Sailor Scouts: The Second Generation Characters:Serena/Neo Queen Serenity/ Imperium Sailor Moon Sailor Mercury/Ami/ Queen Mercury , Sailor Mercury/ Ennui/ Princess Mercury Sailor Venus/ Mina/ Queen Venus, Sailor Venus/ Laina/ Princess Venus Sailor Mars/ Rei/ Queen Mars , Sailor Mars/ Jeishei/ Princess Mars Sailor Jupiter/ Lita/ Queen Jupiter, Sailor Jupiter/ Selena/ Princess Jupiter Sailor Eternity/ Eternity/ Queen Eternity ,Sailor Eterna/ Eterna/ Princess Eterna/ Infinite Sailor Eterna, Sailor Uranus/ Haruka/ Queen Uranus , Sailor Neptune/ Michiru/ Queen Neptune, Sailor Saturn/ Hotaru/ Queen Saturn ,Sailor Pluto/ Setsuna/ Queen Pluto, Sailor Solaii/ Kailei/ Queen Sol , Sailor Moon/ Reeni/ Moon Princess, Neo King Endymion/Tuxedo Mask/Darien Shields, Damien Shields/ Prince Damien, The Lord Of Illusions/ I'm not telling you now, you'll have to find out later! Note- This is my third fanfic.All the characters belong to Naoko Taeukishi( I don't know how to spell her name) except Sailor Solaii, Sailor Eterna, Sailor Eternity, Damien, The Lord Of Illusions, and the younger scouts. When everyone's transformed, `I'm going to call them by their names still because there are two of all the inner scouts. In my last fanfic, I said that Eterna was younger than Damien, but I just realized that wasn't possible if she was alive when the Nethermoon destroyed her kingdom. I just didn't count the years when she was in service to evil because she didn't age. So she was actually about 41 or so, but her body and mind were still thoise of a sixteen year old, which was the age she was when the NetherMoon destroyed her family.( By the way, everyone doesn't age after twenty, so don't get grosse out when I talk about hundred year old people.)The scouts are the property of Naoko Taeukishi(or whatever her name is,)and other people who could sue me for all that I own but that I hope won't because this fanfic is giving me absolutely no profit whatsoever. I wrote Eterna's song myself, so, if you want to borrow it for some weird reason, please give me credit and ask me first. ( I probably won't say no.) Send comments, questions, complaints, threats, flames, praise or anything like that to PrimroseC.(aka Sailor Eterna). Pleeaaase don't be too mean, or......I'LL DUST YOU! Hehehehe........ Eterna's Song I watch your tears as my life fades away. But, my dear, it's so much better this way. I'd die a million times so that you could live. I'd suffer the pain for the love you can give. I've held you before but you hold me now, You smooth away the care and the pain from my brow. I wish I could spare you this one last great pain. But this is the only way I'll see you again. Am I selfish to die and leave you to the years? I can't watch you die, but I can't watch your tears. I can't see you suffer and die for me, your love, To wait for me eternally in the darkness above. I can't feel the pain anymore as I lie in your arms. Better to die this way, than to let you suffer harm. Better to die by your side than live without you. Better for me to die than my only love so true. I hope you will find a way to carry on. Keep trying to live, keep laughing when I'm gone. Don't forget our love, but don't live in the past. Remember me always, let our love last. And when our paths will run together past the lonely gate The place East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon I'll wait. We'll remember our love and live it again. No sorrow, no loss, no trouble, no pain. We'll live there together in eternal love and bliss. My love, my love, just one last kiss. Think of my death as a way to live, And always of your great love freely give. Ever remember that world of peace and love, That golden eternal kingdom in the skies above. But I 'll come to you ere you come to me, And we'll be together, in Eternity. - Sailor Eterna May 5 3123 It was May 5,3123, Prince Damien's birthday and the hundreth year of his marriage. To celebrate, Darien and Serena had planned a big party with the help of the scouts.Suddenly, the inner scouts all stood up along with Serena and headed to a stand with a microphone on it. Everyone hushed as Serena quietly said," We have an announcement to make ."When everyone had finally stopped talking, she continued." Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and I have decided to pass on our powers.We've seen too many battles, too much loss. We want to give our powers to our daughters." Rei left the podium and found her daughter among the stunned crowd. She put her hand upon her daughter's head and said,"Jeishei, I give my Mars powers to you." A red light came from her hand and covered her daughter. Mina left next. She looked around and saw Laina. She walked over to her, put her hand on Laina's head, and said," Laina, I give my Venus powers to you." An orange light spread from Mina and surrounded Laina. Third, Lita jumped off the podium and headed to her daughter, Selena. Lita put her hand on her head and said," I give my Jupiter powers to you." Lastly, Ami went to her daughter,Ennui. She placed her hand upon her daughter's head and said," Ennui, I give my Mercury powers to you." When they were done, Serena stepped off the podium, went to Reeny, her daughter, and said," Reeni, I give my Moon powers to you." White lightning flashed from Serena's hand to Reeny's head. The queens quickly sat down as the talking resumed. Serena sighed." All the years of fighting, all the troubles we have faced--Is it right to give these powers and these risks to our daughters?"she asked. Ami replied," I may not look it, but I feel I am aging prematurely on the inside due to all the battles and watching my friends die. They are strong and young. They will survive." Mina said wistfully," Still, I'm going to miss being a scout." The other inner scouts agreed. After the party, they had gone to Serena and Darien's suites to talk a little before going home.The outers did not have any children (which was strange,) so they would have to find good succesors for themselves before they could give up their powers. Lita said," I wonder if there will be any battles soon. They'll need to learn how to use their powers." Rei replied," I wouldn't be surprised. We've had peace for a while, so now something's probably going to come attack the palace.That's the way it always works." Rei noticed Serena deep in thought and asked her," Serena, what are you thinking about?" She replied dreamily," Oh, nothing. I'm just thinking of the early days when we had just learned we were scouts and of the all the enemies we've ever faced. And I'm thinking of the time when Darien and I first started going out." Serena stared out a window with a faraway look on her face. The scouts sighed They knew they would get nothing out of Serena when she was in this state, so they stood up and quietly left the room. The Lord Of Illusion sat on this throne, brooding over his conquest. He remembered the taking of Solaii and the escape of Sailor Solaii. Sighing, the created two monsters using the power of his sickle, one to go to Mercury and lure the scouts and one to kill Sailor Solaii. He sat on his throne and thought of conquering the whole systam to avenge his losses. And when he did that, the scouts would pay. As he sat on his throne and thougt this, a red gleam crept into his eye and an evil grin formed on his face. As the scouts left the room, in aanother part of the castle Damien sighed." Do you think it's a good thing that Mom gave er powers to Reeni? I don't know if she's strong enough if we have to fight," he said to his beloved, Eterna. She replied," Well, I guess she thought she just couldn't fight any longer. It must be hard to have to watch your friends die again and again. I was lucky. I only had to watch my friends die once." She said that last statement in a low voice with no trace of bitterness. Damien argued," But what if Reeni isn't strong enough? She's never had to fight before except when she went to the past and that was a long time ago." Eterna laughed and said good-naturedly," Do you like to argue with me simply for the sake of arguing?" They both stood up. She was almost as tall as he was but was his opposite in every other way, physically and mentally. There was a knock on the door. Damien sighed again and, with long strides, went to open the door. Reeni was on the other side. She said brightly," Hi Damien! The other new scouts and I are going to try out our powers. We'e invited everyone. Do you and Eterna want to come?" Damien replied," Sure! Meet you there!" Everyone was gathered in te throne room for the second time in one day. The five new scouts and their older counterparts stood on the stage where they had been earlier.When everybody quieted down, the ex-scouts whispered something in their daughter's ears. Suddenly, Ennui yelled," Mercury Princess Star Power!" " Venus Princess Star Power!" " Mars Princess Star Power!" " Jupiter Princess Star Power!" " Moon Princess Star Power!" The other scouts quickly followed after Ennui. In flashes of blue, orange, red, green, and white light, the girls transformed into Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Moon. The crowd gasped as they saw the transformations. When they were over, the five girls stood in a semicircle. Sailor Mercury had dark blue hair like her mother, but it was longer and fell to her knees.Sailor Venus had blond hair that was blond and fell in locks to her shoulders . Sailor Mars had dark brown ,shoulder- length curly hair. Sailor Jupiter had red-orange hair in