CHAPTER 59
"Ahh..hello Greg, welcome," Mike said. He and Steve stood around in Steve's garage where a disassembled rocket sat on a table. Greg had just shown up in the garage doorway.
"Well..you guys called me, I sort of have to wonder why though," Greg said.
"Simple Greg, you're part of the "So...your girlfriend's a Sailor Scout club", which at the moment consists of only the three of us," Mike said.
"Well..that's interesting, but what's the point of this club?" Greg asked.
"There really isn't any, we just thought we should get to know you better," Steve said.
"Furthermore it's Steve's goal to prove to you that he can actually do something right," Mike said.
"Uh...I see," Greg said with trepidation.
"Come on in," Mike said noticing Greg hadn't entered the garage yet.
Greg took a step forward and did just that.
"And with that, Greg entered a world that he did not fully understand, and of which he had no idea of the sinister evilness that occurred within it's boundaries. A world controlled by the forces of darkness...." a voice said. The three looked around wondering where that voice was coming from, although they all recognized it.
"Patterson, where are you hiding?" Mike asked.
"Right here," Patterson muttered emerging from the side of the garage.
"Hey, Patterson, I haven't seen you in a while," Greg said.
"Good," Patterson said and narrowed his eyes.
"You know Greg, this guy has a standup comedian trapped inside of him, that is repressed by the angry, bad side of D.V. and rarely get's let out," Mike said grinning.
"That's because the angry side of me has all the weapons," Patterson muttered.
"Care to join us Patterson?" Mike asked.
"No..I take pride in having a clean police record," Patterson muttered and walked off.
"He is so weird," the three boys said.
"Ehh..well enough of that...Steve...are you going to try and make that rocket work?" Mike asked.
"I thought about it," Steve said.
"But you know what will probably happen," Mike said.
"Yes," Steve said.
"What will probably happen?" Greg asked.
"If we're lucky, no one will press charges," Mike said.
"Uh...right," Greg said nervously.
"We know why we called this meeting right?" Amy asked sitting around a table set up in her apartment.
"To talk about me and Darrien right!" Serena shouted and began laughing with joy.
Amy, Lita, and Mina all looked at her.
"Well..isn't it great?" Serena asked.
"Serena, we have to talk about strategy. We've got a bunch of negaverse creeps running around you know," Lita said.
"Yeah, boys don't have anything to do with this," Mina said.
Hmm...so in theory none of you should have been skipping battles because of your emotional problems. Amy thought to herself.
"Well..what is there to talk about? When the negaverse shows up we go and fight them..case closed...in the meantime I'll be at Darrien's," Serena said and stood up.
"Serena, sit down," Lita and Mina said.
"If we talk about what we've seen in the negaverse soldiers, we may be able to construct ways to beat them and to use our powers more effectively. Furthermore, they're acquiring energy every time they attack, we need to stop that," Amy said.
"Say...why isn't Raye here?" Serena asked.
"You know she's still taking her breakup...er..breakups pretty hard Serena," Lita said.
"That's no excuse," Serena said.
"You did the same thing!" Mina and Lita yelled. Amy sighed.
"Uh...no I didn't. I went into battle anyway. Sure..I hesitated a little, but I showed up," Serena screeched.
"Serena, Raye needs some time to herself. We've all tried to talk to her, and as I understand, so have you," Lita said with a scornful glance.
"I thought the fire reading would take her mind off of Rick, so sue me!" Serena shouted.
"Just stop arguing and let's talk about the negaverse," Amy said.
"Okay, okay, well there's the blue guy," Serena said.
"And the red one," Lita said.
"Plus the fireball," Mina added.
"And..the snake," Amy said.
"Don't forget that annoying Hyena," Serena said. "I whipped him good, and then Darrien said he loved me!"
"Serena," the other three moaned.
"Oh come on girls, wouldn't you rather be with your newly refound boyfriends," Serena said. "The witty Mike," she said glancing at Mina. "The hunk Steve," She said glancing at Lita. "Even you Amy would probably like to be discussing statistics with Greg wouldn't you?"
"My responsibilities come first," Amy said.
"Yeah," Mina and Lita said.
"Oh...they do..I see.." Serena said finally beginning to believe her friends could not be brought off purpose.
"I kissed Mike yesterday," Mina said
"You did! That's great..tell me all about it!" Lita said.
"Yeah....tell me..tell me!" Serena said.
Amy glanced at the ground and sighed.
