FIFTEEN
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!" came a cry from behind him. A blue blast of icy energy hit him the back. He cried out in pain. The air was filled with mist.
"Cheap tricks. Come on and face me!" he yelled.
"Don't worry. We will!" he heard five girls' voices say as the mist cleared. He looked around him. In five different places around him was a Sailor Scout. Saturn was gone.
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Mars Fireball Surround!"
"Jupiter Thunderclap Crash!"
The four attacks flew at them. He tried to evade them, but they all hit, the Love Chain and the Fireball pulled him into the other two attacks. He collapsed to the ground.
"We've had all we can take of you negaverse scum!" Jupiter yelled.
"Yeah, and now it's time for payback!" Mars yelled.
"Your reign of terror is over, Coardite!" Venus yelled.
"When you fight one of the Sailor Scouts, you fight all of us!" Mercury yelled.
"I am Sailor Moon. Champion of justice. I fight for love and on behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil and that means you!" Sailor Moon yelled.
"It won't be that easy!" Coardite shouted. From within his jacket he pulled out a crystal that was glowing yellow. He held it above himself and within seconds his wounds had healed and he felt his strength returning.
"What was that?" Jupiter asked in shock.
"Whatever it was it's healed him," Mercury yelled.
"Great," Mars muttered.
"You know I've had quite enough of your worthless existence," Coardite said. "And now..we're going to settle things, my way."
Drawing every ounce of strength he could find and bringing forth the all the negaenergy he had remaining inside him, Coardite split himself into five identical parts.
"I can't believe it," Venus said.
"He's split himself," Jupiter said stating the obvious, but in a very annoyed way.
"According to this each part of him is weaker than he was originally," Mercury said quickly looking at her computer.
"Well..come on...are you going to face me or not," the five Coardite's said
and each of them faced off against the five Sailor Scouts.
Darrien's red sports car sped down a side street. Darrien carefully watched the road. The occupant of the back seat, the very injured D.V. Patterson roused himself and looked up.
"Where are we going?" He stammered.
"Hospital," Darrien said.
"No, that would raise too many questions...." Patterson gasped. "My house....114 Hiro street."
"All right," Darrien said. Patterson collapsed again.
Jupiter dodged the table as it flew by her and smashed into the ground. Coardite, the one fighting her, smiled.
"You know, Sailor Jupiter. You may be strong, but you're also a very large target," he said and unleashed a barrage. Jupiter ducked.
"Jupiter Thunder Clap Crash!" Jupiter yelled. Her lightening flew across the air towards Coardite who leapt out of the way.
"Nice try," Coardite muttered and lunged at her. She sidestepped and punched him in the face with as much power as she could muster. Coardite flew backward and crashed into another table, only to hurriedly jump up and launch an attack of his own at her, which she narrowly avoided.
"How'd he do that so quickly?" Jupiter muttered under her own breath.
Sailor Mercury ducked behind the stack of books as the black barrage flew by her and slammed into a nearby wall. She didn't have time to appreciate the irony of her ending up fighting Coardite in the school library, she was too busy dealing with his onslaught.
Even if I hit him with my attack. Does that mean it'll stop him? She thought. Another barrage flew by her.
He's moving to fast for me to hit him right now. My mist might work, but to unleash it I'd have to damage something, or maybe not....
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" She yelled. Her weak bubbles flew out.
What's that? A new attack. Coardite thought and erected an energy shield. The bubbles hit it and a mist formed.
"Ahh..I see," Coardite said to himself. Mercury crept along a book shelf and prepared to attack. To her shock the figure of Coardite appeared in front of her.
"I thought you were the smart one Mercury," he said and stuck his claw at her. She narrowly backed away to avoid it.
"Mercury Ice Storm...." She was cut off, by the claw sweeping towards her and
Coardite following swinging other arm at her. She ducked and looked for a way
out.
Sailor Mars kicked hard. It connected and would have broken Coardite's jaw had he been human. But the Negaverse commander merely stepped back a few paces and moved to unleash his barrage. Mars moved quickly and chopped his hand with such force that he cried out in pain.
"You are becoming annoying," Coardite yelled and struck out with his claw. Mars quickly knocked it aside. Coardite grabbed the arm with his free hand.
"Let go!" Mars shouted and kicked him. Coardite held on tightly and his hand began to glow. Mars felt her arm begin to burn.
"Ironically, you're the one who's going to be burned here," Coardite
muttered. Mars kicked him again using her full power. Coardite winced and hung
on as his hand continued to glow. Mars screamed.