a braid that fell all the way to the floor. Sailor Moon had pink hair done up in two meatballs resembling her mother's.Their outfits were exactly like the outfits of their mothers. After they stood silently for a while, they detransformed, jumped off the stage, and left the room. Slowly, the people in the room trickled away until there was no one left. Jeishei paced around the room." What are we supposed to do with these powers, look pretty?No one's going to attack us." she demanded. Ennui replied," I believe our parents think that a battle is coming and don't want to face it.." Laina asked," Why did they dump it on us?" There was almost bitterness in her voice. Selena said," I'm glad that they did. I want to fight!" She pounded her fist into her other hand At that moment, despite her almost orange hair, she looked exactly like her mother. Reeni said," I wonder if they can still transform or if they gave ALL their powers to us." Ennui looked surprised." You know, that's an interesting thought, but my guess is that they didn't," she said. Jeishei stood up and said," I'm going to my guest rooms. The Earth is very different from Mars and I want to see all of it." With that statement, she stomped off. Laina said," I'm worried about her temper. I'd better go after her." She got up and went after Jeishei. Ennui looked at Selena and Reeni. "It's only us three now. Do you want to go do something?" she said. Selena and Reeni nodded and the three girls left the room. They were walking in the garden and talking when they heard a scream. They rushed through the dark rows of trees until they found the source, a woman with incredibly red hair that came to her shoulders. She was being shot at by a monster, a huge, horrific thing that looked like pure evil. As they watched, the woman was struck to the ground, stood backup, and said, " Solaii Royal Star Power!" In a burst of yellow light, she changed into a sailor dressed in orange and yellow..........Sailor Solaii. Ennui, Reeni, and Selena transformed and hid in the bushes to see if they were needed. Sailor Solaii yelled," Solaii Royal Solar Flare!" In an intense burst of light, the monster screamed a chilling scream and disppeared. Sailor Mercury, Jupiter, and Moon burst out of the bushes and said," Who are you?" in unison. The woman detransformed and laughed gently." I am Sailor Solaii, the sailor of the sun. Last time I saw you , Mercury, and you, Jupiter, was a hundred years ago, except you were not scouts then. But you, little moon, are new. You must be the daughter of Queen Serenity and King Endymion." Ennui said," But you weren't at the party and that was the only time we were all together in an open place. You must hav seen us somewhere else in the palace." Kailei(or Sailor Solaii) replied," Oh by the way, my name's Kailei. In responce to your statement, when I was in the palace, I watched over everything. I saw you, but you never saw me." She laughed again, a sound that resembled the tinkling of bells. They turned around sharply when they heard a twig snap, but were relieved when they saw the other scouts and the royal court advance from the trees. Reeny said," Hi mom. Look, Sailor Solaii has returned." Kailei said," I'm not the same as I used to be.I have been aged and changed by sorrow. A great evil has covered my world. There is a force, an evil force, spreading from the sun. Solaii has been taken. I believe the only survivors are Celeste and myself. " Out of an orange bag, she pulled a vibrantly orange cat who said," Go ahead, just LEAVE me in that bag all day." Kailei said," Sorry Celeste, but I've been busy. You ought to go find Luna, Artemis, and Diana and have a nice chat with them." Celeste walked off and disappeared through the trees. Kailei resumed her story," Mercury," she said," You'd better return to yur planet. It will be next to be fighting, It might be best if we all go with her. Her lanet will need all the help it can get." Serena said," We gave our powers to our daughters. Can we still transform?" Kailei said," Omly one way to find out. Try." " Mercury Royal Star Power!" " VEnus Royal Star Power !" "Mars Royal Star Power!" " Jupiter Royal Star Power!" " Moon Imperium Star Power!" Nothing happened. The scouts looked at each other in frustration. Serena siad," I'm going to try again. Moon Imperium Royal Power!" This time, Serena changed into Imperium Sailor Moon. Lita asked," What do we say,' Jupiter Royal Royal Power?'" Kailei suggested," Try ' Queen Jupiter Royal Power.'" Jupiter tried it and immediatly changed into Sailor Jupiter. She stared at Kailei and asked," How did you know that would work?" Kailei shrugged," Lucky guess." The other scouts transformed and then detransformed. Ami said," Possibly, our powers were inherent in our children and so only needed awakening." A sweatdrop formed on everyone's head. Serena leaned over to Rei and asked quietly," What does inherent mean?" She was interrupted by Kailei, who said," That monster that was attacking me followed me here from Solaii, so I'm sure it has seen Mercury . We need to go now!" Just then, Luna, Artemis, Daina, and Celeste came running up. All the scouts formed a circle and said," Royal Planet Power Teleport!" In a flash of light, the seventeen sailors, the king, the prince, and the four cats were gone. Part 2: Mercury On the planet of Mercury, a portal opened and 19 people with 4 cats came tumbling out and landed in a pile on the ground. Serena got up, brushed herself off, and said," Well, THAT wasn't normal." The other scouts, with a lot of groaning, sat up. The last to get up was Darien, who looked pretty bad. Serena asked," How did you get hurt so bad from the teleport?" Darien replied," I broke your fall." Finally, all the scouts stood and were ready to go.They looked around and discovered that they were in a desert. Ennui muttered," Just my luck. I go back home and end up in the middle of the desert." Ami got out her visor and tried to see if there were any monsters attacking. After above five minutes, she sighed in frustration and put the visor away. She said," It looks like my computer got broken in the landing." Ennui said," Is there a computer in my outfit?" Ami cheered up and said," Let's find out. Turn your right earring like this." Ennui duplicated her mother's motion and suddenly, a blue visor appeared. She stared into it and seemed to be thinking while lights flashed across the screen. She said," There appears to be two southwest of here, in that direction." She pointed. Serena said," Well, let's go." The scouts set off towards the monsters. They had been marching for what seemed like hours.Finally, they collapsed. Mina panted," I-can't-walk-any-longer." The others nodded in agreement except Neptune, Uranus, Solaii, Eternity,and Pluto, who sat calmly on the ground. Saturn, due to her frailty, was as bad as the others. Lita asked," Ami, Ennui, do you have any water? For the PLANET of water, there isn't ver much here." Ami laughed and said,"This is just the desert. Most of the planet has water. Maybe if I use one of my attacks at minimum power, I can make some water. Mercury Royal Blue Sphere! " A blue sphere appeared in the air and floated there. Ennui asked," What can we use to drink out of?" Ami frowned." Good question." Eterna said," Maybe I can help.My energy might be able to form a cup or bowl. Light Sphere- Form a bowl!" The sphere of light changed shape into a glowing white bowl as the blue sphere flew directly above it. When the bowl was completely formed,the sphere lowered itself into the bowl and filled it up. Eterna passed the bowl around.When everyone had drunk from it, she asked," Are we all ready to go?" The scouts got to their feet and kept going. After a little longer,the scouts reached a forest at the end of the desert. AS they stopped to take a break, they heard sounds of battle ahead through a row of trees hiding a clearing . Ennui turned her computer back on and stared, perplexed, at the screen. She said," I don't understand it!" Haruka impatiently asked," Well, are they there?" She replied," Yes, but there are now one hundred of them!" Serena asked, very surprised," One hundred? How did that happen? Now what?"" Ennui nodded." Well, we'd better go anyway." Mina asked," Are you serious? We can't kill ONE HUNDRED monsters!" Ami said," Well, we can't just let them destroy Mercury!" Mina nodded, resigned." Looks like we'll have to fight." Artemis said," Us cats will stay right here, OK?" Serena said," Ok. Here we go!"They ran through the trees. Seventeen scouts, a prince, and a king burst out into the clearing, facing one hundred surprised monsters. Setsuna yelled," Hit them while they're surprised!" The scouts skipped the usual speech and got ready. Haruka said," Uranus Royal Earthquake Blast!" Hotaru said," Saturn Royal Silence Glaive!" Ami said," Mercury Royal Typhoon Blast!" Ennui said," Mercury Princess Waterfall Cascade!" Laina said," Venus Princess Beauty Attack!" Mina said," Venus Royal Love Arrows!" Rei said," Mars Royal Flame Shower!" Jeishei said," Mars Princess Fire Spheres!" Lita said," Jupiter Royal Lightning Spear!" Selena said," Jupiter Princess Thunder Entwine!" Michiru said," Neptune Royal Tidal Wave!" Setsuna said," Pluto Royal Scream Attack!" Eterna said," Eternal Princess Crystal Destruction!" Eternity said," Eternity Prism Sword Attack!" Kailei said," Solaii Royal Beam Banish!" Reeni said," Moon Scepter Crystal Redempton!" Serena said," Imperium Moon Sceptre Annhilation!" Damien threw a rose