Chapter 254
Once again the scouts and their allies were assembled on the wall watching the Zaiesk army.
"Three days and they haven't tried anything, good sign or bad one?" Latric asked.
"Hard to say," Tresia said. "They're most likely up to something. Still they're probably wondering just how many troops they'll need to overcome the scouts."
"I think they've got enough," Sailor Moon said. "I mean we like to think we're pretty tough, but...jeez..after the first million shows up.."
"I agree," Sailor Uranus said. "We wait for them to overwhelm us and they will."
"So what do you propose we do?" Latric asked.
"I don't know yet," Sailor Uranus said. "We've got the brains working on it."
"That's what you call them?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Well..yes.." Sailor Uranus said.
"Oh come now Haruka, you're as brainy as they are don't sell yourself short," Sailor Neptune said.
"Ahem.." Latric said. "Our resources are at your disposal."
"I don't suggest leaving Guardian Saturn in command of your defenses though," General Tresia said with a grin. "The last time didn't work out."
"He did his best," Sailor Moon said. "Still..good point."
In another part of the city.
"Are you seeing any options here?" Mercury asked.
Maverick glanced out at the battlefield.
"We can booby trap the city, but as for tactical ideas, I don't know," Maverick said. "If we fight them out there there's very little we can do."
"Still setting up traps would make a difference right?" Saturn asked.
"Sure, once in the city their task becomes much harder, if we were to plan it right we might be able to trap them and eliminate them in groups. Only problem is the city probably would take a major beating," Maverick said.
"It may be acceptable to defeat the Zaiesk," Mercury said.
"This is all my fault," Saturn said. "Me and my stupid flank attack."
"It was a good idea," Mercury said.
"Good enough to destroy my army," Saturn said.
"It wasn't that bad," Mercury said.
"Wasn't it though Maverick?" Saturn asked.
"I guess so," Maverick said. "Still..every great general loses somewhere along the line. Besides, keep in mind who you are up against."
"I'm not proud of it," Mercury said.
"I can understand why," Maverick said. "Still it's not every day you destroy someone else's army."
"Everyone tells me that, but it doesn't help," Mercury said.
They heard a crackling.
"Incoming," Saturn said.
The three ducked. An energy bolt flew overhead and smashed into the street.
"Looks like they're playing for keeps," Saturn said.
Maverick peered up over the walls aimed his sword and fired off several quick bolts knocking several amazons to the ground.
"That'll teach em,"Maverick said.
"You can hit them from the range?" Mercury asked.
"Uh..well." Maverick said.
"What is your progress?" Sailor Saturn asked walking up.
There was another blast.
"Saturn get down," Guardian Saturn said.
"Oh..I see.." Sailor Saturn said and crouched.
Maverick fired several more bolts over the wall.
"I think you're encouraging them," Guardian Saturn said.
"That's they're problem. They keep this up and I'll go out there and have a talk with them," Maverick said.
"That would be stupid," Sailor Saturn said.
"Uh..yeah....well.." Maverick stammered.
"We're still working through ideas, the best we could come up with is booby trapping the city," Mercury said.
"Disapointing, the others have already done that," Sailor Saturn said. "Very well."
She dropped to the ground.
"Disapointing?" the three said in unison.
"Great, now they're bombarding us, that's all we needed,"Latric said.
"We can fire back right?" Tresia said.
"Most of our artillery was destroyed or captured, we have very little left," Latric said.
"Still if we did use it, it would show them we haven't given up," Tresia said.
"True," Latric said.
"We do have more than just artillery though," Sailor Uranus said. "Let me see what I can do. Come on Neptune."
"What are we going to do?" Neptune asked.
"Shake things up," Uranus said.
"Oh.why do you even bother.." Neptune said.
"What?"
"Use some sort of cliche to sound cool," Neptune said.
"I thought you liked it when I did that," Uranus said.
"No not really," Neptune said. "Unless you really put effort into it."
"I'll try harder next time," Uranus said.
"Good idea," Neptune said.
"Hah...I'm ready for some good old fashioned trench warfare," Guardian Neptune said hurrying along a wall.
"That's good, considering there are no trenches around!" Guardian Pluto snapped.
"Hey..that's not the point," Neptune said.
"You say that too much," Pluto said.
A barrage of energy flew over their heads. They ducked.
"Good shots aren't they?" Neptune muttered.
"Uranus! World Shaking!"
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
The two attacks rippled along the ground and smashed towards the amazon lines. They blasted at it with energy and then dived out of the way as the attacks smashed into a piece of artillery. They jumped back onto the wall.
