CHAPTER 62
"It's all your fault Infernon!" Axseon shouted.
"Is not! She had a fire extinguisher!" Infernon shouted back.
"Hey...like you were exactly on top of your game there Axseon" The Hyena said.
"Don't even start you idiot," Axseon said.
"Quiet all of you!" Richter said. "Frankly, the one time you chose to stand and fight, you got your butts kicked. This annoys me. It would annoy me more if you hadn't gained all that energy..of course when you have to teleport, you use up vast quantities of it. And all five of you teleporting...we ended up losing energy.."
"If Infernon hadn't run sir," Dexseon said.
"She had A FIRE EXTINGUISHER! WHEN YOU'RE A LIVING FIRE YOU CAN'T JUST STAND THERE!" Infernon shouted.
"You're useless," Axseon snapped.
"All of you shut up!" Richter said. "I'm not about to cast blame. Infernon is quite weak, but we will change that. I'm not an idiot. We cannot succeed all the time. There were five scouts, that was unexpected. Nonetheless..I am going to use some of our energy to give all of you a power upgrade, that should make you much more formidable."
"Yes sir," The five said.
"But sir..there is still the Tuxedo Mask factor," Axseon said after a few seconds.
"True, and that is why I have created another warrior," Richter said.
Emerging from the shadows appropriately was a figure dressed in a black outfit, black cape, and wearing a black hat. His skin was grey and his eyes completely black.
"Nice hat," Cletus said.
"Meet Shadoe," Richter said. "He will be ready if Tuxedo Mask makes an appearance. Now as for the power upgrades...."
"Oh..me first! Me first!" The Hyena said.
Richter sighed.
"Fine..Cletus..you will have twice your present strength, that should make Jupiter less of a threat," Richter said and pulled out a bottle. "Here, drink this."
"Hey...I'm the designated driver," Cletus said.
"SHUT UP AND DRINK IT!" Richter shouted.
"Uh..right..." Cletus said and drank it. Energy surged through him, and seconds later he let out a yell.
"I'm invincible!" he shouted. Infernon shot a small blast of flame at Cletus' behind.
"AH! My butt's on fire!" Cletus shouted and ran from the room.
"Sir...can't we just kill him?" Axseon asked.
"Fraid not. Axseon, I'm going to give you greater power, you're sword will be able to fire it's own energy blast without a power build-up this should allow you to outmatch Sailor Moon," Richter said and handed him a bottle.
"Yes sir," Axseon said and drank the energy liquid and began his change.
"As for you Dexseon, you will get greater speed, hopefully enough to get Venus before she can avoid you."
"Of course," Dexseon said and drank the bottle handed to him.
"Now..for Serpetan," Richter said. "You're entire body will become covered with an energy venom that will sap whoever touches it."
"Exxxcellent," Serpetan hissed.
"Needless to say..Mars will have a surprise coming to her," Richter said and dumped a bottle's contents into Serpetan's mouth.
"As for you Infernon," Richter said.
"Uh..yeah," Infernon said.
"I am going to make you resistant to water."
"Is that possible?"
"Sure it is, this mixture contains oil," Richter said.
"Oh..great," Infernon said.
"Now..keep in mind, if Mercury hits you with her attack you will still be hurt by the impact, but the water will not destroy you," Richter said.
"Sure," Infernon said as the drink was poured on him and turned into a gas immediately absorbed by the fire in a process that I cannot begin to explain.
As Infernon finished his upgrade, Cletus stumbled back in carrying a bucket of water.
"I've got a little surprise for ya!" The Hyena shouted and threw the water at Infernon. The water smashed into Infernon, pushed the flame back a few inches and then disappeared.
"HAH! WHAT THE..." the Hyena shouted.
"You are such an idiot Cletus," Axseon said.
"Well..never mind all that. Shadoe's already been powered up. So.. now that you have all your new powers..it's time for the plan," Richter said.
"Give us the straight up Chief," the Hyena said.
"Shut up!" everyone else shouted.
"Ahem...no matter how we vary the ways we collect energy, the Sailor Scouts always seem to show up. I see the only way of handling this is to get rid of them now. We will trap those Sailor Scouts and destroy them for good. With them out of the way..the world will be ours," Richter said.
"So..how are we going to trap them sir?" Axseon asked.
"Well...this is the fun part, Cletus the Hyena is going to be a target," Richter said.
"Excellent plan," Infernon said. Everyone but Cletus nodded.
"Ehh.." Cletus said.
"You see...Cletus will just do damage, the scouts will show up to stop him, and then the rest of you ambush them," Richter said.
"But sir...as shown by the last battle, the scouts must have acquired an energy sample from Jade Corp. They knew where we were," Axseon said.
"How are you so sure Axseon?" Cletus asked.
