Chapter 38
"Jaedite's headed back to his skyscraper, we have to stop him," Sailor Moon said.
"Well...we know what we have to do," Mars said.
"It's time to get rid of Jaedite once and for all," Jupiter added.
"Jade Corp here we come!" Venus said. The five scouts then leapt off towards their meeting with destiny.
"You going to be all right Mercury?" Sailor Moon asked as they leapt along.
"I'll manage," Mercury said grimacing.
"You sure?"
"Yes, I'll be all right," Mercury said.
But for how long? She asked herself.
At Jade Corp Tower.
"Are our surprises in place?" Jaedite asked.
"Yes sir. It's all set," Argosante replied.
"Hmm..I'm ready," Jaedite said.
"As am I," Argosante said.
A security camera showed the scouts arriving at the front entrance to Jade Corp.
"They've arrived," Jaedite said.
"Stop!" Mercury shouted. The other four did.
"What?" Sailor Moon asked as they were about to enter the door.
"There could be traps everywhere. Let me use my computer," she said and pulled it out and began scanning the area.
"Ah, hah, the floor of the lobby is wired with explosive detonators. One step and the entire floor would explode," Mercury said.
"Crude, but I'm sure it would be effective," Jupiter said.
"So how do we get past it?" Venus asked.
"Set the explosives off of course," Sailor Moon said. "I'll just use my tiara."
"Will someone open the door?" She added.
"Uh...all right," Jupiter said. "Jupiter thunderclap Zap!" she yelled and blasted the doors apart. The debris from them fell in and hit one of the explosives. It went of and showered the scouts with floor debris.
"Well...that was a surprise," Mars muttered.
"Hmm..each bomb is individually wired. All right this could take some time. Sailor Moon, use your tiara on the fourth floor tile in," Mercury said.
"Right," Sailor Moon said.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" She shouted and flung the disk. It hit the floor tile and flew back towards her as the tile exploded. Sailor Moon caught it.
"Good, now the fifth," Mercury said.
Ten tiles later Mercury announced.
"One more to go," she said.
"Okay," Sailor Moon said and flung her tiara across the air. It smashed into the floor tile at an odd angle, bounced and hit another floor tile and the entire floor exploded.
"Hmm...looks like one of them was more sensitive then the others," Mercury said.
The other four glanced at her.
"Um. well....it's all clear now," She added.
"You sure?" Sailor Moon asked.
The scouts had soon entered the lobby and were hurrying up a flight of stairs.
"How many floors are there in this building anyway?" Venus asked.
"Eighty two," Mercury replied.
"Eighty two!" The others yelled.
"If we take the elevator they'll get us for sure," Mercury responded.
"She's right, up we go," Jupiter said.
"Maybe we should walk," Venus said.
"They're in the stairwell," Argosante said.
"Excellent. Let's drop our little surprise," Jaedite said.
"Floor twelve...this is just great," Mars muttered.
"Why couldn't he have the decency to come down and fight us?" Venus asked.
"What's the light up there?" Sailor Moon asked looking up.
"It seems to be getting closer," Jupiter said.
"Very quickly too," Mercury said.
As it reached about ten floors above them the girls made it out. It was a long stream of fire with a head snaking down the stairs towards them.
"Uh oh," the five yelled and moved to the nearest door. Out onto the floor they hurried, the fire snake smashed into the door and flew out towards them. The girls kept running.
"Mercury....Ice....Storm..." Mercury strained to say as she was running, then she turned.
"Blast!" she shouted. Her icy wave smashed into the fire snake a foot in front of her and the snake dissolved. She stood there her eyes wide with fright and then fell to the ground.
"Mercury!" the other four shouted and hurried to her side.
"I'll survive..leave me here and just keep going," she said.
The four looked at each other and nodded.
"They managed to beat the fire snake,"Argosante said.
"Well good for them," Jaedite said.
"Hey I've got an idea," Jupiter said and looked up at the ceiling.
"Stand back," She said.
"Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!" she shouted. The attack shot up through the hole and smashed through seven more ceilings.
"Now...we jump," she said and jumped up the seven stories. The others
followed.
"They did what?" Jaedite said.
"They've circumvented our other defenses," Argosante said.
"You know what to do then."
"Yes, I do," Argosante said and hurried out.
The scouts leapt through another hole.
"What floor are we on now?" Venus asked.
