tuxedo Kamen's face was grim with determination. "We'll have him by then, but thanks for the head's up, Shingo." Movement on the TV caught his eye then and he saw a shadow in the shape of a man walking about the backyard boldly. "There he is." He said coolly, blue eyes narrowing behind the mask.
The Senshi and Naru rushed up to the table and gathered about the hero and Mizuho, their wide eyes looking at the shape steadily becoming clearer.
There was a shocked gasped from Sailor Moon and her face went pale. She heard Tuxedo Kamen swear loudly and everyone stared at them, wondering what was wrong.
But then Naru stiffened in disbelief, eyes huge. "Usagi," The red-headed girl said in a horrified tone, staring at the figure in white. "Was that-?" She broke off, hands shaking as they watched the figure go to the backdoor.
"Yeah." Her friend said in a faint voice, blue eyes wide with fright. She felt her whole body shuddering in terror as she realized how close she had come to death. Mamoru quickly reached out for her hand and gripped it tightly, his face tense.
Because they were all staring at the figure of the killer dressed as a clown.
The same one that had been in Naru's bedroom...
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To Be Continued...
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