Sailor Venus and Coardite hadn't managed to hit each other with any attacks yet. Her agility, and his power made them very hard targets to hit. Venus jumped into the air to avoid another barrage. Coardite jumped straight at her and struck out with his claw. Venus swerved to avoid it, and swung around in mid-air hoping to knock him off balance. Coardite dodged away and the two dropped downward again.
Coardite hit the ground first and leapt at the still landing Venus. She barely had time to leap out of the way execute a handspring and land on her feet several yards away.
"Very nice," Coardite said and charged at her. She leapt again. Coardite
quickly stuck out his hand and set loose a barrage. It skimmed Venus and caused
her to feel a slight pain. In addition she was pushed backwards and as she began
to fall it was on her back. She tried to turn and managed to land awkwardly on
her feet, only to have Coardite leaping right at her.
Sailor Moon raced along the corridor, several bolts of energy followed her. She dodged into a class room and the bolts flew by and slammed into the far wall.
"Moon-Tiara..." Sailor Moon began to say removing her tiara. Coardite appeared in the doorway and raised his hands to attack.
"Magic!" Sailor Moon yelled and flung the disc. Coardite hadn't expected that and he barely had enough time to construct a shield. The disk hit it and crackled, but didn't stop and hit his chest. The attack was only dampened a bit. Coardite let out a yell, but continued to plan his attack.
Dang it. I've been in this situation before. Sailor Moon thought. There's no room to maneuver in a classroom.
Coardite sent a barrage flying at her she ducked, but a few bolts still managed to hit her. She let out a yelp.
She called upon Jupiter's aura and grabbed the nearest desk. To Coardite's surprise she picked it up and threw it at him. Coardite backed out into the hall to avoid it. Sailor Moon leaped on top of one another desk and out into the hallway planting a fist right in Coardite's face. The negaverse commander staggered back another few steps. Sailor Moon brought Mars's aura and did a powerful dropkick. Coardite flew backwards into the classroom parallel to them and landed on a desk, which crashed to pieces.
Now we change the game. Sailor Moon said and dashed down the hallway
utilizing Mercury's aura as she did so.
Another table flew across the courtyard, only to be smashed against another table in mid-air. Jupiter and Coardite both hurriedly picked up another of the lunch tables and hurled them at each other. Once again they both crashed together and broke to pieces.
"This is almost fun," Coardite said with a grin.
Jupiter grabbed a third table. Coardite did too. Jupiter abruptly dropped it.
"Jupiter Thunder Clap Crash!" She yelled and threw her disc of lightening
right at him. Coardite hurriedly dropped the table, but couldn't defend himself.
The disc hit and knocked him backward.
A copy of the New Oxford Dictionary hit Coardite in the head followed by a letter A of an Encyclopedia Collection. The Negaverse Commander was getting annoyed.
Sailor Mercury hurriedly grabbed letter B and flung it. This hit Coardite in the chest. While her energy attack took seconds to perform, throwing books could be done instantaneously and with her fortified place in the reference section she had plenty to throw. Letter C hit Coardite, he turned and brought his hands up to attack. Letter D and E flew at him. He ducked and brought his hands up again. Letter F flew towards him. He vaporized it. Mercury launched another book. Coardite destroyed it too. With a feverish pace Mercury threw more and more at him. Coardite destroyed every one, and then he began to waver. The more she threw, the more he began to tire. Adrenaline was pumping through her as she threw several more editions. They hit Coardite who was weakened.
"MERCURY ICE STORM BLAST!" She yelled and hit Coardite dead on. He flew
backward and slammed into a shelf of books which conveniently collapsed on top
of him.
Mars had to think fast. Coardite's grasp was still on her arm and the pain was increasing. She brought forth a familiar object, a few scraps of paper and began to say something.
"That's right, you should pray," Coardite said. Mars stuck the paper right on Coardite's head
"What the!" Coardite said as his forehead began to burn. He released his grip suddenly and attempted to pull the object off his head frantically.
"Mars Fireball Surround!" Mars yelled. The fiery attack did what it was
supposed to and the fire burned around Coardite.
Venus gasped as she tried to get her wind back. Coardite had hit her full force and pushed her backward into a tree. He now was amassing his strength to finish her off with one blow he hoped. She crawled along the ground trying to get up and fight.
"This battle is over!" Coardite yelled and unleashed his attack. Venus jumped out of the way at the last second and the blast slammed into the school wall and the windows exploded.