"Sixty Four I think," Mars said.
"And you'll go no farther," came the voice of Red Warrior.
"Yeah," Gold Warrior said quietly.
"Oh come on Gold Warrior, do it like this, Yeah!" Green Warrior said loudly.
"Oh all right. YEAH!" Gold Warrior shouted.
"Are you two finished?" Mars muttered.
"No, you are," Gold Warrior said.
"Your speeches are more corny then theirs," Red Warrior muttered.
"Oh you mean like this," Sailor Moon said.
"We are the Sailor Scouts," they shouted.
"Mars!"
"Venus!"
"Jupiter!"
"And Sailor Moon!"
"And we're here to punish you!"
"Actually on second thought. Yours are worse," Red Warrior said.
"Stand back Sailor Moon. We'll handle these three," Mars said.
"Yeah, it's now or never," Venus said.
"We can't hold back," Jupiter said.
The three scouts charged. The three warriors charged and the battle began.
Red Warrior swung downward with his sword. Mars spun and kicked it aside and followed up with a chop to the gut. Red Warrior stepped back and then swung out his foot. She rolled away from it and dived for his leg. He jumped and landed on her back. She let out a scream of pain and then used all her strength to heave him off of her. He stumbled back a few feet, but swung his sword. It came within inches of her neck as she stood. She stepped back. They both knew neither of their energy attacks would work until the other one was weakened. Red Warrior ran forward again. Mars made a move to dodge and kick him, he countered it with a move Mars didn't see coming. She was thrown back several feet. Red Warrior lunged at her and swung the sword downward. She rolled out of the way. His sword became embedded in the floor. Mars did a jump kick. Red Warrior rolled away. She landed and was immediately hit by one of his spin kicks. She sank to the ground trying to catch her breath. Red Warrior picked up his sword and swung it again. She maximized her aura and swung out with her left hand. The sword was blocked. She felt a burning pain in the hand. Red Warrior tried again this time going for her right side. She blocked it with her other hand.
"What?" Red Warrior said in surprise. Mars spun around and took his legs out from under him. He crashed to the ground. She winced at the pain, but ran forward and kicked the sword out of Red Warrior's hands.
"You!" he said and swung his hand at her. She sidestepped it. He stood up. She kicked him the chest and followed it up with a spin kick of her own. He stumbled back and hit a nearby water fountain.
"Mars Fireball Surround!" she shouted. The blast hit him dead on, and set
fire to the water fountain, ironically. He shouted in pain. Mars ran forward and
kicked him again. He was knocked into the far wall of the office building, and
he soon sank to the ground.
Venus didn't have much room to maneuver in, thus making her gymnastic skills practically useless. Gold Warrior didn't wait long to attack, he swung his sword at her. She stepped back to dodge it, trying to think of a way to beat him. He swung his sword again, she ducked under it and lunged forward. Gold Warrior sidestepped and she hit the floor a few feet away. His sword swung towards her. She rolled forward and came up quickly, then she kept going right down the hall.
"Hey! Come back here!" Gold Warrior said and chased after her. Venus rounded the corner.
This may be my only chance...have to get him where I can hit him. Gold Warrior went tearing around the corner and was immediately hit in the head by a large metal garbage can.
"Venus Crescent Beam...." Venus shouted as he recovered and lunged at her. "Smash!" she got out as his sword was inches away from her. The attack flew out from her hand and shot him several feet backwards down a side hallway. He hit the wall.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" she shouted.
"Oh no you don't!" Gold Warrior said and knocked the attack way with his gold sword as he began to glow. He launched his own attack hoping to surprise Venus. The light beam flew at her. She ducked inside an open office.
"Hah..you would do that!" Gold Warrior said and ran towards the office. He crept up towards it and readied his sword. He knew that Venus would probably have a surprise for him, but he was going to get her before she could get him. He continued to glow bringing all his power. He stepped in the doorway. A crescent beam flew at him. He swatted it away with his sword and attacked catching the once again surprised Venus off guard. She was hit by the attack and thrown into a cubicle, smashing it's small wall down.
"Hmm..just another person who hates cubicles now I assume," Gold Warrior shouted and stabbed with his sword. Venus rolled off of the debris and punched Gold Warrior right in the face. He staggered back into the doorway.
