Hello and welcome to another chapter. This will be the last for a while as I haven't finished writing the last two. And to the person I gave a shout out to last time, I apologise for the gender error. It's just difficult to tell what gender the users are. As you may be aware, I'm working on another story simultaneously. Please go and check that out.

Serena was surrounded by Heart Snatchers. These things were demons that could adapt by taking over different objects as their physical forms. She knew that they would be difficult to defeat, remembering what had happened to Sailor Mars. But she knew she could still fight them 'til the bitter end. She used her "Moon Tiara Magic" attack to defeat a car monster. Another one was about to attack her, but it was stopped by one of the reformed Nega-Verse monsters, a spider-woman. It looked exactly like the one Neflyte had once used to attack her teacher, Miss Lambert. Then she came face to face with their leader, Mistress 9.

"Well Sailor Moon, we meet at last. I'm looking forward to tearing you apart. Or better yet, I'll have one of your Scouts do it for me." At this, the red blob that was once Sailor Neptune turned and attacked.

It was time to stop. He had lived at this old temple since Metalia had begun to take over. He'd disguised himself both to avoid recognition and to fend off any attackers, a role he had so far succeeded in. The dialect class he had taken with Andrew had helped in this. But now he sensed that something had happened. He had seen the black light wave fly across the sky.

He had sensed the power of Nehelenia's Golden Crystal (though he didn't quite understand his connection to it) leave its receptacle and enter him. This had the effect of restoring all memories of his past lives. He could see it all; his parents, his time as the prince, the betrayal his trusted warriors had inflicted on him, his romance with the princess Serena. It was all so clear to him. He'd also unlocked a new skill he hadn't been aware of. The ability to heal anything. Hopefully this included death.

Tuxedo Mask would need all the help he could get.

The now-empty Crystal was in his possession. He had dispersed the useless healing powers within it, intending to fill it with his dark power. Blasting the gem, it began to grow and change shape. Soon, the Crystal was ready for him to merge his conscience into it. With this act, the Malefic Black Crystal had come into being. Now he would need followers to guard it from interlopers. And he knew exactly where to find them.

Byruit was bored. She had joined up with this outfit to get some action when they eventually took over the world. Since then, she and her 3 remaining human co-workers, Eugeal, Tellulu and Cyprine, had been demoted to worse than Heart Snatchers. At least they got to go out and gather pure hearts. If Byruit was in charge of that task, she knew her nano machines would gather many more. Even the methods those other idiots she worked with employed would be more expected. Even now, everyone but them was in the middle of a battle that could mean the end of that pest Sailor Mercury's rebellion. She should be seeing Action out there with the others, not cooped up in a lab doing nothing. Suddenly, a black shadow with red eyes phased through the wall frightening all of them.

"I am the Doom Phantom. And I have need of all of you."

Chibi-Moon could see that Uranus was shocked. After all, she had been. That Daimon was really Sailor Neptune, who everyone had believed dead. Now, Usagi believed that the wretched thing wished it was. She knew that she had to help her regain her lost humanity. She just had to use the power of the Illusionary Silver Crystal. It had been locked inside her ever since she had tried to take it during the return of the Black Moon Clan. Thinking of them filled the Small Lady with 3 separate emotions; Curiosity (would they come to exist here?), longing for home and PTSD (from the time she spent as a minion of the Death Phantom). But pushing these thoughts aside, she cried out "Moon Crystal Healing Escalation!"

With this declaration, energy flowed from her into the creature, which had now moved on to attacking Sailor Moon. It convulsed an writhed from the purification rays. Then, there was a flash of light. Once it cleared, the horrific creature, was gone, replaced by a girl in the same uniform as the other Sailors. A white seed dropped out of her body and shattered, releasing a puff of black smoke. At this, Sailor Neptune looked up, confused. "Amara, what's happening? How did I get here?"

Elsewhere, the Doom Phantom looked on with satisfaction. If he still had a mouth, he'd be smiling. Now these girls would serve as his handmaidens of destruction. They had been gifted with abilities based upon their specialities. Eugeal was now a creature composed of flame. Tellulu had a body with chlorophyll replacing blood platelets, making her part vegetable. Byruit had a body that could disassemble and reassemble at will. Finally, Cyprine and her alter ego Ptilol had been merged into one personality, capable of duplicating an enemy's attack.

"This is not enough. I still need more if I am to defeat those meddling Sailor Scouts."At this, Byruit used her abilities to disassemble the objects in the laboratory, reassembling them into bodies of various shapes and sizes. The Phantom used fragments of his dark crystal to animate these creatures. Now, they would launch their attack. And nothing would stop them.

Elsewhere, the Queen of the Dark Moon pulled herself out of the rubble. She caught a glimpse of herself in a mirror. To her shock, she had reverted to her true form; a hideous old hag.

Mistress 9 was angry. They had tried her patience for the last time. It was time to assume her ultimate form. "Now you will face me at my full potential!", she shouted towards Sailor Moon. With this, she shed her human body, causing it to revert to a 12 year-old girl. But Serena soon turned her attention to the enemy. She had assumed a large, liquid-based body. It launched its arms of gunk at Sailor Moon, knocking her unconscious. But before the Sovereign of Silence could strike the final blow, she was blasted by a fireball, that seemingly came from nowhere.

"You didn't think you'd have this party without us, did you?"

At this, Sailors Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune and Chibi-Moon turned around. They were all shocked by who they saw. Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mars, both alive and well.