Chapter 15: The Mysterious Savior Jacey walked into school, clutching her books tightly to her chest. “I hope she’s not mad,” she thought. She timidly opened the classroom door, where everyone was playing around, waiting for the teacher. “Hey Jacey!” Lita said, and waved her over. Mina and Amy were with her too, but Serena was no where to be found. “Hey guys,” Jacey said. “I guess Serena probably told you about me and Darien, huh?” They all nodded and smiled. “Is she mad?” “Well, she was kinda peeved!” Mina laughed. “But we talked to her and told her to be happy for Darien and you.” Amy laughed. “Her life has been derailed because she’s not the center of Darien’s life anymore and its going to take some getting used to for her!” Amy said sarcastically. Mina and Lita both erupted into a fit of laughter. “Where is she anyway?” Jacey said. Just then the bell rang. “Oh, she’s late!” Mina, Lita, and Amy looked down at their watches and counted, “5. . .4. . .3. . .2. . .1!” And Serena burst through the door. “Did I make it?” she gasped. “This close,” Mina sighed. Serena looked up and noticed that their teacher hadn’t arrived yet. “And I even thought up a good excuse!” she sighed. Jacey smiled weakly. “Hey Serena,” she said. “How are you?” Serena folded her arms and turned up her nose. “You tried to steal my Darien,” she huffed. Then she smiled lightly and put her hand on Jacey’s shoulder. “But it’s okay, I know he needs his family just as much as he needs me,” she said kindly. “Thank you, for understanding, Serena,” Jacey said. “He loves you very much, you know that, right?” Serena nodded. “And I love him more than anything.” “I’m glad,” Jacey said. “To have found two family members in Tokyo.” She and Serena both smiled brightly and Serena hugged Jacey. “That’s so sweet!” Mina sobbed comically. Jacey and Serena turned to see Amy, Lita, and Mina all happily sobbing away. “Darien’s long lost sister and girlfriend have become family!” Jacey and Serena just looked at each other and the other girls. “Right. . .” Jacey said. *** “You have to stay focused, be on target, you can’t be afraid!” Uranus shouted as Earth let out a series of punches and kicks. Uranus blocked them all. Earth jumped back and stared Uranus down. “I am not afraid,” she scowled. Uranus charged Earth and Earth let out a fierce roundhouse kick that hit Uranus square in the jaw. “And I’m always on target.” Uranus put her hand to her face and wiped away a bit of blood. “Lucky shot,” she said. She sprang up and threw a punch at Earth. Earth caught her one hand and kneed her in the stomach. “I really don’t think so,” she said, dropping Uranus on the ground. “She’s good,” Neptune said to Pluto and Saturn. “It almost seems like she was sent here to train us.” Saturn looked up. “She won’t need us, when it comes down to it. She won’t need any of us.” Neptune and Pluto looked at Saturn and at Earth and Uranus. “I’m afraid you might be right, Saturn,” Pluto said. “You just might be right.” *** “You’re strong,” Amara said. “Really strong. Where do you get that power from?” Jacey shrugged. “I’m not really sure. But the more my heart wills me to do something, the stronger I get.” The pair walked leisurely down the street. “The only training I’ve ever done was with Athena and Apollo.” Amara smiled. “Well, they did a pretty good job, didn’t they?” Jacey just nodded. “Sailor Moon!” an agonized voice resonated from the next street. Jacey and Amara both heard it and tensed up. “I have to help!” Jacey said. “Earth Scout Power!” When she finished her transformation she just looked at Amara. “Are you coming?” “I think I’m just gonna watch you in action,” she said. “Sailor Earth just glared at her and ran off to help the scouts. “She beat me once, but this is the real test,” Amara thought and she took her hidden seat for the battle. Earth dashed down to the next street and came to a sudden stop when she saw five Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask wrapped in the tentacles of a monster. “Hold it right there!” she shouted. “Who are you?” the monster cackled. Earth smiled slyly. “I am Sailor Earth, protector of the planet of life! On behalf of this planet, I’ll banish you!” “Sailor Earth,” Sailor Moon squeaked. The monster squeezed her tight around the waist and she fainted. Earth lost no time. “Razor Bow Action!” she called out. In a second, it had cut off all of the monster’s tentacles, freeing the entrapped six. “You impertinent little. . .” the monster cried out. She ran an attack at Sailor Earth. “Earth Quake Shake!” Earth yelled and encased the monster in pavement. Then, she kneeled down and place her hand over the spot where her last attack entered the