and said," Moon Silver Rose Shock!" Darien threw a rose also and said," Earth Red Rose Shock!" Each person sent their attacks at different groups of monsters. The other scouts destroyed only one each, but , Hotaru, Serena,Damien, Reeni, Darien, Eterna, Kailei and Eternity killed two each, leaving seventy-three VERY angry monsters looking st them. Selena said," Uh oh." The monsters snarled and leaped at them. Haruka said," Oh shit!" and jumped out of the way as two came running straight at her. Two more approached from the other direction and were greeted by her fists. Rei kicked one in the face with her high-heeled boot as Lita threw one over her shoulder. The others were doing pretty good, but Sailor Moon and Imperium Sailor Moon were having a hard time of it. They were best at finishing monsters off, not hand-to-hand combat. Finally, Imperium Sailor watched Rei to see how she did it and tried to imitate her. By sheer clumsiness, she kicked one in the face and knocked another over. Three rushed up to claw her in the face, but Darien, Damien, and the four cats, who burst out of the trees when they saw what danger Serena was in, took care of them. Reeny used her old pink sugar heart attack and aimed it at a monster approaching her. Since she was now Sailor Moon, her hearts were much stronger and tore right through the monster, knocking it to the ground. The scouts were strong, but there was a LOT of monsters.Serena, Eterna, Reeny, Darien, and Damien were forced into a defensive formation, not having enough people to attack in turn. Mina looked, saw how Serena and the others were doing, and said," Maybe we should try our attacks together, not separately." The others nodded as they dodged monster attacks. Haruka said," Uranus Royal Earthquake Blast!" Hotaru said," Saturn Royal Silence Glaive!" Ami said," Mercury Royal Typhoon Blast!" Ennui said," Mercury Princess Waterfall Cascade!" Laina said," Venus Princess Beauty Attack!" Mina said," Venus Royal Love Arrows!" Rei said," Mars Royal Flame Shower!" Jeishei said," Mars Princess Fire Spheres!" Lita said," Jupiter Royal Lightning Spear!" Selena said," Jupiter Princess Thunder Etwine!" Michiru said," Neptune Royal Tidal Wave!" Setsuna said," Pluto Royal Scream Attack!" Eterna said," Eternal Princess Crystal Destruction!" Eternity said," Eternity Prism Sword Attack!" Kailei said," Solaii Royal Beam Banish!" Reeni said," Moon Crescent Wand Redempton!" Serena said," Imperium Moon Sceptre Annhilation!" Damien threw a rose and said," Moon Silver Rose Shock!" Darien threw his rose and said," Earth Red Rose Shock!" This time, their attacks formed into a white, crackling sphere like in the battle against Queen Nethermoon. It floated over the heads of the monstres ,who were busy trying to avoid it. Everyone yelled in unison," Royal Planet Sphere Attack!" The sphere burst, sending waves of white energy through the army of monsters.The monsters shrieked as the light washed over them and exploded. The explosion knocked most of the scouts off their feet. When the white light had totally vanished, Damien helped a shaken Eterna to her feet as Darien did the same for Serena. The younger scouts picked their mothers up, Haruka picked Michiru up, and Setsuna picked Hotaru up. Eternity and Kailei easily got up on their own. When the scouts had all gathered back together, they gazed silently at the scene before them. Many silent bodies of monsters lay on the ground before them, but many seemed to have just disappeared. Ennui turned on her computer and analyzed them. She said," These monsters somewhat resemble an extremely strong strain of bacteria that can replicate asexually. One can turn into ten in ten minutes." The other scouts (except Ami) stared at her. Selena said," A little time with that computer and you turn into a brain." Ennui blushed and said," Oh, that just came up on the screen. I have no idea what it means." Everyone laughed. When they had calmed down, Ami said," That means that these creatures can split like bacteria and form new creatures." Serena said," Well, noe that we've won,what should we do now? Return to Earth?" Luna, who had been silent since their arrival, said," THAT might be a good idea." The scouts ignored her as they made a circle and let Darien, Damien, and the four cats in the center. They cried," Royal Planet Power Teleport!" This time, they landed safely without any bumps or bruises and set off toward the palace. As they were walking, Serena said to Kailei," kailei, do you think ALL ofg the monsters were destroyed?" Kailei replied," I don't think so, Serena. But they must be. If even one survives, it can run awayand create an army.We must be careful." Chapter Two: Treachery Selena, Ennui, Jeishei, Reeny, Eterna and Laina were sitting in Reeny's room, talking about the recent battle. Ennui said," That computer thing on my uniform is really fascinating. I just hope I can learn how to really use it." Jeishei snorted,a very odd noise." Computer thing?" she said." It's gotta have a better name than that." Ennui replied, totally calm," I suppose so, but I don't know it." Discussion of their powers led to stories about their mothers. As Reeny and Jeishei were acting out an exaggerated scene of their mothers fighting,( that Luna had told them), the door opened.Neither of them noticed as Damien silently slipped into the room.Reeny plopped down onto a couch and started reading a comic book while stuffing herself with cookies Selena had gotten from her mother. Jeishei stood up and started yelling at Reeny so fiercely you could see the fire in her eyes.The scouts were rolling on the ground laughing, but they quickly stopped when Damien, smiling, stepped out from behind a pillar he had hiding behind. Reeny and Jeishei didn't notice and kept fighting furiously, but stopped when Damien cleared his throat. They jumped apart and blushed furiously. Damien smiled. " I bet Mom and Dad would laugh at this. Who told you THAT story, Luna?" he asked. Reeny nodded, not bothered at all." Yeah," she said. " Hi," said everyone. Laina asked," Why are you here?" Damien said," We got a message from Mercury. After we left, another army of monsters showed up. Mercury is being besieged. They asked us to come and help them, but the transmission was cut off halfway. There are-" He was also cut off halfway as Ennui stood up and said," We have to go help Mercury!" She grabbed her friends and started pulling them bodily out into the hall and towatd the garden. The scouts were, like before, all gathered in the garden. This time, though, they had reembered to bring water canteens and fix Ami's computer.Darien and Damien stepped into the middle of the circle, but the four cats decided to stay home.The scouts joined hands and yelled," Royal Planet Power Teleport!" In a flash, they were gone. Luna sighed." I hope they do all right," she muttered as she walked toward the palace. This time, the landing was just as bad, except that they didn't land in the middle of the desert. They landed on the shore of the ocean, which was worse. When they got up, Serena complained," Why do we always land bad whenever we teleport?" All the scouts were soaking wet with salty ocean water and were complaining loudly except Eternity and Kailei, who had too much dignity to complain. Finally, they all detransformed( they had transformed to teleport) and retransformed. Now they weren't soaking wet, but it was hot. Ami and Ennui both turned on their computers. They looked at the screen for a few minutes. Ami siad," Im reading a huge amount of energy tht's still rising only about a mile from here. It doesn't seem like an army." Ennui said," I'm getting it too. It seems too powerful to be those monsters." Just then, lights on their visors started to flash.. There was a small explosion as the screens went dark. Ami and Ennui cried out and quickly turned their earrings so the computers disappeared. Serena asked with obvious concern," Are you guys all right?" Mina chimed in," That looked pretty painful." Ami said," The energy overloaded our computers!" Ennui said," Just before it stopped working, I got a good reading. It's directly to the east. But we still don't know if it's good or evil." Haruka said," Let's go find out." The scouts were still walking on the seashore. Since their route took them east, they had been going that way a long time. Serena could stand it no longer. She asked," How much farther? We've been walking for so longgggg!" Ami said," It's only a little way farther." ( I hope,) she thought to herself. The scouts walked on until they heard screams ahead. SElena said," Let's go!" They took off running toward the screams. The Lord of Illusions sat upon his throne and moodily watched the couples dancing. He opened a portal and watched the scouts run along the beach. When he caught sight of Eterna, he said," Serenity?"He leaned forward and whispered," I thought I lost you, but you will be mine again. I mistook you for that brat Sailor Eterna when I told the herald to order you in, but you will come anyway when I cll for you, my love." With that, he shut the portal and watched the couples dance once more. After about five minutes, the scouts reached the source. A great poratl was sucking everything in sight inside of it. People were screaming as they fought to hold on for their lives. Rei said," Where is the army of monsters?" Oddly, when the scouts came into view, the portal stopped and a voice came from it. The voice said," Sailor Moon, Imperium Sailor Moon, and