Vol. 09

Chapter 34

Luna went back outside of the session, "Upon the Rule of the Moon, Grant Me your Power!" Luna in her wolf form ran to Selina's room. She walked in very quietly not disturbing the Ellie and Mrs. Lenz as they put on their makeup. She walked up behind Selina enough for her to see her in the mirror. "Selina, we're in trouble! All the girls Akshan Misra photographed just disappeared!" Luna whispered carefully. Selina looked at her as if she was crazy.

"What kind of nonsense is that?"

"I'm not kidding! This must be one of the Evil Box's evil plots! Please contact Call Hermione and Marcella!"

"Oh, shush! I'm busy right now." Selina went back to the she was doing.

"Oh, really? Then I'll tell everyone about your swimsuit!"

"Okay, I get it!" Selina was too loud.

"Selina, what did you get?" Ellie was wondering what Selina was mumbling about. Luna hid in the corner of the room avoiding to be seen.

"Oh, it's nothing!" Selina smiled nervously. Mrs. Lenz got up adjusting herself.

"I definitely gained weight." She mentioned, making Ellie fell real uncomfortable. Selina stepped outside and used her cell phone to call in the team.

"Hey, Hermione? I'm at the Intercontinental Hotel for a photo shoot right now. This my moment of glory!"

"WRONG! Something's about to happen! Come here right away with Marcella!" Luna growled in the phone. The door was opening and Luna ran to the corner of the hallway. Ellie and Mrs. Lenz stepped out of the room.

"Selina, it's our turn." Ellie called out.

"I have definitely gained weight!" Mrs. Lenz freaked out, which made Ellie freak out even more.

"Okay, let's go!" Ellie yelled out.

"Wait!" Selina shouted back. Selina turned and was about to walk.

"Selina!" Luna ran back to her and bit a piece of the ribbon exposing the hole that it was covering, and she ran the end of the hallway.

"SON OF A BITCH! She ripped my swimsuit! Luna I will never forgive you! Come back here!" Selina ran after the black wolf. The other ladies were prepared to get their picture taken. Luna slipped into the photo session with the ribbon in her snout.

"Hey! Stop right there, Luna!" Selina went in still trying to catch her. She stop when she saw the others posing for the camera. "Crap! I'm the only one that won't be photographed." The ladies posed their best.

"I'm a genius!" Akshan aimed his camera to the ladies and took his shot. The white beam flashed to the group and turned them into a mass of energy and got sucked into the camera. Selina was in shock.

"They disappeared!"

"I told you so!" Luna came back beside her.

"This is messed up! Let's go, Luna!" The two ran to other side of the room. Akshan was gaining more and more energy with every shot he takes. Selina and Luna went up to the young photographer. "Akshan, what did you do to everybody?" Selina demanded.

"Art is self expression! I don't care who she is. I'm going to snap pictures of girls! Boom! Boom!" He aimed his camera at Selina.

"You're wrong!" Selina said back. Akshan put his camera down not liking what she said.

"What did you say?" He asked.

"You don't care who it is, as long as she's a young girl? Anyone who takes photographs with an attitude like that is a third-rate photographer!"

"She stole that from somewhere that's for sure!" Luna said under her breathe.

"You're supposed to be a photographer who understands the beauty in this world! Please wake up!" Selina begged.

"Back off!" Akshan pushed Selina to the floor.

"Are you okay, Selina?" Luna asked. Selina nodded back. "Now transform into Guardian Moon!" Selina got up after her recovery.

"Upon the Rule of Diana, Lend Me Your Light! You can't judge how beautiful a girl really is by the way we look. You have to look at our hearts and our love of justice."

"Who are you?!" He asked. Selina jumped from a high point and landed perfectly in front of him.

"I'm the warrior of the Hunt and the Moon, I'm Guardian Moon! Monster, I know you've possessed Akshan! Come out now!"

"Oh! You're beautiful!" He took a shot at Selina, she dodge by going to her right.

"You're being controlled by a monster! At this rate..." He took another shot and she dodge to the left. "All your passionate energy and soul will be taken by the monster!" He took another shot, she went even further to the left, almost falling into the pool. He shot non stop, but Selina charge at him with speed, she jumped with such heights. Selina whipped her leg and kicked the camera out of his hands and fell into the pool. Akshan fell onto the floor with exhaustion. Selina checked on him to see if he's alright. "Hang in there!" An explosion came out of the pool and an aura appeared creating a young Native American woman with a head dress of feathers, face is painted in different colours. She wore animal hide only covering what needs to be covered and moccasin boots. She float above the water laughing away.