"Wow..somehow I think I deserved that," he muttered. Venus did a cartwheel and slammed right into Gold Warrior. He fell to the ground and she landed perfectly and then spun around.
"Crescent Beam Smash!" she yelled at close range. The attack hit Gold Warrior
and he shouted in pain. She stood back as he staggered up and the fell down
again, apparently unconscious.
Jupiter was surprised when Green Warrior took his sword and stuck it in a hilt on his belt.
"I will not need that yet," he said. "Come on."
"Okay..you want to do this man to man..or man..to woman..ahem..fine," Jupiter said.
The two ran towards each other. Jupiter got in the first punch. Green Warrior hardly responded and moved to punch her in the gut. She stepped back and swung again. He blocked it. They each paused to plan their next move. Green Warrior went for her gut again. She barely blocked it, but he head butted her. She stepped back.
"This is a street fight," Green Warrior said. "Anything goes and swung at her head. She swerved under it and hit him in the gut. He swung at her relatively unaffected by the blow. She hadn't expected such a quick turn around and stepped back again from the pain. He ran forward looking to tackle her. She stepped to the side and kneed him in the head, he tripped and fell down.
"Get up!" she said.
"Hah..I would have kicked you while you were down," Green Warrior said and stood up.
"Well...I assume that's because your evil," Jupiter muttered.
"Probably," Green Warrior said and threw another punch. She quickly ducked under it and avoided a kneeing attempt from him. Instead she grabbed the knee and threw him off balance. He crashed to the ground.
"Jupiter Thunderclap!..." she started to yell.
"Oh, no you don't!" Green Warrior said standing up quickly and lunging at her. She aborted her attack and dodged out of the way, he grabbed her with his right hand and pulled her to the floor. She winced after the impact. He stood up and kicked her in the ribs.
"See...I told you," Green Warrior said. Jupiter grabbed his leg and pulled on him. He kicked her again with his other leg. She used all her strength and from her position on the ground threw him down the hall. He slammed into it and sank to the ground.
"Heh..who needs leverage," Jupiter muttered and stood up. "Jupiter
Thunderclap Zap!" she shouted. Green Warrior had partially recovered and was
turning towards her as the attack flew out and smashed into him. He let out a
cry and fell to the ground.
"You guys did it," Sailor Moon said as the three scouts returned from their various battles.
"Yep, we knew we could," Venus said.
"But let's keep going before they wake up," Jupiter said.
The four scouts blasted their way up several more floors. When they reached floor 81, Jupiter stopped.
"Why'd we stop here?" Mars asked.
"Because I'm not sure if we should blast our way into the 82nd floor. There could be an ambush," Jupiter said.
"There is no ambush, but then again you won't make it to the next floor," Argosante said emerging in front of them.
The four Sailor Scouts readied themselves. Argosante stood there glowing with energy.
"You see, I've been waiting to destroy you for some time," Argosante said.
"Hmm...if you're anything like your brother, it'll be the other way around," Mars said.
"You'll pay for that remark with your life!" Argosante said.
"Yeah, if it's the last thing we do," came a voice from behind Argosante and the three Dark Warriors stood there.
The girls gasped.
"Hmm...you have more endurance than I suspected," Argosante said not looking back at them.
"Yes, we do," Red Warrior said and the three warriors stabbed Argosante in the back with their swords. He staggered forward and gasped.
"What..." he said and turned towards them.
"You should have looked behind you," Saturn said emerging from behind the three warriors.
Argosante's eyes widened as Saturn stabbed him through the chest with his sword. The knight exploded into mist around it.
"Yeah! We kick butt!" Green Warrior said.
"How did..." Jupiter began to say before a blast of energy slammed through the wall smashed into the four boys and knocked them clear through a glass window. They plummeted downward. The three girls rushed over in horror to see it happening. Suddenly a blue energy flew out from several floors below and came under them. The four floated to the ground and landed safely.
The three girls sighed in relief.
"Thanks Mercury," They all said.
"Hah! You've made it this far, but now it's time to face me," Jaedite said.
"We're ready for you Jaedite!" the four girls shouted.
"Hah, I doubt it!" Jaedite yelled and threw a wave of fire at them. The four all ducked and it missed, but Jaedite moved quickly and fired a blast at Sailor Moon before she could stand. Mars slid along the floor and pushed Sailor Moon out of the way only to be hit herself and knocked down.