Sailor Eterna, please come forward. The army was a small deceit to bring you here. I have captured a number of Mercurians. I fear that if you refuse to come with me into this portal, they will suffer." Imperium Sailor Moon stepped forward. " I will go. I cannot allow them to die for my sake." The voice answered," Excellent." Sailor Moon was next. She said in a low voice," I will go too." The voice said," Eterna?" She simply nodded and stepped forward. The voice said," Come," with such authority that they walked forward without thinking. They continued to walk until they simply vanished into the portal. The scouts stared in shock as their friends disappeared. Damien was the first to move as the portal started to close. "Eterna!" he yelled as he leaped forward at the now-rapidly closing portal. When he reached it, he was instantly repelled by an invisible force field and was thrown onto the ground. The scouts finally realized what was going on as the portal disappeared. Right before it was gone, they heard a cruel, mocking laugh. Part 3: The Lord Of Illusion Reeni landed quickly and almost painlessly in a field .Geting up, she said ,disgruntled," That hurt!" Oh well, she thought. She looked around and saw the castle. Something vaguely familiar and comforting stirred in her mind. She was drawn to it from the minute she saw it, so she began walking quickly toward it. . SErena's passage was much more painful, but it was faster. She soon found herself lying on a field with grass in her mouth and no idea of how she got there. Unknown to her, it was the same field Reeni had landed in. She stood up and spit the grass out of her mouth." Eew," she said in a disgusted voice. She looked around and realized, to her surprise, that she appeared to be on the Moon in the Silver Millenium! Everything was the same. She ran in the sunlight and looked up at the artificial sky. Then, she saw the palace. In an awed state, she walked slowly toward the great building . Back on Mercury, Damien was waking up. The scouts and Darien were bent over him.He said hopefully," Eterna?" as his memories of the last few minutes came rushing back.Everyone shook their heades and backed away as Damien sprung to his feet. He said," We have to save them!" Ami said," Without Sailor Moon, we can't teleport. Sailor Eterna might have been able to pull it off, but she's gone too, so we're stuck on Mercury." Sailor Eternity said," Not necessarily. I might be able to transport us." Michiru said," You'd need the Eternity Crystal and Eterna has it." Sailor Eternity pulled a wand out of somewhere and said," We both have an Eternity Crystal. Mine materialized when I died in The scouts gathered in a circle as Ami and Ennui turned on their computers. Ami said, " Well, looks like my computer is working again. It's keyed to Serena. It can't find her precise location, but she is in a place very far away." Ennui said nothing but continued to press buttons. After a while, she spoke up. " Serena and the others are in the Betelguese system." she said quietly. Ami stared at her. " How did you do that?" Ennui said," I asked the computer to lock on to Eterna instead of Serena. Eterna, being from a totally different place, has a much more unique energy signature than Serena, who has a signature common to most of this system , despite the fact that she is Sailor Moon." The scouts all stared at her. She blushed, put away her computer, and said," Well, let's go!" This was the roughest teleport they had ever gone through. There seemed to be a merciless wind which buffeted them and swept them along and tore them apart.They passed out and were swept along on the wind. They all landed eventually, but in different places upon the planet that resembled the Moon. Sailor Solaii landed by herself in the same field Serena and Reeni had. Since she had not lived in the Silver Millenium,she didn't recognize the castle that loomed over her, but she knew that was where she needed to go. Ami and Sailor Neptune landed together in a tall oak tree and fell through several branches, eventually coming to a halt about five feet from the ground. They woke up upon hitting a large, sturdy branch that kept them from falling any further but that knocked the wind out of them. When they recovered, they jumped to the ground. Ami turned on her computer and said," They are to the east." Sailor Neptune said," Let's go!" as they ran off towards Serena, Reeni, and Eterna . Ennui, Selena, and Haruka ended up in the ocean, which was pretty bad. Since Selena was the strongest, she woke up first, luckily before she hit the water. She woke up Ennui and Haruka, who quickly got ready for the fall .When they landed, the scouts quickly swam to shore, detransformed, and transformed again.Selena asked," What now?" Ennu turned on her computer and began to press buttons , but Haruka replied," We walk." Ennui said," We need to go.....west." So they set off west, hoping to reach the captives. Mina, Hotaru, and Rei fell through the air from a short distance above a sandy wasteland. They landed PRETTY hard, which woke them up. Mina shook her head and said," Well, it worked. I hope." Hotaru asked," Rei, can you use your powers to find them?" REi said," I'll try." She shut her eyes for a while and began to concentrate.Finally, she opened them again and said," They're somewhere off that way." She waved her hand to the south. Mina got up with determination and said," We're coming!" Darien and Damien also landed together, but they landed inside a huge hedge or something like that covered in thorns. Damien groaned and fell through the right side, pulling Darien with him. The two landed in a heap between two really tall hedges.Darien stood up first, because Damien was out cold from all the thotns stuck in him. Darien took about ten mintues pulling them all out, slung Damien over his shoulder, and began to walk through the maze. Laina, Eternity, and Jeishei landedin the castle itself, deep underground inside a locked cellar. When she awoke, Jeishei pounded on the door. " Let us out, dammit!" she screamed in frustration. Laina walked up to her and said," THAT probably won't help.Are you okay?" That last statement was directed oward Eternity, who had risen and walked toward them. She said," I am fine," and shut her eyes. In a few seconds, she opened her eyes and said,"Eterna and the others are in this building." Laina and Jeishei stared at her. Laina asked," How did you do that?" Eternity said," This crystal can track down large sources of power." Laina said," I have an idea. Venus Princess Crescent Sword!" Her mother's attack created a golden sword which she held in her hand. She then sliced at the door, cutting it nicely in half down the middle with one slash and severing the hinges with the next.. The door fell apart as Laina said," After you," and gestured at the doorway. Sailor Pluto and Lita landed in the middle of a busy town. Although they landed on cobblestone, she ground was unusually soft. Setsuna got up easily and offered a hand to Lita, who was still slightly dazed.As soon as they stood up, a rush of people gathered around them. One middle-aged woman said," Do you need a place to rest?" Another woman said," Yes, come to my house for a hot meal." Setsuna and Lita went with the second woman. After they had eaten a satisfying meal, the woman said," Come into my spare room to rest." Lita replied," We can't. We have to go." The woman smiled a slighly angry smile." I insist." She tried to grab Setsuna's arms, but Setsuna shook her arm off coldly. Lita got up and said angrily," We ARE going NOW!" The woman said," No, you're not." Her clothes began to tear as she grew into a red monster ten feet tall with four arms and some long claws.She said in a voice which had grown much deeper," The sleep potion should have worked! But now that you know the secret of this world!" She swiped at them quickly, giving Setsuna and Lita deep cuts on their legs. Pluto yelled," Pluto Royal Time Freeze!" Her attack created a purple field of energy that hit the monster and froze it in place. Pluto yelled," Now, Jupiter!" Lita did not need to be told twice. She got in position and said," Jupiter Royal Energy Spear!" Her spear went flying at the monster and hit her full in the stomach. It was racked by waves of lightning until it disappeared in a finl flash of light. With its death, the walls of the homely room dissolved and became the dark inside of a cave. Lita asked," "What?" Setsuna replied," This whole place is an illusion! Remember how soft the stone was? That wasn't right! We need to go and warn the others!" The two scouts ran out of the cave, snuck away from the town, and let in the direction they hoped that the captives were. Part 4: Reunion Serena and Reeni both arrived in the castle courtyard at the same time( from different directions.) Both of them, when they saw the other, rushed forward to hug each other. After they had related their adventures so far, Reeni asked," Where's Eterna?" Serena frowned. " She must have gotten seperated when we stepped into that portal. I hope she's ok." Reeni said," I hope she's ok too. We have to find her!" Reeni and Serena looked around. Serena said softly," This place is exactly like the Moon Kingdom. I remember......" Serena was lost in thought until Reeni touched her on the shoulder." Mom," she said," there's a staircase over their. Do you remember where it goes?" Serena said," I don't remember anything about the way the palace is sset up. What do we do now?' Reeni