"Guardian Moon. I am Naira, and Akshan's soul will be mine!" She held out her right hand with her palm exposed open. Her palm is made of a mirror and feathers sticking out of her wrist and shine like the light of a camera. "Take this!" She shot out a blinding beam of light at Selina but she jumped away but instead, Akshan was caught in the attack and he disappeared.

"No way!" Selina was surprised by the attack.

"Guardian Moon, be careful! If Naira takes your picture, you'll be trapped inside the photograph!" Explain Luna from afar.

"I don't wanna be trapped!" Selina complained. Naira started to shoot random shots at Selina hoping to catch the heroine. Selina dodge here and there, being careful not to touch the beam. Selina one particular but fell down on the ground.

"Watch out, Guardian Moon!" Shouted Luna, she ran and leaped in front of another beam saving Selina from being caught. Luna end up disappearing.

"Oh no! Luna, where are you?!" Selina panicked.

"She's right here." Naira's right hand was a fist and between her fingers were photos sliding out. She threw the pictures to Selina. She caught them and gazed at them.

"Luna! Akshan! You're horrible...HORRIBLE!" Selina shouted.

"Guardian Moon. I'll make sure to get you this time! Take my shutter attack!" Naira aimed her hand at Selina ready to take fire. Selina walked backwards avoiding any closer between the two.

"Stop right there!" opening the doors were the rest of the team.

"Guardian Mercury! Guardian Mars!" Selina exclaimed.

"Quicksilver Haze, Surround!" The place was in dense fog and Naira was having a hard time trying to see.

"Monster, I will smash you into little pieces! Iron Fist, Collide!" Marcella punched the ground creating different waves of immense energy towards to the monster.

"Impertinence! Such petty tricks will not work on me!" Naira shot random shots around her and dodge the attack easily. The fog quickly disappeared.

"What's going on?" Selina saw the other two Guardians disappeared from her sight. Naira threw another pair of photos to Selina. She was about to cry in rage.

"Mercury! Mars!"

"I will get you now!" Naira walked closer to Selina and she continue to walk backwards until she her back hit a mirrored wall. Scared to death she tried to think of something fast. She remembered what Luna said before.

"Guardian Moon, be careful! If Naira takes your picture, you'll be trapped inside the photograph!"

If the camera captures you, you'll be turned into a picture ! "Okay!" Selina stood her ground, gaining her confidence back.

"It's too late for you now!" Naira made the shot.

"Right back at ya!" Selina leaped up high doing and aerial twist and landed behind the monster.

"What?!" The white beam hit the mirror, actually taking in Naira's reflection. She started to melt due to the effects. "I'm being trapped inside the camera?! I cannot disappear!" Selina took out her discus and set to fly.

"Monster, Naira, I won't forgive you!"

"What?!" Naira turned to face Selina.

"Silver Moon, Watch My Aim!" Selina threw the discus hard to the enemy. On impact, Naira was set on blue flames and vanished. The girls appeared where they were gone. Akshan was back on the floor where he laid. Luna came back in mid jump. Finally, Hermione and Marcella appeared by the door. Selina sat on the floor with exhaustion. "I've had enough of photo shoots!" Back in the mansion in the woods, Paris continues to read the stars, but they vanished before his eyes.

"The star of evil has disappeared." He then heard an annoying giggle within the air.

"Paris, it seems that your plan has failed." Said a voice.

"Who's there?" Paris insisted. A hologram of Admete showed up before him. "Admete?!"

"I'm sure Lady Pandora will be very happy to hear of your performance." And she continues to giggle.

"What about you? Have you found the legendary Moonstone, that will wake our great ruler's powers." Paris blackmail her, making her not looking too happy at all. "You should probably fulfill your duties rather than worry about others. Countless mortals possess energy on this Earth! Countless!"

Late in the night, back at the apartments, "Where is Selina?" Hermione asked.

"She locked herself in her apartment. Knowing that being in a photo shoot will be only in a dream. She's probably too tired to even stand up." Luna answered back. The two were sitting on Hermione's couch watching the TV to see the news update, with the interview of Akshan Misra.

"I have decided to stop taking pictures for awhile."

"How come? When will you start shooting again?" asked a reporter.

"Someone taught me a lesson. That a woman's true beauty is not about how she looks. It is about what's in her heart and her love of justice. When I truly understand what that means, I will take up my camera once again."

"Someone taught you a lesson? Who?" They asked again.

"A wonderful girl."

"To think this is all Selina's doing, why can she be like that in her academic studies, too." Said Luna.

"I couldn't agree more, but I'm afraid that will also be in a dream." Hermione added. In Selina's bedroom, Selina sleeps quietly like a baby, dreaming away of being in the cover of a sports magazine.