"Mars!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"Jupiter Thunderclap Crash!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
The two attacks flew at Jaedite and caught him off guard, he hastily erected a shield and the attacks bounced off.
Those shields use up massive amounts of energy. I have to be careful.
Sailor Moon charged at him, her Moon Sword in her hand. He swung at her and knocked her to the ground.
Jupiter and Venus' attacks flew at him again. He floated out of the way and they smashed through a wall. He whirled and shot a blast of fire at the two. Jupiter stepped in front of it and felt it's impact. She screamed and collapsed.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Venus yelled in rage. The love chain flew out from her with incredible speed and hit Jaedite before he even saw it.
Wow...I can really kick butt when I'm angry. She thought. Jaedite lunged at Venus and attempted to blast her point blank. He felt a pain in his knee and turned to see Sailor Moon standing there, her sword embedded in his leg. He turned and swatted the sword from her hand. It skittered across the floor several feet away.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Venus shouted and smashed a blast right into Jaedite's head. He staggered back and howled in agony, but managed to unleash an energy blast that hit Venus dead on and knocked her unconscious.
Sailor Moon hurried to her scepter while Jaedite flailed about. She was almost there when an energy blast hit her in the back. She stumbled and fell.
"This is the end of the story," Jaedite said and limped towards her getting into position for his finest moment. If I hit her at point blank she'll be gone for good.
She crawled along towards her scepter still ten feet away.
"Have to get to it," she said.
"Even if you did, I'd destroy you before you could use it," Jaedite said and moved closer, his own strength failing him. A solitary rose flew through the air and landed in his back. He turned. Tuxedo Mask stood there.
"Remember me Jaedite. It's time for round two," Tuxedo Mask said.
"I thought I left you at the bottom of the bay," Jaedite muttered and swung his fist around spewing energy from it as he did. Tuxedo Mask threw several roses into it. It lightened, but did not stop the blast which hit him and smashed him against the wall.
"Hah, so much for you," Jaedite said.
"Moon Scepter Elimination!" Sailor Moon shouted. Jaedite turned around.
"No!" he shouted as he was hit with the full force of Sailor Moon's power.
With one final scream he vanished.
The Sailor Scouts stood in front of the Jade Corp building, all hurt, but alive. Saturn stood there, Tuxedo Mask stood there, and now Rick, Steve, and Mike, Jaedite's hold over them being gone, stood as humans.
"We remember it all," Rick said. "We understand why now."
"That's good to hear," Mars said.
"Yeah...hey, Lita, why didn't you just tell me you were Sailor Jupiter?" Steve asked.
"I haven't even told my family," Jupiter said.
"Oh, well then I guess it doesn't matter," Steve said.
"Hey...well I guess this means everything's back to normal, except for the fact that you girls are all the Sailor Scouts and all, ahem," Mike said with a nervous laugh.
"Don't worry, I'm still the same old Mina," Venus said.
"Oh...that's too bad, I'd rather date Sailor Venus," Mike said.
"You would?" Venus said.
"Yeah, sure..you've got a shorter skirt," Mike said.
"You jerk!" Venus said and slapped him playfully.
"You all right Saturn?" Mercury asked.
"Yeah, you?" Saturn asked.
"About the same, getting hurt isn't so bad," she said.
"It's more bearable when you do it for a reason," Saturn replied.
"How did you...get them..to.." Mercury said.
"Oh...that? Hard to explain."
"Okay."
"So..is he finally gone?" Sailor Moon asked.
"We can only hope," Tuxedo Mask said.
"Well maybe we can finally have some time together again."
"I have college, and you have entrance exams," Tuxedo Mask replied.
"Yeah, I know...so...we can just underachieve for a little while," Sailor Moon said.
"I don't think so," Tuxedo Mask said.
"I know who they are, but who are you?" Rick asked Saturn.
"I ask myself that question every day," Saturn replied and walked off.
"Weird," Rick said.
"Well...now that this is over, what do we do now?" Mike asked.
"I think we go home and sleep," Venus said.
"Good idea. I'm for that," Sailor Moon said.
Meanwhile at a place beyond the borders of space and time.
"This is turning out to be an interesting universe," The first one said.
"Isn't it?" The second one said.
"They hope that their battles are over, but deep down they know that's unlikely."
"Yes, very true. The forces of evil are vast in number. This is merely another beginning," the second one said