Chapter 223

Lita raced down a side street pumped with adrenaline. She fumbled with her communicator and finally managed to press the emergency button. The goddess of lightening slid behind her and unleashed a blast of electricity down the street. Lita jumped into the air kicked herself off of the wall and onto another street. A barrage of energy flew at her as the goddess of light moved to cut her off.

If this keeps up I'll have no choice but to transform. She thought and dashed across a busy street barely making it to the other side. The two goddesses leapt after her.

The light goddess probably uses up a lot of energy using that blinding attack, she also knows I rendered it ineffective still I don't know how.

The two goddess leapt over her. She charged forward and tackled lightening and kept running. Light fired at her again, she sensed the attack and zigged out of the way of it.

I have to transform. I can't keep this up much longer.

Amy meanwhile was in the war room staring at the computer screen displaying Lita's location and the goddess following her on the view screen. Amy picked up the phone and dialed.

"Lieutenant Nelson please, it's urgent," she said and stared at the screen while she was put on hold.

Lita's in real trouble. She thought.

Lita was running out of ideas. A lightening attack flew over her head, she ducked it only to get hit with an energy attack to the chest. She staggered back. The two goddess leapt at her. She ducked them and punched one, before getting tackled by the other. Light grabbed her and held on. Lightening built up her energy. Lita used all her strength and threw Light off of her. Lightening let loose her attack, she rolled out of the way and kicked the legs out from Lightening. She dived back into the park.

"If anyone's around too bad," Lita said. "Jupiter Planet Power!" she shouted. Two energy blasts hit her as she emerged from her split second transformation. She was thrown back into the clearing. Two more attacks flew at her she scurried out of the way of them. She used her upper body strength to leap up quickly and soon she was leaping down the street. The goddesses raced after her spewing energy.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" She shouted back sending lightening rippling across the air at the enemy. The two goddesses dodged the attack and kept on coming.

So I've transformed, it just means I can run from them faster.

"Mercury? Are you saying that we've got two goddesses to deal with her?" Mars asked as she and Uranus were leaping from building to building.

"Yes, it seems they have lulled us into a false sense of security," Mercury said.

"Wonderful, it's going to take a heck of a punch to beat two of them," Uranus said.

"If you can split them up it'll be easier to take care of them," Mercury said.

"Easier said then done, where are they now?" Mars said.

"They're headed your way up 8^th," Mercury said. "The only good thing I can say is that time is on our side."

"But is it on Jupiter's?" Mars asked.

Jupiter dived out of the way of another blast. A parked car exploded showering the street with debris. Pedestrians began to run for safety as Sailor Jupiter leapt forward and the two goddesses raced after her.

"They just won't quit," Jupiter said to herself. "But maybe I can take care of one of them."

She dived into an alley and spun. The goddesses split up. Light headed down another alley to cut her off while lightening followed her directly. Jupiter whirled and using all her super strength leapt forward hitting lightening with great force. She pushed her right into another parked car denting it and shattering the glass. She then grabbed the goddess of Lightening and tossed her into a wall.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" She shouted at point blank range. Lightening took it and launched her own attack at point blank range. Jupiter staggered back, but lunged forward throwing a punch. Lightening ducked it and tried to bring on more energy. Jupiter kicked her. A barrage of energy flew down the alley as Light raced to Lightening's aid.

Jupiter barely missed it, but Lightening kicked her now. Light appeared around the corner and unleashed another energy blast. Jupiter dived on top of a car and then across the street gasping for breath.

"This is getting on my nerves," She said and hurried down a side street. The two goddesses hurried after her.

The goddess soon caught up to Jupiter by dropping down on her from above and blocking both ends of an alley. Jupiter leapt upward towards a roof. The two followed and unleashed their attacks hitting her in midair she let out a shout and stumbled as she landed on the roof of the house and stumbled forward. She was hit from behind and then from the side. The two goddess circled her hitting her quickly, she did what she could to block, and then leapt to another area of the roof. They followed and attacked, she punched light, but lightening hit her with an energy packed punch. She leapt blindly off the roof and fell quickly, she landed feet first on top of another car denting the top. A barrage of energy flew down from the roof, blowing the car apart even as she rolled off, the explosion knocked her into a wall. She stood up and waited for the next attack to come. The goddesses dropped to the ground and built up her energy. She gasped for breath ready to dive out of the way the minute they fired, but they didn't and jumped at her with their energy. She jumped left, light caught her with an energy punch and knocked her into lightening who shocked her with a lightening shock. She kneed Light and kicked Lightening in the chest and then leapt across the street before falling to one knee. A police car slid up in the middle of the street and a figure stood up drawing a revolver which he proceeded to empty into the goddesses who were surprised by the gesture.