said," Well, let's go up that stairway anyway." Serena nooded." Right!" she said as the two Sailor Moons ran up the staircase. When they reached the top of the stairs, they looked around. The hallways, instead of being dusty and neglected, were bright and cheerful. People seemed to walk and laugh and talk. Something looked wrong.... Serena didn't care. She rushed up to a woman and said," Hey, can you show us to the throne room? Hey!" she said angrily as the woman ignored her. Serena touched her on the shoulder and her hand passed right through the woman! Serena said," Am I a ghost or something?" Reeni said," I bet these people are illusions or something." Serena said," Well, we just have to keep going." Eterna wasn't having a very good time. She was sitting in a cage in front of a dark throne. A man covered in shadow sat upon it. She remembered stepping into the portal and feeling like she was being torn apart, then passing out and waking up in this cage a few minutes ago. The man, who had been silent so far, said," Ah, my dear Serenity. I see you are awake." " Serenity?" she thought." This guy's a wacko. Anyway, I've been awake for five minutes already." Out loud she said," I don't know who you are talking about. I am Princess Eterna." He got up and walked closer to the cage," Serenity, you need not play games with me.Where is our child?" " Child?" thought Eterna. She said steadily," I am NOT Serenity, I am your grandson's wife. Serena is grown and has two children, a man and a woman. I am married to the man, Damien. Serenity is DEAD!" He said," Serenity, they have brainwashed you. You will be mine again!" He stepped fully into the light and Eterna gasped. He was nearly an exact image of Damien, but he had a crazy look in his eyes, eyes that were too cynical to be Damien's. He also carried a large, silver sickle. The king held his sickle into the light as a blinding white beam came from it and struck her in the eyes. Soon, she began to change.Her long, black hair became slightly lighter and fell to the floor. Her sailor uniform changed into a long, tight, thin-strapped dress and her crown grew and turned dark. She laughed and said," Well, my king, shall we leave this place?" He said with an evil grin," Let's," as he dissolved her cage with a spoken word. The two left the room arm in arm. Darien and Damien, who had woken up a few minutes before, were trudging through the maze. Damien asked," How long was I out?" Darien said," I think only five minutes. You had a harder landing than I did and you got more thorns in you, so I had to carry you." Through Darien's forced cheerfulness, Damien could see how much his father had been worried about him. Damien asked," Why do you think we ended up here instead with the others?" Darien replied," I can only think of one reason, and I hope it's not that." Damien didn't need ot be told; he could think of that reason himself. They were in the way and needed to be eliminated. Laina, Jeishei, and Eternity were walking through the many levels of basements. After walking for what seemed like forever, they emerged onto the ground level, a grand hallway full of people. When they looked around, Jeishei spotted Serena and Reeni wandering around in the crowd. She yelled," Reeni!" Both Serena and Reeni made their way through the crowd to talk to them. After each group had told their story, Laina asked," If you came in on this level, then why are you still here?" Serena said," There are no doors anywhere in this whole level. I can't even find the way we got in! There's no where to go!" None pf the scouts wjho had been stuck in the dungeon had looked around much, but when they did, they realized that Serena was telling the truth. Everywhere they looked, they saw more cheery hallways and laughing people. Reeni said,' This floor is simply four long hallways arranged in a square." Laina said," Now what?" Serena replied," II tried to touch one of the people, but my hand went right through her! If these people are illusions, maybe the walls are too. I've been thinking." Jeishei thought," Luna would be surprised to hear this. Or maybe she wouldn't. She always told me about how Serena matured over the years." Eternity said," Maybe we can use our crystals to pierce the illusions." Serena said," That's a good idea. Imperium Moon Scepter Annihilation!" Reeni said," Moon Crescent Wand Redemption!" Eternity said," Eternity Golden Crystal Destruction!" The mix of silver and gold light shone brighly on all the wals and people, melting the bright, cherry hall into a dark, evil, deserted-looking black marble hallway. The people faded and, at the end of the long hallway, a single door appeared. The scouts wasted no time and ran toward it. Ami and Michiru had left the forest after hours of walking. Before them was a huge grassy field that was dominated by a castle at the far end. Both of the scouts gasped in recognition as they realized how the castle looked like the one from the Silver Millenium. Michiru said," That is where they are. I don't need a computer to tell." Ami ignored that last remark and said," It's very likely. Let's go!" The two scouts ran across the field.Although it had been light when they arrived, it was now turning dark. Ami said," I think I see something coming toward us. We need to be careful." They slowed down and walked cautiously toward the approaching shapes until they heard a voice. It yelled," Hi Ami! Hi Michiru!" It was Mina, along with all the scouts .She rushed forward and said," I'm glad you're okay, Ami." Michiru was already busy talking to Haruka. Mina asked," What happened to you guys?" Ami said," We landed in a tall tree in that forest." She pointed off in the direction she had come. Lita walked up to them and said," I landed in a village with Setsuna. We found out that the whole town was an illusion! The people were monsters and the houses were caves. I wonder, is this whole place an illusion?" The sky suddenly began to darken as a voice appeared from nowhere. " Well, Sailor Jupiter, you're smarter than I expected." Two dark figures began to materialize in the air as the forest, the ocean, and all the other scenery began to turn into a dark, flat, dead wasteland.Finally, the castle changed into a warped, black tower. The figurse by now had totally appeared. The one who had spoken was a man who looked almost exactly like Damien, except for the fac that he carried a large siver sickle and had a crazy look in his eyes. A woman was hanging onto his arm. The scouts gasped as they saw her. it was Eterna, but with silver hair that fell to the floor, a thin-strapped, tight dress that fell far down, a black tiara, and completley blue eys with no pupil. She laughed." So, Sailor Moon, wanna play?" Serena said," Eterna? What happened to you?" Eterna said," I am not Eterna. I am Black Serenity. Eterna is gone and never will return." She fired a golden beam at Serena. It surrounded her in a dreamy gold column of light, but didn't seem to have any effects. " Mother!" cried Reeni.She ran forwrad straight at the light only to thrown backward when she touched it. Eterna laughed again." She's experiencing her worst nightmares in there. You can't come n and she can't come out, so just sit back and watch the fun!" The man and Eterna disappeared. Inside the column, Serena cried out. In her mind, she saw Damien and Reeni being tortured and dying in pain. She watched Darien walk out on her and go to Rei. aThey stood side by side and laughed at her. Serena fell to her knees as the oddly distorted laughter echoed in her skull again and again. She tried to shut her mind's eyes, but they were wrenched open and she was forced to watched everything she loved and treasured being ripped apart as their screams filled her ears. On the outside of the column , Reeni was getting up." Mother!" she cried once more. In her tortured dream, Serena heard her daughter's voice. It drove the demons out of her head and restored her to sanity. She held up her crystal and said," Moon Imperium Sceptre Annihilation!" The silver light of the crystal penetrated the gold and utterly destroyed it. Serena started to fall to tghe ground, but the scouts caght her before she hit the grass. She seemed to be either in a very deep sleep or totally unconcious. Nothing they could do would wake her up as she lay on the ground undisturbed. Suddenly,a voice cut through the air. it was Salor Pluto. She said evenly," I must go. I have been absent from my duties too long. Fare you well, Senshi." Holding her staff high, she walked forward and disapeared into the mist. All was silent. Part 5: Damien and Darien were still slowly trudging through the tall maze of hedges when suddenly, somethng hasppened. They saw a break in the rows of hedges and ,with renewed energy, thwey ran forward.They had reachedn the center of the maze! It was bright there, with no trace of the gloommthat lingered ominously over the rest of the maze. The center was ciercular, with a great big slab of tile set there. In the middle of the circle was a small fountain with a lovely woman pouring a jar of water. There were also white marble benches lining the edges of the fountain. Darien sat down on the one directly facing the statue, while Damien sat on his right. As they sat down, a voice issued from the mouth of the statue. " As you may have guessed by now, you landed in this mazebecause I have no need nor want of you. But perhaps I shall amuse myself for a while with you. I bear no grudge against you, Damien," the voice said