Chapter 97

The two outer sailors were lying on the ground near a wall, gasping for air. Mars and Sailor Moon stared at them.

"One more," Mars said glancing at Sailor Moon.

"I think so," Sailor Moon said.

"No! You can't do that," Mercury said.

"Yes, what are you two thinking?" Jupiter said.

Neptune and Uranus began to rise.

"I don't know..maybe we're just a little ticked off," Mars said.

"Just a little," Sailor Moon said and before the other scouts could do anything Mars and Sailor Moon leapt into the air delivering two jump kicks which slammed Uranus and Neptune into the wall hard.

"Moon Sword," Sailor Moon said.

"No!" Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter said and jumped on Sailor Moon.

"I'm not going to kill her, but she deserves to be punished some more," Sailor Moon said.

"How dare you treat us the way you do," Mars said and slapped Uranus in the face.

"Stop Mars," came another voice. She turned to see Tuxedo Mask standing there.

"Tuxedo Mask," Mars said.

"Hey...tell them to let me go!" Sailor Moon shrieked.

"You're out of control," Tuxedo Mask said to both of them.

"What?" They both said honestly shocked.

"Girls..come with me.." Tuxedo Mask demanded.

And the scouts reluctantly walked off.

Neptune and Uranus meanwhile crawled into an alley and reverted back to their human form.

"I'm in such pain," Michiru said.

"I..know...try to hang in there..we have to get back home," Haruka said.

They heard sirens and soon police cars were pulling up. A flashlight shined on them.

"Hey? Are you all right?" One of the cops said. "They're hurt bad. Better call the medics!"

Both of the scouts had lost consciousness during the trip to the hospital, but they soon regained it.

"More injuries..this whatever it is has to be stopped," One of the doctors said treating them.

"Are these..burns?" he asked looking at them. "What did you girls go through?"

"It would not matter if we told you or didn't tell you," Haruka muttered.

"Yes..that is not your concern," Michiru said.

"Strange," The doctor thought.

"Eudial! Come quick!" Tomoe shouted.

"Yes professor," Eudial said.

"We have to strike now. The scouts are disoriented and very weak," Tomoe said.

"I know professor," Eudial said.

"I have something I saved for just a situation like this. You are to take it and then follow my instructions to the letter. If I'm lucky, we won't have any more scouts to deal with by the end of this."

"Yes professor," Eudial said.

At Darrien's apartment.

"I was within my rights!" Serena shouted.

"Me too!" Raye said.

"What rights!" Lita shouted.

"You beat an injured enemy!" Mina said.

"There you just said it! Enemy!" Raye said.

"Enemies don't deserve fair treatment!" Serena shouted.

"But they're human!" Lita said.

"Even if they are wrong," Mina said.

"They've attacked us," Serena said.

"Does anyone forget they could do to anyone of us what they did to Patterson!" Raye snapped.

"Only if provoked!" Lita said.

"Don't give me that..." Raye said.

Meanwhile off to the side Darrien, Amy, and Greg stood there watching.

"I'll let them tire out with the yelling and then say what I have to," Darrien said.

"This isn't good at all..Serena and Raye were at each other's throats earlier and now they're united and at Lita and Mina's throats," Amy said.

"What happened Amy?" Greg asked.

"I don't know..but I think they've become so frustrated they couldn't hold it any more," Amy said. "Just like what happened to me."

"But you were under the influence of that daimon," Greg said.

"Daimon?" Amy said and pulled out her computer. She did a scan of the two of them.

"Oh no," Amy said.

"What is there a daimon there?" Greg asked.

Amy looked at them with her eyes widened.

"Worse..." she said. "There isn't a daimon."

"Things are not going well here," Greg said into his communicator.

"You guys had better go," Patterson said to the other three guys still sitting in his rooms.

"Yeah..I think you're right," Rick said.

"Things are not well in Chinatown so to speak," Mike said.