Think I'll go for a walk. She thought.
"Raye, I know you've been having troubles, but I don't think you should keep moping around like this," Her grandfather said standing in her room.
"This is hard on me grandpa," Raye said not looking up from a book she was glancing at.
"I said I knew that, but come on Raye, how does this help anything?"
"I don't know, it's all I feel like doing," Raye said.
"Aw...come on..with Chad gone and you like this, do you know how little work is getting done? And that's even with me working harder than usual," her Grandfather said.
"Grandpa you shouldn't push yourself," Raye said.
"Well..if I had some help maybe it wouldn't be as much of a problem, I'll be fine," he said and walked out the door of her room. Raye heard a thud soon afterwards. She dashed to the door and opened it. Her grandfather was lying on the ground.
"Grandpa!" She shouted and felt for a pulse. "Still beating," She said and rushed to get a glass of water. She was soon placing it in her grandfather's mouth. His eyes opened.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You feinted I think," Raye said.
"Oh...I wonder why that happened."
"You've been working too hard."
"I never work too hard."
"Grandpa, please rest up," Raye said.
"Ehh..maybe just today ehh..." her grandfather said and slowly moved inside. Raye's eyes widened and she manage to get inside her own room before she shed a tear and realized how fast her breathing was.
That was scary. She thought. It can't be anything...he just worked himself
too hard that's all. That's all it must be.
"Okay...here we go!" Steve shouted and pressed the ignition button on the launch pad. They were once again in a field outside of the city.
"Duck!" Mike said and pulled Greg to the ground. The rocket flew off the launch pad, rose several feet, had it's wings fall off, and went spiraling off onto the ground a few feet away.
"At least that one flew," Mike muttered.
"Is this what you guys do all day?" Greg asked.
"Well..when we're not out with our girlfriends...yeah," Mike said.
"Or when we don't have girlfriends," Steve muttered.
"That has been true often lately too, but not now...for I have recaptured the spirit of romance," Mike said nobly.
"You've done what?" Steve asked.
"Um...anyone like peaches?" Mike asked. "I know I do."
"Try to ignore Mike, it's just a good idea," Steve said.
"I figured that out on my own," Greg said and the three laughed.
"I see you're still continuing your historical study of the Russian Space Program," came a voice behind them. They all turned to see Rick walking up.
"Hey.Rick," Mike said.
"Long time no see," Steve said.
"I'm fine..don't ask," Rick said. Mike, Steve, and Greg exchanged glances between each other.
"Oookay..things are going fine here..um..so..how you doing now?" Mike asked.
"I'm fine, let's just not talk about girls, I don't need to hear about them, but otherwise I'm the same old Rick I've always been," Rick said.
"But Rick...you're entire life has revolved around girls," Mike said.
"Well..then I'm not in great shape am I?" Rick muttered.
"Um..I'm going to pass on that question," Mike said.
"Rick, you wanna do something...you know..like we used to do?" Steve asked.
"That's a good idea," Mike said.
"But what do you guys do?" Greg asked.
"Ooo..he has asked a very important question," Mike said.
"Yes he has," Steve said.
"One that cannot be answered," Mike said.
"Because we do not ever know the true answer," Steve said.
"Yes," Mike said and the two bowed.
"You two...are two of the biggest crackpots I have ever encountered," Rick said.
"Hey...that's a stretch..I mean...there must have been at least one person more crazy then we are," Mike said.
The four glanced at each other.
"Hmm..the negaverse..how interesting," Patterson muttered.
"What?" the person standing next to him said. Who just happened the owner of the Seven Dragons Armory Shop which the two were standing in.
In a crowded area of a Tokyo shopping plaza, literally thousands of people were moving about between the stores. The appearance of Axseon and the four other minions of Richter was unnoticed for a brief time period, until they started blasting people and draining their energy.
"Oh no it's one of those attacks...they've been talking about on the news," the weapons owner said.
"Indeed," Patterson said.
"Aren't you the least bit worried?"
"No, there are people that handle these kinds of problems," Patterson said.
"Well I'm getting out of here," the owner said.
"Want me to watch your store. I mean..if the window gets broken there might be looting."
"If your crazy enough to stay here Patterson, be my guest," The owner said and hurried out the back door.
"Hmmm...so many weapons so little time," Patterson muttered and looked at the walls of swords. He picked up a battle axe off the wall.
"This could be useful," he said.
"Have you and Steve kissed yet?" Mina asked.