"Because, the scouts usually arrive piece meal, this time four of them arrived, followed immediately by a fifth," Axseon said.
"They could have all been in the subway station originally," Cletus said.
"It's possible, but highly unlikely," Richter said. "You teleported to the train station the same way you teleported away from it. It will take more energy, but if we get those Sailor Scouts, it will be worth it. After all, since they have that energy, they could probably trace us even here if we weren't so far away from the city. Fortunately it seems whatever they are using to trace us is short range, or they would be here already," Richter said. "However, they will also be able to tell there is only one of you. So...I'm sending along four negaenergy dummies I have constructed, they should fool the scouts."
"Right sir," Axseon said. "So when Cletus draws them out we will teleport and ambush them."
"Correct, success is vital to this effort. We will invest a vast amount of energy in this and I intend for it to work," Richter said.
"We will not fail," Axseon said.
"You had better not," Richter said.
"So...any luck deciding what to do?" Mike asked.
"None," Rick muttered.
"Sorry to hear it," Steve said.
"Yeah...I wish we could be more help," Mike said.
"Say..Greg..what do you think?" Rick asked.
"Oh..I don't know," Greg said nervously.
"Well can't you give me an objective opinion?" Rick asked.
"Rick, Love is never objective," Greg replied.
"Hmm..you've got a point there," Rick said. "Still it doesn't help."
"You know Rick...I don't think you're trying," Mike said.
"What?" Rick snapped.
"Well..all you're doing is complaining and brooding, still hoping that somehow we're going to solve your problem," Mike said.
"He's right...the Rick we know would have already made a decision and stuck to it," Steve said.
"You two are full of it," Rick said.
"Then how come you're still brooding over a girl you supposedly hate?" Mike said.
"If you want her to feel pain, Lita tells me she's completely messed up," Steve said. "You've done the job you set out to do."
"You think so?" Rick asked.
"Yes," Steve said.
"Well..that's great but..."
They heard screams.
"What could that be?" Steve said.
"Give you one guess," Mike said and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Rick asked.
"I intend to find out what's going on," Mike said.
"Are you nuts? Let the Sailor Scouts handle it," Steve said.
"Sorry..I'm brave today," Mike said and ran off down the street.
"We'd better go and stop him," Rick muttered and the other three we're soon
following after Mike.
"Hah!" Cletus shouted and flung a car into a store window. People had nearly
vacated the intersection he had chosen to destroy. All that was left was vacant
stores and vacant cars. Cletus picked up another car and flung it through
another window.
"Hey, it's that stupid Hyena," Mike said peering around a corner.
"Yeah, so..let's go and let the scouts handle it," Steve said.
"What are you? A coward?" Mike said.
"Hey, I've been attacked by one of those things, they play hardball," Steve said.
"Coward," Mike said.
"Wait a minute..what's that around him?" Rick asked noticing for spheres of energy moving around in various patterns around the intersection.
"That's odd..I've never seen something like those before," Greg said. "And for that matter..where are the other enemies, and why isn't he draining any energy?"
"Could the others be attacking other parts of the city?" Mike said.
"Possibly, but I have a bad feeling about this," Greg said.
"Those energy things must be decoys," Rick said.
"Are you sure?" Steve asked.
"No, but it would make sense, lure the scouts in and then the others ambush them somehow," Rick said.
"If it's a trap we have to do something," Mike said.
"Like what?" Steve said.
"There's a costume store over there," Mike said.
"What are you thinking?" Steve said suspiciously.
"It's time to take one for the team," Mike said.
"Ehh...we're all going to regret this aren't we?" Steve said.
"Probably," Rick said. "But if not for Raye, for the others, we have to stop them."
"I still don't understand how," Greg said.
A minute later.
"Hey! Who wants a piece of me!" the Hyena shouted and ripped a light pole out of the ground.
"We'll take you on!" Came a voice and walking onto the street, dressed in four capes and wearing plastic masks they had "borrowed" from an evacuated costume store the four boys stood there.
"Who are you?" Cletus muttered.
"We are Team Ultra RedMax 7...ahem..Team," Mike said.
"Team Ultra Red Max 7 Team?" the other three muttered.
"Uh..don't ask," Mike said.
"Team Ultra Red Max 7 Team?" the Hyena said caught off guard by the absurdity.
"Yes..you die now," Mike said.
"You die now?" the other three said.
"This is fighting talk," Mike said.
"I don't think it is," Greg said.
"You going to fight or not?" Hyena said.
"You bet we are," Mike said.
"But how about you're friends show up to make this even?" Greg said thinking quickly.
"Fine!" Hyena shouted and pulled out a cell phone.
"You guys better show up, we've got another problem!" Hyena shouted.
Seconds later Axseon, Dexseon and the others appeared.
"Where are the Sailor Scouts?" Axseon snapped.
"I'm worried about these guys," The Hyena said.
