Lita, Elizabeth and the blue cat named Diana reached the streets where their group had been ambushed. Blizzard and her slobbering partner had gone. Calaveras was still fighting the pop star creature.
"Okay Diana.", said Lita "I need you to do that thing you just did."
"I'm sorry.", replied the kitten "I only had enough energy for one use." Then, the creature ignored it's original prey and turned towards them. Before it had a chance to touch them, a blinding light hit the group.
When it cleared, the creature stopped dead in it's tracks and reverted to Saffron. "I'm sorry, I lost control of myself there.", the artist said weakly.
They all turned to see Jupiter's old enemy Malachite, clutching his right arm. With him was Sailor Mercury, Sailor Uranus, the little girl in the sailor suit, a few people they either did or didn't recognise and two people Jupiter had never expected to see again. Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus, returned to them.
Mistress 9 was troubled. Her plan had been working perfectly. By provoking fear and paranoia in the minds of the people, she would get the foreign powers to drop an explosive on this city. She would then absorb this energy and use it to wreak destruction on the world. But she sensed that the Sailor Scouts were once more a (mostly) full team once more. They would find some way to either stop the strike or remove her before the strike could take place. She had not spent 7 years conceiving herself in the body of a human child to be defeated by these girls. She had to take action against them.
To that end, she called Mikusi into her throne room. Despite it's simple mind, the Sovereign had taken a preference to this creature. This was partially because it had inadvertently succeeded in taking out the one named Sailor Mars.
"Gather all our forces, Mikusi.", commanded the Sovereign. "We're going to hunt down and destroy the Sailor Scouts. And bring my pet. She hasn't been fed all day. I'm sure Sailor Uranus will be happy to see her one last time."
In the dimension of the Time Gateway, Sailor Uranus sensed something wrong. Something had crossed over from another universe. This only happened in the event of a massive paradox. The outlier had resurfaced in the late 20th century, during the time of the war or dominion in Tokyo. She knew the people would never recover from the after effects until the time of Crystal Tokyo.
Perhaps this outlier may play a part in assuring a more positive outcome. Sailor Mars and Prince Darien may not need to be resurrected if this resulted in a better path. Casualty would sort itself out after these events. Then she would help the outlier return to their universe. All would be right with the world.
Sailor Mercury had finished a lengthy explanation of their plan to Jupiter's group. With their 4 additional soldiers, plus the mysterious cat that apparently knew the little girl named Usagi, they now had a force of 18. This put them in a good position to execute their plan in a time limit satisfying the time until the bombing began. Everyone had been bought up to speed on the current events. Now they were about to enter the fortress of the Shadow Warrior known as Veena. She had Serena's Crescent Moon Wand displayed on her wall as a piece of art. Not that many would see it, considering the lack of visitors. Amy watched as Malachite's de-brainwashed minions assumed their Nega-monster forms. As the group headed towards the fortress, they were faced by two of the other Shadow Warriors.
They were Techniclon, Mistress of Science and Mitsuami, a monster composed of the staff of a barbershop. Greg and the Countess held them off so the others could get inside. As they proceeded further into the building, they lost members of their party until only Serena and Amy were left. They reached the demon artist's inner sanctum, where the wand was on display. But they were confronted by Veena herself, who would do everything to take them out, even lethal force.