"Well...no," Lita admitted. "But we're building up to it."
"Me and Darrien kiss all the time," Serena said bubbily and started jumping up and down.
The door to the room slid open. Amy stood there grim faced.
"What..okay..okay...we'll talk strategy," Serena said.
"Never mind that now, the negaverse is attacking again," Amy said.
"That's just great," Lita muttered.
"They've spread out and have each gone a different direction," Patterson was saying into the communicator as the four Sailor Scouts raced along the street. They could always jump, but that would actually tire them out faster. This time they were trying to conserve their energy for the battle.
"Patterson..how close are you to the battle?" Jupiter asked.
A window shattered in the background.
"Um...close enough," Patterson replied stoically.
"We're almost there," Mercury said.
"Well...what do we have here. A boy with two katanas..hmm...Ready to fight?" Cletus the Hyena said advancing.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Patterson replied.
"Like what?" Cletus asked.
"Don't touch him, he's a noncombatant," Axseon shouted.
"He doesn't look like one," the Hyena muttered.
"Just follow my orders, if we don't attack him, he won't attack us right Patterson?" Axseon said.
"Right....this time," Patterson said.
"Now get going Cletus!" Axseon shouted.
"Yes...sir..." The Hyena muttered and moved into action.
"Not so fast negatrash!" came four female voices.
"Oh..joy," Axseon said and he turned to see the four sailor scouts standing there at one end of the street.
"Hmm...what a pleasure this is," Axseon muttered. From various other areas, the other evil warriors showed up, with the exception of the Hyena.
"I think it's time for a showdown," Axseon said.
"So do I!" Sailor Moon replied.
A rose flew through the air and embedded itself in the side of a car tire...causing it to deflate.
Everyone looked up anyway to see Tuxedo Mask standing on a lamp post.
"Whoops," he muttered. "Guess...my aim's off," he said and leapt off the post at Axseon, who blasted him with energy.
"Foolish human," Axseon said as Tuxedo Mask was blasted through a window and into a Tuxedo store.
"Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon yelled in worriment.
"Worry about the enemy Sailor Moon," Jupiter said.
Tuxedo Mask pushed the various tuxes that had fallen on him off and moved to stand up.
"Boy I feel stupid..and I probably should," he muttered and emerged from the store.
"You're all right," Sailor Moon said.
"No, I'm not," Tuxedo Mask said and charged forward.
"What is he doing?" Jupiter said as Tuxedo Mask was blasted back again this time landing on a bed of roses at a nearby florist shop.
"Okay..this is too strange..I'm outta here," Tuxedo Mask said and walked out.
"Where are you going?" Sailor Moon shouted.
"Sailor Moon!" Venus shouted. Axseon had shot a blast at her. Sailor Moon dived out of the way and the battle began. Axseon and Dexseon, their swords ready, ran at Sailor Moon who scrambled up and leapt into the air to try and avoid them. They leapt after her. She let out a screech and kicked out trying to stop them. They grabbed her in mid air and threw her to the ground, she smashed into a car and winced at the pain, but rolled off and tried to stand up.
"Moon Sword," she said and had it appear in her hand. Dexseon and Axseon landed and ran at her. She used Venus' aura to flip out of the way and hoped to find an opening.
Mercury jumped out of the way of Infernon's flame. He had no intention of letting her use her ice attack. Mercury tried to think of some way to stop him, since she possesed no hand to hand fighting skill whatsoever. She dodged out of the way of another attack until she noticed something strange. Patterson was standing in front of the weapons shop holding a bucket of something.
"Hey...I've just got this bucket of water and I'm just going to leave now!" he shouted and then stepped forward. He tripped and sent the bucket's contents flying at Infernon, who shrieked and ducked under it.
"Mercury leapt onto a rooftop quickly and prepared to energize her power.
"You! You're a noncombatant!" Infernon shouted at Patterson said.
"I tripped, " Patterson said and shrugged.
"Ehh..."
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!" they heard shouted. Infernon saw the attack flying at him. He vanished quickly to avoid it.
Venus meanwhile had backflipped out of the way of Serpetan's slithering attack. He was as fast as she was, and she had trouble keeping up. She knew she could get the advantage if got to higher ground, but she also knew, the minute she tried to jump, he'd have a clear shot before she could get high enough. He lunged at her, trying to catch her in his jaws. She jumped up slightly, bounced off his head and then onto a car. The jumped forward and grabbed onto the bar holding up a light at the top of a lamp post. She flipped forward and caught the bar at the next lamppost and kept going for several more of them. She then flipped upwards and landed on a roof. Serpetan slithered towards the building.