"What do you mean?" the others said.

"No idea, but we still better go," Mike said.

"Don't try and run off Patterson," Rick said.

"If I had planned to try, your little verbal warning would have done nothing to dissuade me," Patterson said.

"Glad to hear it," Rick muttered and the group moved on.

"Oh..and Patterson.." Greg said into the communicator.

"Yeah.."

"Haruka and Michiru were brought in there..watch out," Greg said.

"Well if they were hit as hard as they were..they shouldn't be trouble, that isn't to say I won't be ready," Patterson said.

"Right," Greg said.

The three guys were running down the street minutes later.

"You know if we transformed we could travel faster," Mike said.

"You're right of course," Rick said.

"Why are we always figuring this stuff out in midstream?" Steve muttered.

"Maybe you're just idiots," came a voice.

They all stopped.

"What the.."Rick said before the three were hit and surrounded by some sort of goo.

"That was quite easy," Eudial said emerging from the shadows. "Looks like you three are bigger losers as humans then you are as Guardian Scouts. When you will learn that we're the power on the planet, and you're nothing."

I can't let on that we only have enough energy to keep that gooey prison up for half an hour. Eudial thought.

"Now..let's see.." Eudial said and reached inside the goo sticking her hand into Mike's pocket.

"Hey! We haven't even gone out!" Mike shouted.

"Shut up," Eudial said. Eudial pulled out his communicator.

"Thief," Mike said.

"How do you put up with this idiot?" Eudial asked the other two.

"We don't. We just haven't figured out a way to kill him and leave no evidence," Rick said.

"Although the entire city would have motive," Steve said.

"Good point," Rick said.

"You humans amaze me with your calmness when placed in the most dangerous situations," Eudial said. "I could destroy you right here, and you're making jokes."

"Well..why not..begging for mercy doesn't ever work," Mike said.

"Hmm..that is true," Eudial said. "Anyway.." she said and looked at the buttons on the communicator.

"How does this work?" she said.

"We can tell you..for a price..." Mike said.

"Which is?" Eudial asked.

"Uh..you let us out," Mike said.

"Well..that would sort of make using the communicator a moot point wouldn't it?"

"Sure! Problem solved."

"Someone hit him!" Eudial said.

"We kinda can't..." Steve said.

"Of course if we weren't in the goo we might," Rick said.

"Stop trying to fool me, I'm smarter than you are," Eudial said.

"It's not a matter of intelligence Eudial. We just want you to get so annoyed you'll run screaming into the bay," Mike said.

"Oh.." Eudial said. "I'll have you know that Professor Tomoe gives me enough insanity for one day."

"How's the old doc doing anyway?" Mike asked.

"Never mind that.." Eudial said. "Hmm..this button looks important."

She pressed it.

"My communicator," Serena said. "What?"

"Shrew!" Raye shouted.

"Mollusk!" Lita shouted back.

"Stupid invertebrate!" Mina added.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE COMMUNICATOR!" Serena shouted. That broke the tension.

"Huh?" everyone else said.

"Oh..hello Sailor Scouts," Eudial said. "Just thought I'd call to say hello and tell you that I've got your boyfriends."

"What?" they all said.

"He hasn't got mine," Amy said glancing at Greg.

"So it is true!" the others said.

Amy and Greg blushed.

"What are you talking about?" Eudial said. "Listen...we're at the corner of nineteenth and seventh..so..if you want to see them alive and all that stuff...come and face me."

"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Raye snapped.

"Say something," Eudial said.

"No," Mike said.

"Say something!"

"No....I can't talk, singing accident!" Mike said.

"That's Mike all right," everyone muttered.

"So...without further adieu..get over here..or else," Eudial said.

"It's a trap," Serena said.

"Of course it is!" Raye shouted.

"I'm not sure you should be going into battle the way you all are," Lita said.

"You can't stop us!" Serena and Raye said.

"Uh...girls..." Amy said.

