Malachite walked from the cell area towards Beryl's throne room. He knew things were finally looking up for their forces. Ever since Prince Darien had been accidentally murdered, he had been seemingly blessed with good luck. Although he initially felt somewhat depressed, mostly due to the death of his lover, Zoisite, he had managed to recover. In spite of his past failings, that bumbling fool Jadeite had been released at his insistence. He would need all the help he could get. And it had payed off.

Within a few weeks, the Sailor Scouts had been captured and, with the exception of Venus, had been quite literally put on ice (or in Mercury's case, wax). Then with the aid of his agents, Sailor Moon had been outed to everyone, demoralising her further. Taking this opportunity, his agents had captured and restored the defeated Shadow Warriors to their side. The old shadows had been joined by four new ones, all of them the agents who had captured the Scouts. Now he entered Beryl's throne room.

"Report, Malachite. What has happened?"

"My Queen. Sailor Moon has officially told my agent Ninjana that she has surrendered. She will hand over her crystal, in exchange for her friends."

"Excellent work. Once the Silver Crystal is mine, have the four Sailor Scouts killed."

Chibi continued to listen as Amy (it had taken a while to get used to the name) concluded her tale. After Metalia had begun building her army, Serena just decided to devote all her time to dealing with the threat without the aid of the Silver Crystal. But then the Heart Snatchers began appearing in Tokyo. They easily managed to take Raye's pure heart with minimal resistance. The Sailor Scouts had found new allies in the form of Sailors Uranus and Neptune. But, as in Usagi's (she had decided to drop the diminutive here) world, these girls were holding two of the three talismans needed to create the Holy Grail (or the Purity Chalice, as it was here). This was all the enemy needed to awaken their Mistress and begin their takeover. Sailor Venus - Mina (at least that was similar enough) had appeared to die trying to stop them.

Then the Dark Moon Circus showed up soon afterwards, going after Serena, who was holding the Golden Mirror in this world. Then Venus came back from hiding, only for her and Michuiru (Michelle)to disappear on separate missions. Now Tokyo was a battleground between three separate queens; Metalia, Mistress 9 and Nehelenia.

But now Usagi turned her attention to the man who had saved her. "And who are you? You never answered me before."

The soldier replied "My name is Akil Bomani," he removed his helmet to reveal an Asian man with long, white hair "but I was once known as Malachite."

Metalia sat on her throne. It still felt strange to think about. After nearly 2 years, she still hadn't got used to the idea of physical existence. Her entire existence prior to then had been as a living shadow. She had entered this universe to destroy the Silver Millennium, at the urging of a minor noble named Beryl. To accomplish this, she had corrupted a large number of soldiers (including Prince Darien's 4 elite commanders) and bid them attack, some even being mutated into monsters with extraordinary powers. But then Queen Serenity had used the power of the Crystal to banish the Queen and her followers into what became a Dark Kingdom.

Now, she had a body, willingly donated by Beryl, under a misguided attempt to gain more power. Her palace was made in the national landmark of this city. The Crystal was in her possession, as the jewel of her crown. Her palace was guarded by the four warriors that had successfully captured the four Sailor Scouts, now upgraded into Shadow Warriors. That fool Jadeite had been revived to serve her, receiving a promotion to field leader following Malachite's desertion. Once her rivals were fully defeated, she would proceed to destroy first the planet those meddlesome Sailor Scouts had fought so hard to protect. Then she would go on to destroy the universe, leaving only the Nega-verse.

Chairman Hino was not pleased. A few months ago, he had left for a climate change conference in Kyoto. Then the disaster had struck in Tokyo. He had been forced to leave his daughter, his only family, in order to get to safety. He had then relocated to a rather poor quality embassy in London, England. Once there, he, as well as the other representatives of SEATO and NATO, had begun formulating plans for a counter strike.

Now he was visited by Barry Jansen, a rather oafish American who he had taken a shine to. Now he met with the representatives of the UK and Russia (Terrence Moore and Yuri Prozorov) to sanction the final plan.

"So its agreed then" said the Englander.

"Yes" the other delegates said simultaneously.

"We are going to drop an non-atomic bomb on the affected areas. This will remove the threats to our nations and minimise civilian casualties." The other delegates nodded in agreement. Moore went over to his radio and pressed a button.

"Eagle Striker. You have clearance to proceed with your bombing run. Operation Keep Britain Tidy is a go-for-launch."

Lita continued to watch as the slobbering beast moved past them. Once the only reason to fear this man had been his lecherous tendencies. Now it was his savage, cannibalistic tendencies that terrified people. He was being accompanied by Blizzard, one of the Queen's second generation shadows, formerly a skiing champion with an odd name. Now Lizzie, Saffron and Calaveras were really terrified. With the ape, they could at least hope he hadn't seen them at a glance. But this was different. She would go over every inch of the street until she found them. And then they could either hope for being killed by her Ice powers, or get unwillingly turned into another evil servant of of the evil Queen of Sector 1.

Lizzie silently cried, remembering that the same fate had befallen her brother and the Tsukino family. But with her heightened senses, Blizzard instantly heard the sobs and turned to see the group. Saffron's reaction was short and to the point;

"crap!"

Then the ice creature blasted both Saffron and Lizzie, much to Lita and Calaveras' shared horror. Within seconds, the two were nothing but mindless slaves, a shell of their former selves