"Stay out of this!" Lightening shouted not wanting to waste her energy.

"Oh no you don't sucker," Lieutenant Nelson said. "You're going to have to use some of their precious energy to take me out."

To the sound of sirens a large group of patrol cars slid up.

"And my friends too," Nelson said.

"So be it!" Lightening shouted and unleashed an attack blowing Nelson's police car up.

Nelson rolled away from it and tossed a grenade through the air.

"Hah," Light said and let it hit. The air filled with smoke as it hit.

"Them and their stupid smoke grenade!" Lightening muttered.

When the smoke cleared they were surrounded by police officers holding billy clubs.

"You want a piece of us?" Light asked.

"No..not now.." Lightening said leapt over them bouncing off the ruins of the police car and landing on the other side.

"Where'd they go?" Light asked following. The police surged after them.

"This has gotten annoying, we must find them!" Lightening shouted. The two began to leap after them while the police followed.

Lieutenant Nelson was kneeling next to Sailor Jupiter as they stood in the back of the a florist shop.

"Thanks dad," Jupiter said. "I might have been able to hold them off, but I just don't know."

"No problem Li...Jupiter," Nelson said with a grin.

"How did you know?"

"Amy told me you were in trouble. I got the boys, and the few girls together, and we went after him. The SDF and the rest of the police are mobilizing. I know that if they chose to fight us we'd be in for it, but Amy said they probably wouldn't want to waste the energy."

"The other scouts should be getting to them eventually," Jupiter said.

"That's what we figured."

A helicopter raced up the street.

"Now where'd they go?" Light muttered.

"They must have snuck into one of those shops nearby," Lightening said.

A hail of machine gun bullets flew at them.

"This is annoying," Lightening said. "Let's go."

The two leapt from rooftop to rooftop now pursued by a helicopter and several hundred police.

"My communicator," Jupiter said and opened it.

"Hey.." she said.

"Jupiter you all right?" Mercury asked.

"Barely. The police chased the goddess off," Jupiter said. "But they're still hanging around."

"We know," Mercury said. "We had to take the time to get together or we would have been there sooner, but those two goddess are in for a surprise."

"No doubt," Jupiter said. "Good luck."

"See you soon," Mercury said.

They could heard some shooting and various battle cries.

"We're given them something to worry about," Nelson said.

"Yeah," Jupiter said.

"It's at times like this that I wish you weren't involved with all this, but then again, who better to help defend the planet then my daughter."

Jupiter blushed slightly.

The windows of the store smashed open. The goddesses stepped in only to be tackled by several police officers and dragged back out. A brawl ensued.

"They're getting close," Jupiter said standing up.

"You're not going to go out there," her father said.

"No..no..but I'm going to be ready," Jupiter said.

The two goddesses were blasting police left and right, several soldiers charged at them only to be pushed back.

"You human fools, stay out of our way!" Lightening said.

"Lightening, I'll take care of them you get Jupiter," Light said.

"Hmm..good idea," Lightening said and headed back to the florist shop.

"Jupiter....Thunderclap Zap!"

The attack flew right at Lightening causing her to jump out of the way in shock.

"Now I'm angry!" she shouted and leapt into the shop unleashing an attack. Lieutenant Nelson opened fire.

"That doesn't work!" Lightening shouted.

"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"

Lightening dodged it and unleashed her own attack. Jupiter ducked. Lightening landed and grinned.

Three colored blasts flew from the back of the store and right at her causing her to dodge in shock. The Guardian Scouts charged out of the back and leapt into action swinging their swords. Lightening dodged as well as she could, but was hit with Uranus' spin kick.

"Pluto Storm Fist!" Pluto shouted and hit her with his punch knocking her back.

"Neptune Golden Triton Impale!"

"Uranus Fire Spikes attack!"

The two attacks blasted Lightening back through the window. She was hit with a sword blast from the side. She whirled. Guardian Saturn stood there.