"What are they?" Axseon muttered.
"Team Ultra Red Max 7 Team," The Hyena said. All six of the enemies stared at the boys.
"Ehh..we're in trouble," Mike said realizing the gravity of the situation.
"You think?" Rick muttered.
"You called us here for this!" Axseon muttered.
"Mars Celestial Fireball Surround!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
"Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
Four attacks flew at the group of the warriors, who barely noticed all of them and dived out of the way.
"Hyena you've ruined everything!" Axseon muttered.
"So..we can still fight!" The Hyena shouted.
The six warriors lined up.
"I say we go now," Mike said and the four boys hurried away as the Sailor Scouts appeared on rooftops around the intersection.
"We fight for love," Venus said.
"And justice," Mars growled.
"We will right wrongs," Jupiter said.
"And triumph over evil," Mercury said.
"And on behalf of the moon..." Sailor Moon said.
"We will punish you!" the five shouted.
"I hate that speech," Axseon muttered.
."Still..we are six and they are five," Dexseon said.
A rose smashed into the ground in front of them.
Tuxedo Mask stood on another rooftop.
"Okay...six on six..." Dexseon muttered.
And the twelve faced off against each other.
"Very well, we shall fight fairly..now come down and face us!" Axseon said.
"Actually..I kinda like it up here," Sailor Moon said.
"Yeah..why don't you come up here," Jupiter said.
"Hah! Some heroes, not even going to meet an enemy in a fair fight," Dexseon said.
"We're heroes, we're not stupid!" the five scouts replied.
"Very well..we will do it your way," Axseon said and immediately shot a bolt from his sword. Sailor Moon ducked out of the way. Axseon leapt upward towards the roof taking advantage of her distraction.
Infernon launched a blast of fire at Mercury. She also ducked it. Infernon dropped into a little flame and started slowly moving towards the building.
The Hyena dashed in the door of the building Jupiter stood on top of and started running up stairs.
Dexseon leapt upward at Venus knowing she wouldn't be able to energize her power before he got there. She flipped backward as he jumped.
Serpetan dropped into his small form and slithered towards the door of the building Mars stood on top of. His experience with drain pipes had taught him a few lessons.
Shadoe just stood there starring at Tuxedo Mask.
Sailor Moon had already brought on Mars' aura and was holding her moon sword at the ready. Axseon leapt over the roof's edge and landed. She did one of her drop kicks and hit Axseon in the head. He stumbled back. She spun around and used her momentum to try and sweep through him with her sword. He was able to block it with his own quickly and the shock of the rebuttal stopped her and actually knocked her off balance. Axseon moved to exploit his advantage.
The second Infernon had seemed to disappear Mercury had pulled out her communicator. What it told her was that Infernon had just entered the building. The fact that the first floor of the building had exploded into flames was also a hint.
"Hmm..he's going to take the whole building out, I can't let that happen," Mercury said and leapt to another roof.
"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" She shouted and launched the attack. It smashed into the flame and put part of it out. The flames immediately started up again.
"He's going to stay in there until I come in for him," Mercury said to herself and tried to think of the best way to handle things.
Cletus the Hyena charged onto the roof of the building only to see no one standing there.
"WHAT?" he shouted.
"Over here big boy," Jupiter shouted from another roof.
"Hah! I'll get you for that!" Cletus said and charged forward and leapt off the edge of the roof and over towards the one Jupiter stood on. He missed by a few inches and plummeted downward.
"What an idiot," Jupiter said.
What Serpetan hadn't counted on when he had tried to move into the building was Mars leaping down from the roof and grabbing him in his small form. She picked him up and flung him across the street slamming him into yet another wall. He could take little solace in that she had gotten some venom on her gloves which would eventually seep through to her skin as he hit hard.
When Dexseon had hit the top of the roof, he was also hit with a drop kick. This one from Venus, and it knocked him right back over the roof's edge.
"Heh..didn't think I could do that did ya?" Venus said with a grin.
Shadoe flung a barrage of sharp projectiles upward. Tuxedo Mask stepped away from them and unleashed his own rose attack. Shadoe stepped aside of it. The two were at a stalemate.
Sailor Moon skedaddled out of the way of Axseon's sword attack. Mars' aura was gone now...and she had to make do with the others. She planned on calling up Venus' aura as soon as she could, but Axseon wasn't making it easier. He swung his sword again, she jumped out of the way and landed chest first wincing. Axseon charged. She swung her sword around and met him and frantically blocked his attacks as he swung at her with increasing speed. Then he aimed the sword right at her head. She pulled her head out of the way at the last second avoiding the blast she hadn't expected. She bashed at his sword arm with her scepter. Axseon was surprised by the attack and stepped back. Sailor Moon pulled her tiara off her head and flung it, still as a tiara at Axseon's face. It hit him in the head and he stepped back again. Sailor Moon stood up quickly and readied herself for his next attack.