"Good shot," Sailor Pluto said observing.
"Maybe that will shut them up," Sailor Uranus said.
A larger barrage flew at them.
"So much for that idea," Sailor Uranus said.
There was a large roar as a bird flew over head and landed in the city.
"SY! He's back!" Sailor Moon said hurrying to the eagle. Sy hopped off.
"We need your help Sailor Moon," Sy said.
"What? What is it Sy?" Sailor Moon asked.
"The amazons a large force of them are moving towards the zone," Sy said. "They're going to attack the mountain."
"How?" Sailor Moon said.
"They have their ways," Sy said. "We have time, if you can catch them in the middle of it."
"We've got a problem we've got a bunch of them here too," Sailor Moon said.
"What's happening," Sailor Pluto said hurrying up.
"The resistance base, it's going to come under attack," Sailor Moon said.
"By the Zaiesk?" Sailor Pluto said.
"Yes," Sailor Moon said.
"This isn't good," Sailor Pluto said. "Still, if they take the zone, they could get that energy, and then it's really over."
"That's what Visara said," Sy said.
"What do I do?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I'm not sure. We need to talk to Latric immediately," Sailor Pluto said.
"They're attacking the resistance too," Latric said. "This is not a good sign at all."
"I've noticed that several thousand of their troops left their original positions, they're probably the force in question," Maverick said.
"Which gives us some relief," Sailor Uranus said.
"Not much of one," Sailor Moon said. "Look at them all."
"Still...we can't abandon the resistance we all know that," Sailor Pluto said.
"I guess we'll have to be more creative in our defense," Sailor Uranus said.
"But who do we send to help them?" Sailor Moon asked.
"We need the most powerful scouts here," Sailor Uranus said.
"You should take the Guardians," Maverick said.
"But the four of them can't fight.." Sailor Uranus said.
"They've gotten better," Maverick said.
"I'll go too," Sailor Moon said. "I should."
"I'm not sure," Sailor Uranus said.
"She is the leader," Maverick said.
"But..you agree with her?" Sailor Uranus said.
"I think it's a toss up," Maverick said.
"I'll go too," Tuxedo Mask said. "I think she's right."
"Then maybe she should go, good luck,," Sailor Uranus said.
"I'd better get going, Sy says it's urgent," Sailor Moon said.
"Good luck," Sailor Pluto said.
Sailor Moon hurried out followed by Tuxedo Mask.
"Maverick..you up to a sucicide mission?" Sailor Uranus asked.
"Isn't existence one every day?" Maverick asked.
"That's one way of seeing it," Sailor Uranus said.
"What did you have in mind?" Maverick asked.
"The two of us go over there and cause some trouble," Sailor Uranus said.
"Are you two kidding?" Sailor Pluto said. " That's an army out there."
"They'd never expect it," Maverick said. "But then again, this all hinges on us trusting each other."
"No it doesn't," Sailor Uranus said. "Besides, would I put any personal motive, assuming I had one, into this mix, now?"
"Probably not," Maverick said. "But I've been wrong before."
"You two can't be planning this. You'll both get seriously hurt," Sailor Pluto said.
"Not if we move fast enough," Sailor Uranus said.
Sy and the eagle were soon lifting up with their passengers.
"Hey I can see my house from here!" Guardian Neptune said.
"HOW?" the other four scouts muttered. Tuxedo Mask merely sighed.
Neptune just gave them a thumbs up.
"We should have left you behind," Sailor Moon said.
"But you always say that," Guardian Neptune said.
"Sy can you make this thing go any faster?" Guardian Pluto asked.
"Not really, it is a bird," Sy said.
"Yeah...but..uh you know," Pluto said.
"I'll try, I understand," Sy said.
"See..I'm a good motivation for hurrying up," Neptune said.
"Don't you ever shut up?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Not usually," Neptune said. "It's a birth defect I think."
"I don't believe there's any clinical case in whch.." Saturn began.
"No..just let it go," Uranus said.
"Why am I stuck with you guys?" Sailor Moon shrieked. "Tuxedo Mask you're my only hope of sanity," she said clinging to him.
"Uh...it'll be okay," Tuxedo Mask said nervously.
"Is this not working out?" Sy asked.
"You guys ready?" Sailor Neptune said. Uranus and Maverick nodded.
"I wish you both minor injuries," Sailor Saturn said. " Ahem as opposed to major ones."
"Thanks Saturn," Uranus said.
"All right here goes," Sailor Uranus said.