"Well..well well..looks like the garbage needs to be taken out," Saturn said and fired his sword again. Lightening fell to one knee.

"Uh..feel..my wrath.." Saturn stammered. "Saturn Blade of Galaxies!"

The new attack flew from his hands and sliced through the air flying through the goddess. She screeched in pain.

"Nice one," Neptune said. "Now it's our turn."

"Pluto Hurricane Punch!"

"Neptune Tide of Destruction!"

"Uranus Flame of Desire!"

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"

The four attacks flew through the goddess and vaporized her.

"You okay Jupiter?" Pluto asked.

"Never better," Jupiter said and sighed.

"Not bad," Lieutenant Nelson said. "Lita always said you guys were incompetent."

"I..didn't.." Jupiter stammered. "I'm too tired for this."

She said and collapsed from exhaustion.

Meanwhile the goddess of light was leaping down the street. Her reasons for this was the fact that she was being pursued by four Sailor Scouts.

"Give it up!" Mars shouted.

"Yeah..at least make it easier on us!" Venus said.

"You'll never get me!" The goddess said.

"Be careful, she may still try her light attack!" Mercury said.

"We know," The other scouts said.

"She's going to get it, just wait till I get my hands on her," Sailor Moon said.

The goddess turned a corner. The four scouts leapt after her. The goddess let out a shriek as two figures leapt out of the air in front of her. Sailor Uranus sliced her with her light sword and Neptune knocked her with an energy blast from her mirror. The two knocked her to the ground.

"Pluto Dead Scream!"

"Saturn Mist Wave!"

The two attacks slid across the air and smashed into the goddess.

"Mars Fire Ignite!"

"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"

Two more hit.

The goddess shrieked.

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"

"Moon Spiral Hearts Attack!"

The goddess was leveled and vaporized.

"Now..that's teamwork," Sailor Moon said.

"Amazing what happens when we actually use a plan huh?" Venus asked.

"You should not speak so lightly of it," Sailor Uranus. "But you have a point."

Later that day Lita was lying in bed resting.

"Anything I can get you?" her father asked.

"I'm not sick, just tired," Lita said.

"That's what I like to hear," her father said. "You did well today, even if you did get beaten up. The other scouts were telling me just how dangerous one of those things was, and you managed to hold off two of them. I'm proud of you."

Lita grinned.

"Guess that's something," Lita said. "Thanks for helping me out."

"I'll always be there," her father said and headed out.

Lita sighed.

"I really hate those goddesses," she said.

She thought back to the battle.

But why was I able to sense their presence. Why was I able to see even when blinded. Was it all this meditation stuff that I was doing? It must have been.

"Cool!" Lita shouted.

"What?" her father said opening the door again.

"It's nothing," She said.

"Liar," her father said and poked his head back out again.

The rest of the scouts were gathered around the restaurant eating.

"I don't like it, two goddesses now?" Serena muttered.

"Admittedly they did lure us into a false sense of what they were capable of," Setsuna said.

"And blew their surprise in one afternoon," Haruka said.

"I think they weren't planning on blowing it," Amy said. "In fact I wonder why they didn't use their blinding attack."

"Maybe they did and Lita just avoided it," Greg said.

"How did she avoid it, you can't just blink," Haruka said.

"If she could not see with her eyes, she must have seen some other way," Hotaru said.

"That's a logical assumption, but just how did she do it?" Haruka asked.

"We'll have to ask her at some point," Michiru said.

"That's probably what gave Lita a chance," Amy said.

"When their blinding attack didn't work she was able to surprise them, gain some time," Raye said.

"Of course Amy calling Lita's father was a smart move," Serena said.

"Yeah Amy, you really thought fast," Setsuna said.

"It was nothing really," Amy said blushing.

"Your brother would be proud of your tactical skill," Setsuna said. "Uh I'm sure Greg does, but I meant.."

"You're right," Greg said. "I'm sure D.V. would agree."

"I try," Amy said.

"Still..these goddesses have upped the ante," Mike said. "What do we do about it?"

"We raise the bid too," Steve said.

"Yeah we're not about to fold," Rick said.

"Enough with the poker imagery," Raye said. "Let's figure out a plan."

"I know..we'll take watch," Serena said.

"What?" the others asked.

"You know like armies do..." Serena said.

"That's a good idea, if you mean what I think you do," Amy said. "Are you saying that a couple of us should be in scout form at all hours of the day?"