as Damien jerked upright at hearing the startue speak his name," but I do have one against you, Darien. You should have protected them better. But it is mainly the scouts I want. So I shall simply send a minion to dispose of you." The voice stopped as the startue eyes began to glow red.The stone dress lifted from the pedestal and the statue steppe out of the fountain towards them. Snakes grew on its head and a stone dagger formed in its hands as Darien yelled," Damien! Don't look at its eyes!" Darien threw a red roswe that flew through the air and hit the Medusa statue in the chest. But before he had a chance to say the words, the staue swung with the dagger and cut him deeply on the shoulder, Darien stagered a few steps before falling on the stone. Damien was intensely angered at that. He puleed out a rose and threw, concentrating all his strength into it. It flew straight and true from hias hand at the Medusa, but it dodged. Damien concentrated as the rose turned around and struck the statue in the forehead.He yelled," Moon Silver Crystal ............" The rose flashed white in ever faster intervals until it was glowing wite so intensely Darien had to shield his eyes. Damien finished," Obliterate!" The rose sent a deadly burst of light into the Medusa statue. It screamed unearthily as it exploded into a pile of dust, which then was pulverized to nothing in the inense heat. Damien stood in the middle of the white fire, unharmed. When it died down, Darien could see that a large chunk of the wall( which they had unsuccessfully tried to harm ) was totally gone. He struggled, managed to get up, ran forward and said," Let's go!" They ran through the opening into the field which the scouts were on. In the twilght, it was hard to see anything, but both Darine and Damien had unnaturaly good eyesight in the dark and so saw the scouts with no difficulty. They were still gathered around Serena, who had not woken up yet. Darien and Damien ran to the scouts. In the dark, all they could see was a shadowed form on the grass. Darien asked breathlessly," Who is hurt?' They wordlessly parted and let him through as he saw Serena. He dropped to the ground ,cradled her head in his lap, and asked," What happened?" Eternity, one of the few to hold her composure(although she did look sad) said," A man appeared who looked exactly like Damien, except that he was older, looked crazy, and held a silver sickle. And Damien," she said as he looked up at the mention of his name," he had a woman with him amd we think it was Eterna and he brainwashed her. SHE did that to Serena." When Eternity finished, Damien was just staring at the ground in shock. Ami said," Serena has no apparent physical damage, but she is in an extremely deep coma and shows no sign of waking up. We'll just have to wait here until she does ." The scouts prepared for a long wait as Darien continued to hold her head in his lap. He looked up at the artificial stars in the artificial sky f this artificial world and swore he would destroy whoever was responsible. The scouts decided to hold a meeting right then and there, on the meadow outside the castle. Eternity had been made the leader due to her age and experience and the fact that Imperium Sailor Moon was nconcious. She said," Although we stripped the tower of its illusion, we still found only two doors, the door that led Serena and Reeni into the tower and the door that let the others and I onto the ground level. But there has to be a way up, or why else would there be the other stories you can se from outside?" Ami and Eterna joined the other scouts. Ami said," No one spoke as they thought about what could be hiden to lead the wasy up.Darien and Damien were the only ones not to pay attention. Darien had pulled Serena in his arms and was willing her to wake up. Suddenly Ami spoke." Darien, are you hurt?" she asked, noticing the stain on his shoulder. He shrugged." I got hurt fighting a Medusa statue in that hedge maze over there. It's nothing." he replied. Ami said firmly," Nonsense. Even the least wound can be infected if it's not treated. I am going to fix your arm." Darien, noticing the determined look on her face, knew it would be useless to argue. Everyone sat in silence as Ami bandaged his shoulder. Suddenly, when she was done, Damien sprung to his feet and said," Why are we sitting around here? We have to go rescue Eterna!" Ennui spoke up." I've been thinking about that." Everyone turned towards her as she continued. "Possibly there ARE other doors on that level." Jeishei said," We explored it all. There are no more doors!" Ennui asked," What if there were multiple layers of illusion on the tower? You may have removed one layer, but there may still be more. We'll have to go to the tower and cleanse it until we discover doors." The scouts got up off the grass and slowly began to walk to the tower as Darien picked Serena up in his arms. Eterna and the Lord sat side by side in their gilded thrones, one silver, one black. The Lord said," My Serenity, what you did to our daughter was unneccesarily cruel. She IS associated with those responsible for the kingdom's death, but that is no way to punish her." Eterna said," She IS one of those who destroyed our kingdom. She is not our daughter, but a phantom conjured to trick and decieve us, my love. Let us forget her and concentrate on the man and those scouts, who failed in their task." " Yes, you are right as ever, my love. They will pay for letting the kingdom be destroyed!" Eterna smiled wickedly as she thought of getting her revenge on the ones who had let her and her daughter be killed. They had failed in their duty, so they must be punished. The scouts stood in the courtyard in which Reeni and Serena had met. Reeni said," I believe that that is the way to get up." She pointed to the stairs.Darien said," Serena doesn't look very good." His voice was tinged with concern. Ennui walked over, turned on her computer, and began to analyze Serena. Ami joined her and the two started to check her. Ami said," She isn't waking up, but it looks like she's fadind fast. If we can't wake her up, she's going to die! We have to do something!" Ennui added," And we haven't got much time!" The two scouts began to type even faster on their computers. The scouts turned from the sites and ran back to Serena, whom Darien had laid on a low table that lined the wall. He stood by her side and prayed:" Serena, my Serena, don't leave me now. Don't leave me alone!" He repeated it over and over in his head. Rei turned to Eternity and said," Can't you use your crystal to heal her?" Eternty said," My crystal can only be used in battle and not to heal humans. There's nothing I can do." Ami said," It lookes like there's nothing we can do either." Her eyes began to fill with tears.Darien picked her up into his arms. " I always knew that our love couldn't last forever, but I'm not ready to leave you yet. Please, come back!" He murmered into her ears. Inside her pain-filled head, Serena heard his plea. She had wanted to be left alone to grieve. She was tired of living with the pain of knowing Darien loved her no onger. But hearing his voice again telling her not to leave made her realize it was all a product of her mind. She willed her eyes to open, and ,they did. She was being held in his arms ,safe. She said weakly," I thought you didn't love me anymore. " He held her tighter, lifted her off the table and said," How could you think that? You're the only one for me, ever." They kissed in the light from the artificial Earth in the sky. The scouts stood waiting as they stayed in each other's arms until Lita cleared her throat." We do have something to do, you know." Serena and Darien blushed and separated from each other. The whole group started to head up the stairs. When they entered the hallway, Serena said," I had forgotten how creepy it was in here." Ami said," Serena, you, Reeni, and Eternity will be using your crystal again like-" She was cut off when Serena said," I know, I know. Although I was unconcious, I could hear everything you guys said. So let's go. Imperium Moon Scepter Annihilation!" " Moon Crescent Wand Redemption!" " Eternity Golden Crystal Destruction!" As before, the attacks cleansed the tower of its' evil look. It now looked like a medieval castle, but one that badly needed a cleaning. And there were doors. Hundreds of doors........ Two hours later, Hotaru poked her head out of a doorway and yelled," I found it!" All the scouts came running. They had all split up by themselves to search except SErena and Darein, and Michiru and Haruka who had gone off together. Both couples arrived together, Serena and Darien later than thwe ones who had gone by themselves, and Michiru and Haruka right on time. . When everyone was there, Hotaru said," There is a staircase in this room that seems to lead up to the next floor. Everyone ready to go?" They all nodded and ran up the spiral staircase. Ten minutes later, they were still going up the stairs, but not so fast now. Serena groaned." Why are these stairs so LONG?" Ami said," We have been going for a while now. Maybe these steps lead all the way to the top of the tower." The other scouts groaned as they thought about climbing all of those stairs. Ennui said," Maybe I should see where she is so we can see if we really have to climb anymore." She turned on her computer and said," She's at the very top and this is the only way up we've found, so let's keep going." After about thirty more minutes of torture, the scouts finally reached the top. And found an elevator. Serena groaned and hit her head with her hand." We could have just taken the elevator!" They looked around. They apeared to be on a small platform that had a door and a window. Lita walked over to it and looked down. She then turned to the others and said," Hey guys! Come look at this!" Everyone walked over and looked down. Serena whined," LIta! I'm afraaaiiid o heights!" She jumped away from the window and into Darien, knocking both of them to the floor. Rei said," Grow up, Serena!" She muttered to herself," Some things never change." The two got up, Serena blushing and Darien dusting himself off. " Let's go!" he said to everyone, opening the door and walking through into into the darkness. Part 6: Battle The scouts stopped as soon as they had all enetered. Behnd them, the dioor slammed shut, leaving them in darkness. Reeni, who was the last to go through, tried it and said," It's locked." "Great," muttered Serena near the front." Uh, it's dark in here." Eternity smiled and said," I can take care of that. A soft golden glow began to form near the middle of the group. It grew to full brightness so everyone could see . They were in a narrow, long hallway that seemed to go on and on. The scouts walked for a little while. Ami turned on her computer and said," Eterna isn't showing up anywhere!" A voice said," She's not here. But I am.." The scouts whirled around and saw the man who had been with Eterna earlier. He said," I created an illusion with her energy signature to fool you sailor twits. I'm surprised you had enough intelligence to bypass the trap in the elevator." Serena said," I am the pretty suited soldier, Sailor Moon! I fight for love and justice and, in the name of the Moon, I will punish you. By the way, we took the stairs!" The man replied," Sailor Moon? You must be either incredibly stupid to miss that trap and climb all those stairs. But there is no Sailor Moon. There were other sailors, but there was never a Sailor Moon. Unless," he stopped halfway and he stared at Serena. He said," Serena? Is it you?" She asked warily," How do you know my name?" He appeared to be on the point of tears." What have I done? My deareast child, can you forgive me?" His head dropped to his chest. " Child?" said an extremely stunned Serena. " I was , no, I am your father, King Apollo, husband of Queen Serenity. When you were but a baby, I left on an errand to a hostile kingdom to negotiate, but they took me prisoner and held me there for twent years. When I was releaesd, I returned to the Moon Kingdom, but found it in ruins! My daughter, my wife, my kingdom, gone! A civilazation that endured for a milenium, destroyed in less than a month! And there was nothing I could do......" He turned to the original sailors and Darien." You!" he cried." It's all your fault! You should have defended them better! And you," he said to Darien," how could you let her down? Although I was a prisoner at the time when you loved each other, I learned about it later. You must not have loved her very much to let her die!" As he spoke angrily, the scouts were aware of two things: Darien reeled back at that last comment as if he had been struck and ,as Apollo said that statement, there was a red gleam in his eyes. Darien said angrily," I love her more than you can imagine! I died saving her and there was nothing I could do against Beryl. I've died for her before and I would die many times just to spare her pain! I'd kill myself to save her tears." As Darien stopped, Damien could truly understand what his father felt. Serena ran to Darien's side. She said to her father," How could you say that to him! If you loved me, you would not hurt him. I do not care if he did not save my life, I will love him forever. And he loves me as much as I love him!" She satred defiantly ino the now totally red eyes. Suddenly, the king blinked and fell to the ground. " How could I be so blid? It was the fault of none but Beryl. And now I know I cannot bring Serenity back. I will return her to you." But as he said this, the red began to creep back into his eyes. They watched as the battle of wills began. The evil voice said," Kill them, kill them all!" " NO!" cried the voice of the king. Every time the evil spoke, his hand crept closer to his sickle whch he had dropped when he arrived, but when the king spoke, his hand moved away. Serena said," Should I use the crytal?" Ami replied," That might strengthen the evil or kill your father. He's on his own." Finally, the king's voice rang clear and true." No!" The evil voice screamed as a red shadow began to leave the king. The shadow continued to scream as it vanished into the air. Somewhere in a hidden part of the castle, Eterna felt the change. She knew she had to go to the top of the tower, far away from where she was.She pulled out her crystal and said," Eternal Golden Crystal Teleport!" She instantly vanished in a swirl of gold. At almost the same time , the scouts saw Eterna appear suddenly. She said," I will destroy you...." She trailed off as she saw Damien. They gasped as something about her seemed different and the aura of evil about her wavered. Imperium Sailor Moon raised her crystal and said," Imperium Moon Scepter Ressurection!" Eterna stood up and was bathed in the soft pink light. When in was over, she remained in the dress, but her tiara was golden and her hair was back to black, except for one lock of silver hair which fell over her face. Her eyes were back to normal also. She said," I'm back just like before! Except," she added, ruefully fingering the silver hair," my hair's much longer and I've got a silver streak." Then she saw Damien. " Damien!" she cried, nearly tripping over her dress to run to him. "Eterna!" he said in turn, holding her in his arms. He whispered," I missed you so much, but now we're together." She replied," I'll never leave you again." The king smiled at them. " It was wrong of me to ruin such happiness." Suddenly, a voice hissed from the shadows. " How touching." The red shadow which they had seen leave the king came out. It seemed to have no form, but when each of the scouts looked at it, they saw something different, but it always lokked grotesque and cruel. It said," I am Xanios, the embodiement of fear, jealousy, greed, pain, and evil. This 'king'," he pointed at Apollo," was my home for many years. When I found him wandering in the wreckage, it was easy to take over his soul. He then came to this barren planet and weaved his illusions over it, to try to recapture what he had lost. Pitiful fool! But before I find a new host, I have something to do." He walked to the king and raised a shadowy arm. Suddenly, the king disapeared. Xanios laughed. He said," I have sent him to his castle and locked him in a room. He cannot escape, so I will deal with him later. Now it is time for me to find a host." He looked evilly at the circle of scouts. His eyes narrowed when he saw Damien." Perfect." he said. Damien and Eterna were unaware of his silent approach. The others tried to warn them, but they found that they could not move or speak. They could do nothing but watch as the evil spirit glided ever closer to them. Suudenly, it coiled to strike like a snake at Damien. Eterna saw it and screamed," No!" She threw Damien out of the way evem as the spirit entered Eterna. The spell of silence was broken. Eternity yelled," Eterna!" at the same time Damien did. A strange red light came into Eterna's eyes as the evil voice came from her mouth. " Hmmm........ I was aiming for the amn, but this body is powerful!" Then the red gleam passed and a lost, frightened voice said," Damien? Mother? Help me!.........." But still the red gleam returned and said angrily," This bod is resisting, but it doesn't matter. I will take a more diect approach with this one and nchor my soul firmly." Eterna cried out and the red gleam somehow became stronger, more permenent. The voice said," Now, I will destroy you. Eternal Princess Royal Power!" She transformed into Sailor Eterna. " No!" said Sailor Eterna, her eyes growing clear. Suddenly she shouted," Infinite Eternal Princess Power!" She changed again, but this time into Infinite Sailor Eterna. her Light Sphere flew off he hand and onto a long wooden staff which had appeared in her hand. Small supports grew out of the staff and held the sphere in place as it solidified. An eternity symbol appeared in the center and her crystal went to it, enetring the center and covering the middle of the side. There were now two bands of color on her gloves and the same emblem of an eternity symbol covered by a star on her brooch, her boots, her tiara, and her belt. She grew a pair of lovely, clear wings and another cloth on her sleeves. Her tiara grew higher and held a clear blue gem. She said," Eternal Sphere- Form a dagger!" ON the end of her staff, the sphere turned into a large golden dagger. She said," Mother, Damien, this is the only way. He is regaining control, but, if I die, he will be weakened enough for you to kill him." She turned to Eternity." Goodbye, Mother." She turned to Damien," Goodbye, my love." She took the dagger off the end of the staff, held it aloft for a second, and then plunged the blade into her body. Eterna fell to the ground, but was caught by Damien. She said," Defeat him... for me." With a sigh, she turned her head to the side and breathed her last. Her body flickered several times until she vanished, leaving behind only a blood-stained piece of