"Venus crescent beam smash!" she shouted as fast as she could bring the power up. The attack flew outward and Serpetan slithered away from it, and began to shrink as he entered a drain pipe.
"He's coming up here," Venus said and prepared herself.
Cletus lunged at Jupiter growling as he did so. Jupiter leapt forward at the Cletus. The two met in mid air and hit with such impact that they each fell backwards a few feet, both landing upright.
"Very good Jupiter..but you have no idea of what I can do next," The Hyena said and began laughing. An energy blast flew from his mouth. This actually had caught Jupiter by surprise, she didn't know the laugh triggered it. The attack hit her shoulder as she tried to duck out of the way and knocked her off balance. The Hyena leapt and pushed her right into the wall, she grimaced after she hit, her back hadn't fully recovered from when she had faced Dexseon and Axseon alone.
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Venus shouted as the power flowed through her. Serpetan emerged from the drain pipe and was hit fully. He was blasted back down the pipe and slithered out the bottom.
"That wasn't smart," he muttered before vanishing.
Dexseon and Axseon swung their swords. Sailor Moon rolled backward using Venus' aura still, knowing she wouldn't have the power much longer. The two missed and managed to total another car. Sailor Moon ran down an alley calling on Jupiter's aura as she did so. Axseon and Dexseon sent to energy blasts flying at her. She ducked them in a very ungracious fashion, but spun around and charged. Axseon and Dexseon swung their swords at her. She swung her moon sword upwards and blocked Dexseon's attack while throwing her left arm into Axseon's cut in mid stream. Axseon was so distracted he missed and Dexseon was knocked off balance by her block. She smashed through both of them and jumped back out onto the street.
The Hyena picked Jupiter up and flung her into the wall on the other side of the street. She screeched in pain.
"Heh," the Hyena said and started laughing sending another energy attack flying at her. She leapt out of the way and then sank to the ground. The Hyena was hit with an icy blue attack moments later and thrown into a bus. A fog descended. When it cleared. Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury stood around Jupiter who was struggling to stand up. Sailor Moon leapt up beside them a second later.
"Hmm...we'll settle this later," Axseon said and ran off, Dexseon and the Hyena followed. The scouts were too beat to pursue.
"Jupiter?" Mercury asked.
"Why are they always beating me up?" Jupiter muttered.
"Let's get you home so you can rest," Venus said.
"Yeah..don't worry..we'll take care of you," Sailor Moon said.
"You shouldn't need to," Jupiter replied with annoyance, not to them, but to
herself.
Later, Mina, Serena, and Amy left Lita's house where her friend was resting.
"Poor Lita, she's gotten the worst of it," Mina said.
"Yeah..it's unlucky I guess," Amy said.
"I hope she feels better," Serena said. "I have to go...something must be bugging Darrien..I have to find out what."
"He was acting odd today, maybe you should check him out," Amy said.
"Want us to come along?" Mina asked.
"No, I think I can handle it, or I hope I can," Serena said and walked off.
Meanwhile.
"So...you ever..mix the pieces to Parcheesi and monopoly?" Mike asked.
"Why? What happens?" Greg asked.
"You can play Chesseopoly," Mike said.
"Fun game," Steve said.
"Oh..god...why did I seek these guys out for relief from depression?" Rick muttered half in jest, half not.
"Ehh....you know what's better than a cheap cigar?" Mike asked.
"No...what is?" The other three asked robotically to convey their disinterest.
"An expensive cigar," Mike said. "After all. Why would it cost more?"
The other three sighed.
Minutes later.
"Oh..you're here about the battle," Darrien said as he opened the door to see Serena.
"I'm here about you Darrien," Serena said. "Are you all right?" she asked as she walked in.
"Serena..Ellie wouldn't even talk to me...I don't know where she is," Darrien said sorrowfully. "I didn't want to look for her, because I was afraid it might upset you."
"Darrien....as long as she doesn't try and take you away from me, I don't have a problem with her," Serena said.
"You mean it?" Darrien said.
Well no...but I'm being nice Serena thought.
"Of course," she said with a smile. "Go find her."
"All right...I will," Darrien said and hurried away.
"I didn't mean right now!" Serena shouted. "Great...that's just great!"
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