"MARS FIRE SOUL!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPDSODY!"
"NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"
"SATURN MIST WAVE!"
"PLUTO DEAD SCREAM!"
The attacks smashed into the amazon line leveling several thousand troops.
Maverick and Sailor Uranus dove off the wall and leapt forward their swords
drawn.
"What are they doing?" the leader of the amazons said observing the battle.
"Apparently they are attacking us," one of the other amazons said.
"Apparently so," the lead amazon said. "Well..enough of this standing around. Get them!"
The amazon force surged. Maverick and Uranus leapt forward launching energy blasts at the pursuing soldiers.
"Cover me," Uranus said landing. Maverick fired off a wave of multicolored light.
"Uranus World Shaking!"
Several hundred troops dropped. Maverick charged forward the other way and swept through a division of troops. They all collapsed either stunned or wounded.
"I think it's time to go," Sailor Uranus said.
"Agreed," Maverick said. The two went racing back across the battlefield chased by a large force of the amazons.
"Give em some more!" Sailor Jupiter said.
"Mars Celestial Fireball Surround!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Jupiter Thunderclap Crash!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Pluto Dead Scream!"
"Saturn Mist Wave!"
"Neptune Deep Submerge!"
Uranus and Maverick leapt up onto the wall as the amazons were hit and a large mist descened. When it cleared the entire amazon pursuit party was lying stunned on the ground.
The amazon leader stared at the scene.
"There has never been a more embarrasing moment in the history of the
Zaiesk," She said. "Those two will be punished severely."
"Hey..look there they are.." Guardian Pluto said peering over a wing.
"The Zaiesk?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Uh huh, a lot of them," Guardian Pluto said, looking down at a mass of troops moving along the ground.
"Sy..maybe we should try and slow them down," Sailor Moon said.
"Do you remember the last time you asked me to dive on an enemy army?" Sy asked.
"Well be more careful this time," Sailor Moon said.
"Sailor Moon are you sure?" Tuxedo Mask said.
"Trust me, I have both women's intuiton and my vast experience as a sailor scout working for me here," Sailor Moon said.
Tuxedo Mask glanced at the guys who merely shrugged.
"If you say so," Tuxedo Mask said.
"All right, all right," Sy said. "It's worth a try. You guys ready?"
The four Guardians got ready. The bird dived.
"I'll get ahead them then I can see what's coming," Sy said.
The eagle pulled ahead of the Zaiesk force.
"Time for some fun!" Guardian Neptune said. "Neptune Tide of Destruction!"
"Uranus Flame of Desire!"
"Pluto Hurricane punch!"
"Saturn Ice Rings Blast!"
"Moon Spiral Hearts Attack!"
The column was blasted to the ground. Only a few remained to fire at them.
"Get us out of here Sy," Sailor Moon said.
"That's the idea," Sy said and the eagle banked into the clouds.
"Told you it would work!" Sailor Moon said happily.
"So you did," Tuxedo Mask said looking at a small rip in his cape caused by
an energy blast from the ground.
Minutes later.
"Thank goodness you're here," Visara said.
"Well we took a little detour," Sailor Moon. "We had a Zaiesk column to crop dust."
"I see," Visara said. "Just one?"
"That's it right?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I'm afraid not. There are six," Visara said.
"Oh no," Sailor Moon said. "That's a lot."
"It is," Visara said. "But..with you here we stand a chance."
"Visara..just how are they going to get up here?" Sailor Moon asked.
"They have mountain ascent devices," Visara said. "As well as some lubes."
"Lubes?" Sailor Moon asked.
"They're cloth objects filled with hot air," Sy said.
"They've got balloons?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
"That's what it seems like," Guardian Saturn said.
"They shouldn't be any trouble to shoot down," Neptune said.
"They possess several thousand," Azura said.
"Where'd they get them all?" Sailor Moon asked.
"We have been preparing for this moment for some time," Azura said.
"Oh..I see," Sailor Moon said. "Good for you."
"Well..we'll still fight them I guess," she added.
"Is that cave the only entrance?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
"That's the only entrance people know about, but were have other surprises cooked up," Visara said. "Like hidden attack caverns hidden throughout the mountain."
"So you think we can take em on now?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I think we have a chance, but we definately needed some of your power," Visara said.
"You'd think those wizards would give you some help," Guardian Neptune said.
"Trust me they have," Visara said.
"Visara..I'm not going to participate in this battle you know," Azura said.
"Do you want to leave?" Visara asked.
"No..I'll stay," Azura said. "I was just letting you know."