paper. Damien picked it up and began to read. The title was simply" To Damien," but the rest of the words went like this: I watch your tears as my life fades away. But, my dear, it's so much better this way. I'd die a million times so that you could live. I'd suffer the pain for the love you can give. I've held you before but you hold me now, You smooth away the care and the pain from my brow. I wish I could spare you this one last great pain. But this is the only way I'll see you again. Am I selfish to die and leave you to the years? I can't watch you die, but I can't watch your tears. I can't see you suffer and die for me, your love, To wait for me eternally in the darkness above. I can't feel the pain anymore as I lie in your arms. Better to die this way, than to let you suffer harm. Better to die by your side than live without you. Better for me to die than my only love so true. I hope you will find a way to carry on. Keep trying to live, keep laughing when I'm gone. Don't forget our love, but don't live in the past. Remember me always, let our love last. And when our paths will run together past the lonely gate The place East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon I'll wait. We'll remember our love and live it again. No sorrow, no loss, no trouble, no pain. We'll live there together in eternal love and bliss. My love, my love, just one last kiss. Think of my death as a way to live, And always of your great love freely give. Ever remember that world of peace and love, That golden eternal kingdom in the skies above. But I 'll come to you ere you come to me, And we'll be together, in Eternity. Damien let the paper fall as a single tear dropped from his face onto the stained letter. He knew that it was Eterna's last message to him, but how could he keep on living after she was gone? The other scouts watched stunned as Damien kneeled on the ground and cried. Suddenly, the red shadow materialized again. It said in fury," How dare she? I was connected to her so firmly she could not have regained control. But I am weak, so weak." He continued to mutter until he saw the faces of fifteen angry scouts, a grieving mother, two angry kings, and one intensely sorrowful but angry prince. Eternity said," You will pay for taking my daughter." She barely controlled her anger. The evil sneered." That fool thought she could weaken me enough for you to kill me, but I am still invincible." Eternity answered with," Eternity Prism Sword Appear!" A swod that somehow appeared to be made of diamonds appearred in Sailor Eternity's raised hand. She swept it and pointed at the shadow. Suddenly, faster then the ey could see, she began to duel with the evil, for it had produced a shadow sword. They darted in and out of sight as they searched for a mistake in the other's defense. After about five minutes, Eternity was beginning to tire. She lagged for a split second, but that was all hat was needed. The monster leapt forward and, with a single stroke, stuck his sword through Eternity. She gasped, her eyes wide open for a second, and fell to the ground, unmoving. Imperium Sailor Moon stepped forward and said, skipping most of the long speech," In the name of the moon, we'll punish you!" Reeni took her cue and said," Moon Crescent Wand Destroy!" " Imperium Moon Scepter Annihilation!" The two attacks merged to form a large, sharp, silver blade similiar to the one on the king's sickle. But it was no ordinary blade. It was made of pure energy. It flew straight at the demon. Although it hit him in the stomach, all it did was make a shallow, long cut. The shadow laughed and deflected the blade back at the scouts, making bigger and blasck. They screamed as the blade hit them, cutting everyone and knocking the two Sailor Moons to the ground. Daruen yelled ," Serena! Reeni!" Damien was still sitting on the ground with tears dropping down his face, so he didn't see his mother and sister fall. Darien said," Supreme Earth Rose Obliterate!" He threw a red rose, which exploded with astounding force when it hit the shadow. But when the smoke cleared, the shadow stood there, inharmed. It laughed." Do you think such puny efforts will kill me? If so, you are mistaken." He suddenly grew claws on his right hand ( if it could be callesd a hand) and swiped at Darien, who was already weakened from the attack. He did not move in time. The five claws raked across his body, cutting him deeply on his arms, his stomach, his legs, and his shoulders. The deadly claws had a poison on them, so Darine fell quick;y and did not get up. Now three were gone, and still Damien sat on the grass. The shadow laughed again," Your move?" The scouts looked at each other and, with a nod, prepared to combine their attacks. " Solaii Royal Solar Flare!" " Mercury Royal Typhoon Blast!" " Mercury Princess Waterfall Cascade!" " Venus Princess Beauty Attack!" " Venus Royal Love Arrows!" " Mars Royal Flame Shower!" " Mars Princess Fire Spheres!" " Jupiter Royal Lightning Spear!" " Jupiter Princess Thunder Etwine!" " Saturn Royal Silence Glaive!" " Uranus Royal Earthquake Blast!" " Neptune Royal Tidal Wave!" " Pluto Royal Scream Attack!" The attacks combined into a plain white sphere which flew over to the shadow. The scouts shouted in unison," Royal Planet Sphere Attack!" The sphere burst, sending a fierce white beam into the shadow. It howled in pain, but it seemed to be overcoming the beam. When the attack ended, the shadow appeared sligtl;y injured, but besides that, little harm was done. They agsped as they realized they had done nothing to him. He said," My turn." The air began to tingle as the monster summoned more and more veil power. He began to glow with an evil; re dlight. When The scouts prepared to attack hiom before he could let losso his power, but they found they were all frozen in place, even Damien who was beginning to recover from his grief. The shadow, alive with new power, turned to the scouts and, with an evil grin, raised them in the air. He looked at Sailor Sol and said," Sailor Sol." A red beam shot from his eyes and hit her stomach. She gave a cry of pain and fell to the ground. The other scouts tried to cry out, but they couldn't even speak. " Sailor Mercury." He did the same thing to all the scouts until there was a pile of bodies lying on the ground. The shadow laughed again." Almost anticlimatic, really. The death of the great sailor scouts in two seconds." He then turned his eyes to Damien and tried to fire the same laser at him. but, when it got within a foot of Damien's body, it instantly dissipated. The shadow said," Ah, this should be interesting." As Damien had started to return a little from his intense grieving, he gotten angrier and angrier. Although he appeared calm on the outside, he was boling inside. He walked over to where his mother and sister lay. Bending over, he carefully removed the two Silver Crystals from their uniforms. walking over to his father, he found one rose remaining in his cape, a beautiful ever-blooming red rose. He put the three items of power in his hand. In a brilliant flash of light, they combined and became a large, round, pink crystal. The shadow laughed," So, you intend to defeat me with that?" Damien said nothing and simply held the crystal. Quietly, he said," Twin Crystal Power!" A helix-shaped beam of light came fromt he crystal, floating above it. The beam was silver and red. It seemed to grow in intensityuntil it reached its peak. Damien pointed the crystal directely at the shadow. The beam came flying out of the crystal at an incredible speed, slamming into the shadow with great force. It was knocked several feet backwards before it got a hold. It then attemped to counter with a beam of its own. Damien increased his power but still could not beat it. His beam was slowly being forced back. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in the night. Eterna walked to Damien and said," I belive in you.." Damien let go of the crsytal, which floated in the air. He wemt to Eterna and kissed her. As they kissed, the light of the crsytal became stonger and crept closer to the shadow. It struck him once more, knocking his own power and the power of the crystal into him. there was a blinding flash of light and a horrible cry, and then all was dark.... Damien woke up.He was lying on the ground of the illusionary planet, witht he dead senshi all around him. He remembered the past and wildly searched around him for the crystal. His hand closed over it and he gave a sigh of relief. He remembered those last few moments, the kiss.......But Eterna was dead. It must have been a dream. He looked around and saw a long black hair on the ground. He smiled and raised the crystal. All the people lying on the grass, along with damien, dissapeared in a blinding flash of light....... They arrived at Crystal Tokyo, in an old, seldom-used mausoleum. Each of the scouts and Darien appeared on a marble bier. Damien walked over to the bire that was Eterna's . It was very wide. He knew that he had one last thing to do before he could rest, He raised the crystal and said," Crystal, make the whole kignodm sleep for a hundred years. At then end of that time, we will all be alive again. Also, create a shield around the kingdom so that none may enter this solar system." The crystal glowed and began to undertake the task. When it was done, Damien climbed onto Eterna's bier, and laid dowon beside her. He said," We will be together again, my love." He shut his eyes and sliped into oblivion.......