"Right...something like that," Serena said.

"The only problem is that we're all in school," Mike said.

"Then it's not a problem we're all together, the goddesses are only after us," Mina said.

"Are they?" Greg asked.

All eyes turned to him.

"What do you mean Greg?" Setsuna asked.

"I don't know..if they've been able to have two goddesses going at once, maybe while we've been dealing with one, they've been using the other one to keep them going. I mean has their ever been an evil force here not to gain evil energy to power an invasion?" Greg asked.

"Maybe these ones don't care about that," Steve said.

"And if they do, they've fooled us again," Haruka said angrily.

"Still," Setsuna said. "While we're at school I think we're relatively safe since we're all together, it's after and before school."

"So we rotate on and off in shifts until this stupid threat is beaten," Serena said.

"Who's going to handle the night though?" Mike asked.

"Michiru and I will do it since we've done it before," Haruka said.

"I'll modify my sleep schedule to help out early in the morning," Setsuna said.

"As will I," Hotaru said.

"What do you say Setsuna, we handle 12 to 3?" Michiru asked.

"And we'll take 3 till 6," Setsuna said. "Fair."

"What about in the time between then and when we go to school?" Mike said.

"I think we'll have to chance it," Setsuna said.

"So from three o clock on, will work in shifts," Serena said. "Up to midnight and then the outers take over."

"I should probably take the afternoon, since I work at night," Amy said.

"I think that maybe a good idea for me too," Mike said.

"You wanna take 6 to 8 Rick?" Raye said.

"I'm there."

"I've got from 8 to 10," Mina said.

"That'd be a good time for Lita too, I think," Steve said. "I can take 10 to 12, since it's the only one available," he added.

"Guess I'm with you," Greg said.

"Where do I fit in?" Serena asked.

"I got it Serena, you can get up at 6 and keep an eye on everyone till school," Raye said.

"Absolutely not," Serena said.

"Serena, you just keep yourself out of trouble," Setsuna said. "Even though you haven't needed to fight in all of these battles, you're power is usually needed later on. Just keep healthy."

"I can do that," Serena said.

"Looks like we've got a plan," Setsuna said.

"You said the plan was fool proof," Nehelenia said.

"No..we did not. However our plan's failure was a fluke. Sailor Jupiter expressed an unusual ability to avoid the effects of the light spell," a goddess said.

"So what's your next ingenious plan?"

"We've got a few operations. This one should have worked. And we are encouraged by the operation."

"It's good that someone is."

"Queen Nehelenia you will see us achieve victory."

"When I do I will be impressed. Until then.."

"Just watch and see what we've got planned next."

"I can't wait to see it."

And at SDF headquarters.

"While the latest operation did not allow us to test the new missile we believe it will be a great aid in the battles to come," Doctor Tomoe said.

"I'm getting sick of these enemies,"Prime Minister Coral said. "Isn't there somewhere else to invade?"

"Actually no...the majority of the galaxy has been conquered or at least it had been the last time we checked," Malichite said.

"By you?" Coral asked.

"No..a force more powerful, the forces of Queen Galaxia. That is why this planet was so important. It was the only place left unoccupied, but now we're the good guys," Malichite said.

"That remains to be seen," Chief Ozaki said.

"Uh..everybody," Captain Ozaki said.

"Here we go again," General Patterson muttered.

"I did some checking on our records, and on some witness accounts of the scene and I found some information concerning Lieutenant Nelson of the 10^th street precinct and Sailor Jupiter, according to some people.." Ozaki began before the room was filled with energy.

"Something should really be done about that busybody," Nephlite muttered.

"Too bad you guys aren't still evil ey?" Patterson replied back.

"I have some interesting information I uncovered," Colonel Nagumo said. "It turns out the target was a student at Juuban High School, and before that a student at Crossroads Junior High."

"Not again," Malichite muttered.

"Why weren't they this smart when we invaded?" Zoicite said.

"Anyway..I've done some checking and.." Nagumo said.

The room filled with energy again.

"Is it healthy to keep doing that to them?" General Patterson asked.

"More or less," Nephlite said with a smile.

Lita was waking up from a short rest when she heard her father calling her.

"Yes?"

"Your friend Ken's here."

"Oh..send him up."

Ken came up and headed in.

"You okay?" he asked. "I heard about the battle."