"How did you..." Coardite said looking at the damage and then turning. Venus wasn't on the ground anymore.
"Where did..."
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Venus yelled. Coardite looked around for the
source of the attack. He didn't see it until the attack hit him...from above and
Venus landed nearby.
Coardite stalked down the hallway.
Sailor Moon may have evaded me right now, but I'll find her and destroy her. He thought. He didn't see the teacher's desk fly at him from behind, but he felt it when it hit him. He staggered up and whirled around. No one was there.
"Come out and fight like a man!" Coardite shouted....
Wait a minute. Coardite thought.
Coardite moved back down the hallway. Whoever through that desk must have been there somewhere. He looked into the first classroom. Nothing. The second. Nothing. The third and fourth. Still nothing. He moved to the stairs. Another desk hit him from behind. He fell to the ground and began to feel the pain shoot through him. He pushed the desk off of him and turned back the way he came.
All right. We'll do things differently now. He turned to the first room and readied his power. With all his force he blew the classroom apart, shattering windows desks and anything else. He then turned to the next room and did the same. He walked to the entrance of the third room and readied his power. What he didn't expect was Sailor Moon to come flying at him, feet first and smash into his face. He was knocked to the ground. Sailor Moon with Venus's aura raced jumped up and raced down the corridor.
Hanging from the ceiling was my best idea ever. She thought.
Coardite stood up angrily and fumed.
"SAILOR MOON! I will destroy you!"
Wait a minute....I know. He thought and raced down the stairs. He found what he was looking for in the school office. A secretary was hunched under a desk. He picked the desk up and flung it out a window. The secretary looked up at him in fright.
"Hah...you're perfect," Coardite said and grabbed her.
To Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter's surprise, the Coardite's they were
facing all disappeared in a strange flash of light. With that they began their
search for Sailor Moon.
Coardite stood there with the secretary grasped under his claw arm.
Maverick may have forced me to use my healing crystal and those Sailor Scouts may have destroyed nearly 4four fifths of my power, but I will still have them.
"Sailor Moon! Come out or I will destroy this human hostage I have!" Coardite shouted.
What? Sailor Moon thought in her hiding place.
"Come out now!" Coardite shouted.
I have no choice. Sailor Moon realized. She emerged and walked into the hallway. There Coardite stood with the secretary.
Now what do I do? Sailor Moon thought.
"Don't do anything I don't tell you to do," Coardite said. "Or this human is dead. Now call your Sailor Scout friends and tell them to come up here and not to try anything."
The Sailor Scouts arrived as he ordered and stood there in front of him.
"Good...now just stand still as I vaporize you!" He said and lifted his arm at them.
Is this the end? The five thought.
Suddenly Coardite felt several pains in his back. He dropped the hostage in surprise and whirled around. There stood Tuxedo Mask. Now a dozen roses were embedded in the Negaverse Commander's back.
"Get him!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"Jupiter Thunder Clap Crash!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Moon Scepter Elimination!"
The attacks all hit and Coardite began to disintegrate until there was nothing left. The secretary feinted. "I'll get her some water," Mercury said despite her tired state.
"Thank goodness you showed up," Jupiter said to Tuxedo Mask.
"Well...Sailor Moon called my and told me I needed to get her fast. I was already on my way, but she told me how I should come into the building so that I could catch Coardite by surprise," Tuxedo Mask said.
"That's right. I told him that before I walked out, then as you saw Tuxedo Mask was standing there the whole time Coardite was preparing to trash us, waiting for the right moment and if he wasn't we would have figured something out. That's what we do," Sailor Moon said with a smile.
"Well that's a relief," Venus said. "No more Coardite to deal with."
"Yeah....maybe the negaverse is finally gone," Mars said. The scouts, including Mercury who had just come back with the water, all looked at each other.
"Yeah...right," They all said.
The scouts had soon reverted back to their human forms and were walking away from the school as the various fire crews and police raced up to the school.
"Serena. Do you realize how much damage we did to the school?" Lita asked.
"Oh...too bad...I guess that means no class tomorrow huh?" Serena replied with a sinister grin.
"Lucky you," Mina said.
Around the corner came Steve, Rick, and Mike.
"There you girls are," Rick said.
"We lost track of you in the panic and got worried," Steve said.
"You all right?" Mike asked.
"We're fine," Raye said.
"Did the Sailor Scouts beat the negaverse again?" Steve asked hopefully.
"Oh yeah. They were great. Especially Sailor Moon, isn't she just perfect?" Serena said.
"Some would beg to differ," the other four girls said