Sailor Jupiter waited patiently as Cletus ran up the steps of the building she was in. And slowly built up her power. It worked for Venus, it will work for me. Cletus jumped through the roof doorway.
"Zap!" Jupiter added to her power and blasted Cletus back down the stairs.
"I hate yoooou!" Cletus shouted as he rolled back down them.
Dexseon now stood on an opposite roof from Venus. The two faced each other waiting for the next move.
"I must admit that I was surprised by the kick, however, you will find I am also a person of many surprises," Dexseon said.
"Do I care?" Venus asked.
"You shouldn't!" Dexseon shouted and lunged across the roof chasm. Venus leapt backward and flipped. He followed after her, surprising her with his quickness, she barely avoided his attacks and hoped to find some opening.
Serpetan was hit with a bolt of fire as he tried to recover. Mars stood there confidently.
"You really are a loser," she said.
"Mars...Celestial..Fireball...." she began to say before her strength began to weaken. Her attack faltered and she sunk to the ground.
"Dang it..what's happening," Mars said.
"Hah! Now..you're mine," Serpetan said turning towards her and trying to regain his own strength. "Venom is a useful thing isn't it?"
"No! I won't let you," Mars said and tried to stand up only to fall again.
"You have no choice," Serpetan said moving ever so slowly towards her.
Axseon and Sailor Moon stood at a standoff once again. Axseon wasn't exactly sure what to do, and neither was his opponent. The issue became a moot point seconds later as an Ice Attack flew right at him. I smashed into him and knocked him right off the roof. Sailor Mercury jumped beside Sailor Moon.
"You all right?" she asked.
"Mercury..what about Infernon?" Sailor Moon said.
"Well..he's just burning a building that's going to be torn down anyway."
"Oh," Sailor Moon said.
Meanwhile, Venus barely swerved to avoid a sword attack when a strange thing happened, Dexseon was hit from the side and knocked to the edge of the roof. Jupiter stood there.
"Surprise," Jupiter said. Dexseon grimaced and jumped off the roof.
"What about the Hyena?" Venus asked.
"He's lying at the bottom of the Rice building covered in a pile of rice," Jupiter said. " Thought I'd help you out."
Sailor Mars meanwhile was trying to get her strength up as Serpetan inched closer, the pain biting at it and Tuxedo Mask and Shadoe continued their own standoff.
Infernon was still burning the building.
"Where is that Mercury? She can't hurt me really? What if she's gone somewhere else..dang it.. now what?"
An icy blast flew in through the flames at him dousing the fire, but just knocking him back a few feet.
"HAH! I'm immune to your water attacks now!" Infernon said.
"Oh..well..then.." Mercury said. "What about liquid nitrogen?"
"WHAT?" Infernon said. A blast of whitish blue liquid flew in the building. Infernon barely had enough time to vanish.
"Everyone retreat!" Axseon said seeing the battle as lost. The various
characters wherever they were disappeared.
After the battle was over. Mike, Steve, and Greg, still in their stupid costumes emerged from a side alley.
"Just what are you supposed to be?" Jupiter asked.
"This is all Mike's fault," Steve and Greg said.
"Ha Team Ultra Red Max 7 Team will fight again," Mike said.
"Not if we kill our glorious leader," Steve snapped.
"Ehh...." Mike said.
"Where's Rick?" Mars asked.
"Uh..he left," Mike said.
"Oh..." Mars said and wiped a tear from her eye. "I've gotta go guys."
"Sure Mars," Jupiter said.
"Team Ultra Red Max 7 Team?" Venus asked.
"HEY! WE DID IT TO SAVE YOUR BUTTS!" Mike said.
"And we appreciate it, but the truth was Mercury figured out that there were decoys when we were on our way here," Jupiter said.
"So we can laugh at you anyway," Venus said.
"Ehh..." Mike muttered and walked off. The other two shrugged and followed.
"Say Mercury? Where'd that truck of Liquid Nitrogen come from?" Jupiter asked.
"I don't know, but I looked during the battle and there it was," Mercury said.
"Lucky I guess," Jupiter said.
"How romantic," Venus said.
"What, Liquid Nitrogen?" Jupiter asked.
"No, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask," Venus said pointing to where the two
heroes were standing talking to each other.
"It's good to see you in action again Tuxedo Mask," Sailor Moon said.
"Same here," Tuxedo Mask said. "Even if it was just staring down an ugly looking clone."
"Yeah. So..uh..can we go on a date tonight?"
"A little short notice isn't it?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
"Maybe," Sailor Moon said with a grin. "But you love me don't you?" She said holding onto his arm like he usually did.
"All right Sailor Moon, it's on me," Tuxedo Mask said.
"Of course it is," Sailor Moon said.
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