"I accept your decision, let's get to it, they'll be here soon," Visara said.
The resistance soon sprung into action.
"Unfortunately using all our firepower and a mad dash from Sailor Uranus and Maverick we still only eliminated one half of the enemy at one time," Sailor Pluto said. "The other half would have the chance to wipe us out in the meantime."
"Unfortunate," Sailor Saturn said.
"That's what I said," Sailor Pluto said. "So..what we have to figure out is how we're going to deal with that other half."
"It seems we at least scared them into hesistating," Sailor Jupiter said.
"If we could keep them busy until the others got back," Sailor Mercury said.
"We at best would still have one fourth of the army to deal with," Sailor Uranus said.
"Well we've got the army here don't we?" Sailor Venus asked.
"That you do," Latric said. "And we will fight hard."
"This is essentially a zero sum game," Sailor Uranus said. "At best we can take all of them out while they take all of us out. The problem is we stun them they wake up later. They stun our allies.."
"That is a major problem," Sailor Pluto said. "I think we have to hold out until we figure out what we can do."
"Or someone gives me one of those energy weapons of theirs," Maverick said.
"That's it," Sailor Uranus said pounding the table. "What if we could focus our powers through their magical weapons."
"We wouldn't know how to?" Mercury asked.
"Latric, you do have a wizard don't you?" Uranus asked.
"Sure..but.."
"Go get him," Uranus said.
"Uh..right," Latric said and hurried out.
"How exactly is this going to work?" Sailor Mars asked.
"I don't know..but it should," Sailor Uranus said.
"Calm down Haruka," Sailor Neptune said.
"I'm sorry..I'm excited for some reason," Sailor Uranus said.
"Maybe because you've given us an opening," Sailor Pluto said. "However, I believe the reason that our communicators and other devices don't work is because of the magic in the area."
"Still..if there was the chance," Sailor Uranus said.
"Still we should give Maverick one of them," Sailor Mars said. "You may be a spying, introverted, weird gun crazed nut, but you can do a lot of damage."
"He hates guns Mars," Mercury said.
"Sword crazed nut," Mars said.
"Uh..okay.." Maverick said.
Latric returned with a wizard.
"Now let's see what we've got," Sailor Uranus said.
"Here they come," Sy said looking out one of many holes in the rock as the amazon forces either climbed or floated up the mountain face.
"Uh..I hate to bring this up, but if we destroy their balloons, they'll fall to their deaths," Tuxedo Mask said.
"No they won't, the wizards will teleport them away," Visara said. "That's why they aren't giving us that much offensive help."
"You'd actually give up offense to let them live?" Sailor Moon asked. "I admire that."
"Well..they don't deserve to die because of their leaders foolishness," Visara said. "Besides this means none of us will have any remorse."
"Ah..true," Sailor Moon said.
"Fire at will!" Visara shouted.
A barrage of energy weapons blasted away the balloons, their occupants vanished in thin air.
"Moon Spiral Hearts Attack!"
A whole squadron of balloons blew apart.
"Good shot," Visara said.
"Uranus Fire Spikes Attack!"
Spikes blew the air out of several of the baloons.
"This is going to be a rout," Neptune said. "Neptune golden triton impale!"
A new barrage of energy flew from the baloons and flew through the rock hitting Neptune dead on.
"Good aim," he muttered wincing in pain.
"You okay Visara?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Just knicked me," Visara said holding her arm. "Just keep it up."
"Look more of them," Guardian Saturn said. "More baloons were rising into the air."
"I'm can't keep this up forever," Sailor Moon said. "Moon Tiara Magic!"
Her tiara flew out missed all of the baloons and flew back.
"So much for that idea," she said catching it.
"It was worth a try," Visara said. "But the worst is yet to come."
A barrage of energy flew from the baloon flew out and smashed into the rock again.
Visara and Sailor Moon dived out of the way of falling rock.
"They're trying to kill us," Sailor Moon said.
"They play rough," Visara said.
"Saturn Ice Rings Blast!"
"Neptune Tide of Destruction!"
"Pluto Hurricane Punch!"
"Uranus Flame of Desire!"
More attacks slammed through the baloons. The baloons fired back.
"I might run out of roses if this keeps up," Tuxedo Mask said tossing a handful into the air.
"Don't you have an infinite supply?" Sailor Moon asked.
"No, it just seems that way," Tuxedo Mask said.
"Wonderful," Sailor Moon muttered. "And there are still hundreds of them left too.."
"I won't stop till they're all gone," Visara said.
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