"The guys..." Greg said.

"I was the first sailor scout!" Serena shouted.

"So what?" Mars said.

"You two should shut up and calm down!"

"Lives are at stake here!"

"EVERYONE SHUT UP!" Darrien shouted. The room went quiet.

"We have some problems right now," He began. "And we may have to settle them at some point...but the outer sailors are in the hospital and we haven't attacked Tomoe yet, so they should all be put aside. Raye if you want to go nuts..do it on Eudial. Serena...you can do the same..but we've got some things to handle right now. For one thing, someone is getting their heart stolen on the street below right now."

"Really?" Everyone else said.

"Yes...Serena and I will handle that...the rest of you go and save the guys," Darrien said.

"Right!" the group said.

"Moon Crystal Power!"

"Mars Star Power!"

"Venus Star Power!"

"Jupiter Star Power!"

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Saturn Power!"

And Darrien pulled out his rose. Soon they had all transformed.

"So..Eudial..." Mike said.

"What?" Eudial muttered.

"Do you evil villains get good insurance benefits?"

"Well..no..we're evil villains."

"Yes..but don't you think of the future?"

"If we succeed the world becomes ours for the taking, if we fail we die, there is no in between," Eudial said.

"Woah..tough work huh..you guys should unionize. Tell them..we're not going to take being killed anymore. A pink slip will do nicely!" Mike said.

The other two started laughing. Eudial started laughing to.

"I hate you three...I want you to know that," she added.

"Yeah..we hate you're guts too.." Mike said and the group started laughing again.

Haruka and Michiru lay in beds side by side recovering from their injuries that still gave them great pain. Sailor Moon's and Sailor Mars' attack had been quite potent. Each of them would remember that.

"I didn't expect that at all," Michiru said.

"Neither did I," Haruka said and grimaced from the pain.

"We underestimated them."

"Yes..we did...but I wouldn't have done things differently. It is still not their concern."

"What if we made it their concern?"

"Michiru, you know they could never accept the death of the crystal heart holders, that's why they were always in a hurry to return to the hearts."

"But Haruka....you've seen what happened. We're resulted to any means necessary to succeed...and now the Sailor Scouts are doing all they can to stop us. This can't continue. After all..what if we become as bad as Tomoe is..then when we get the talismans we'll only aid evil."

"What we are doing is for the good of mankind, the ends justify the means."

"This end?" Michiru said.

"I can sense the waters churning."

"We are in no position to go though."

"We have to."

"We can't Haruka."

A figure appeared in the doorway. They instantly recognized him. Patterson.

"When one carries a burden. Pain is one of the inevitable consequences, and with your burden, there can only be more," he said and then walked straightly out of their field of vision, before clutching his back and slowing down.

Meanwhile.

"So what got you started in the evil business Eudial?" Mike asked.

"Silence..the Scouts are approaching," Eudial said.

"They'll know it's a trap," Rick said.

"Of course they will, but they don't know from where or when it'll come from," Eudial said. "And neither will you."

The young woman fell to the ground as the daimon stood over her, the heart moving towards the creature.

"Easy as pie," the creature said.

"Hold it!" came a voice. The creature spun around.

"And now for the speech.." Sailor Moon said. "I am Sailor Moon Champion of Justice. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil. That means you. On behalf of the Moon I will punish you!"

"That felt so good!" she said.

"Ehh...let's do it," the creature said.

"Moon Sword," Sailor Moon said and the sword appeared.

"Hey..I've got one too," the creature said and pulled an exact replica of Sailor Moon sword's out of its body.

"How'd you uh..do that?" Sailor Moon asked.

"That matters little..for I will take your innards and use them to make sculptures."

"That's sick," Sailor Moon said.

The creature held the sword above it's head and charged at her screaming a battle cry. Sailor Moon waited. The creature bore down on her. Sailor Moon stuck her sword out. It embedded itself in the creature's chest. The two froze.

"Hey...that wasn't very nice," The creature said. "But you see...I'm quite immune to your sword," it said and bonked Sailor Moon on the head. She fell to the ground. It swung down at her. She rolled out of the way and scrambled on the ground. A rose hit the pavement.

Tuxedo Masks stood on top of a light pole.

"How come you never hit anything?" The creature muttered? "I mean..sure hitting the ground is nice and all..but.."

A barrage of roses flew at him. He ducked out of the way.

"You're made your point," the creature said.

"Wherever evil dares to strike at the hearts of those who are pure..I will be there..." Tuxedo Mask said. Sailor Moon glanced at him as if to remind him of the fact he hadn't been there for most of the battles.

"Barring other commitments," he added.

"Ehh..let's fight," the creature said and lunged at Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Mask leapt off the light pole and threw his staff out. It hit the creature and knocked it to the ground.

"Let's see if you're immune to this," Sailor Moon said. "Moon spiral hearts attack!" She shouted and launched her attack. It flew straight through the creature and hit a tree.

"See..I am quite immune to that attack too.." the creature said.

Tuxedo Mask kicked him in the head. The creature vanished leaving the heart behind.

"Apparently, he wasn't immune to blunt head trauma though," Tuxedo Mask said.

"Ehh...I should have aimed for his head," Sailor Moon said.

"That probably was it," Tuxedo Mask said.

"Come on, we'd better check on the others," Sailor Moon said.

"Right," Tuxedo Mask said.

Minutes before.

"Okay..we'll split into teams," Mars said. "Mercury, Saturn.go around to the far right. Venus, Jupiter to the left. I'll try and draw out whatever Eudial's got planned. And..do a lot of damage."

"Be careful Mars," Mercury said.

"I have no intention of doing so," Mars said with a grin.

She leapt into the street. Eudial stood there.

"Aw..come on..where are the rest?" Eudial snapped.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Mars said and ran forward.

"Oh..no you don't," Eudial said and blasted the three guys inside the goo.

Mars stopped.

"Any closer and I will fry them," she said.

"And probably use up a lot of energy doing so," Mars said.

"Maybe..and as for the other scouts who are probably moving around from other sides..I am quite ready for that eventuality," Eudial said.

Mars looked up all around her were more daimons.

"Probably more fakes," Mars said.

"You don't have the luxury of checking," Eudial said. "Now..why don't you get on the line and tell your other scout friends to surrender or else.."

Eudial blasted Rick again.

Mars's eyes widened.

"I'd better..." she said and moved to her communicator.

Four energy blasts exploded into Eudial. She staggered back.

"WHAT?" She shouted. Guardian Saturn flew out of the sky and cut into the goo. It exploded.

"Well that was fortunate, thought I'd have to cut the whole thing," Saturn said.

"Thanks Greg," Mike said.

"How...did..." Eudial said. She was kicked right in the face by Mars and propelled to the ground. Mars jumped on top of her and punched her.

"We're always better than you are," She said and kept punching. Eudial disappeared in a flash.

"WHAT?" Mars shouted.

The daimons all disappeared too.

"Well..that was interesting," Steve said.

"How did you get past her?" Mike asked.

"Eudial had daimons all around us...I don't know where they came from..but..she didn't count on us hopping a lift on the subway train.." Venus said.

"I noticed it and had memorized the route. I knew it would leave the ground at a point we could attack at," Mercury said.

"And there you are," Jupiter said.

"But where'd she get all those daimons?" Rick said.

"Rick are you all right?" Mars said.

"Fine," Rick said.

"Uh..good," Mars said.

"You seemed pretty frozen there," Rick said. "It wasn't like you."

"I thought you were going into do damage," Jupiter said.

"I changed my mind," Mars snapped.

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask leapt to the ground.

"Everything all right here?" Tuxedo Mask said.

"Pretty much," Jupiter said looking with concern at Mars.

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