ground. “Molten Lava Flow!” she shouted and the monster screamed, as the lava disintegrated it. “Good riddance to bad rubbish,” she thought. Amara gaped from the top of a building. “Well, maybe she isn’t just lucky,” she thought. On the ground, Sailor Moon blinked her eyes and began to wake up. As her eyes came into focus, she saw Earth standing there, cuddling Apollo and Athena. “Sailor Earth,” she whispered. She struggled and stood up. “Thank you.” Earth smiled. “Don’t mention it,” she said, turning to leave. “Wait,” Sailor Moon called out. “Who are you? Are you here to fight with us or against us?” Earth turned back around. “You’ll find out in time,” she said. “For now, if you need me, use this.” She threw Sailor Moon a compact with grid coordinates and a voice activator inside. “Goodbye for now!” she said and started to walk off, Apollo and Athena following suit. A little down the street, she saw Amara signal to her from the top of a building. Earth and the cats jumped up after her. “Did I pass your test?” Earth said as she dropped her tiara. Amara just smiled and the two walked on. *** “I wonder who she was,” Raye said. “I was pretty much out when she showed up.” Serena bit her lip. “She said she was Sailor Earth,” she said. “But Darien protects this planet.” She put her head in her hands. “This is all just so confusing! Fist Darien gets a sister and now we have a new Scout! Next thing you know I’m gonna pass a test or something!” “When that happens, we’ll know all hell has broken loose,” Mina chuckled. Her laughter stopped. “Hey, you know what I just thought of?” The other girls looked at her. “That monster drained our energy. We haven’t faced anything like that since we finished off Alan and Ann.” Amy thought hard. “You’re right, Mina, that is a little odd. I’ll see if that ties into anything.” She began typing away furiously at her mini-computer. Lita leaned back in a chair. “Hmmmm,” she thought aloud. “We’ve had people from the future, heart snatchers, dream stealers, and Star Seed stealers. What makes them different from Beryl and The Doom Tree?” “I don’t know, but Artemis and I will try to figure it out,” Luna said as she jumped up onto the table. “Luna, did you see those two cats that Sailor Earth had?” Artemis asked. Luna thought for a minute but came up with nothing. “Oh yeah!” Serena said. “When I came to, I saw her cuddling with these two orange brown and white cats. They were real cute!” “That’s it,” Artemis said. “That’s the missing link. If we can find out who those cats belong to, we find Sailor Earth. Then, maybe we can get some real answers.” *** Amara closed the door to her bedroom softly. Michelle was lying on their bed reading a book. “Hey,” she said, looking up. She noticed Amara’s not all too happy looking face. “What’s wrong?” Amara sat down on the edge of the bed and Michelle laid down next to her. “It’s Jacey,” Amara started. “She’s really strong! I don’t think it was just luck that she beat me.” Michelle sat up. “I see what this is about,” she said. “Are you afraid she’s stronger than you?” “No! That’s not it,” Amara said. “At least not all of it. I know she’s definitely stronger than I am. I’m just scared of how bad this Darkness is if we have to bring possibly the strongest Sailor Scout into it.” “It concerns me too, Amara,” Michelle said, looking deeply at her. “But we’ve faced everything together, even death. I don’t want to worry about it now, so please don’t.” She smiled slyly. “We can talk about it in a little while.” Amara smiled. “Whatever you say,” she said leaning down towards Michelle. “HI!” Hotaru sang as she burst into the room. Michelle fell off of the bed and Amara got a face full of comforter. “What do you want?” Amara’s muffled voice sounded. Hotaru giggled. “Just to say hi!” she said. “Bye!” She waved and skipped off. “Well that definitely ruined the mood,” Michelle sighed from the floor. Amara’s head, still in the comforter, just nodded. *** Jacey skipped up to Darien’s apartment and knocked on the door. “I guess he isn’t home yet,” she said to Apollo and Athena. “Oh well, I have to talk to you guys anyway.” “Well isn’t it dandy to be the anyway,” Apollo said. Jacey just shot him a look. “Anyway,” she started. “It was really good to be fighting again, with my heart! I’ve never felt this invigorated by fighting before!” Athena smiled. “That’s great Jace!” “And to think, I wanted a stupid normal life. That’s the whole reason I came here. I came to loose my old life. But I really found something, my heart.” Darien walked up the stairs and heard voices from the hallway. “I wonder who that is?” he thought. He turned into the hallway and saw Jacey talking to two cats. The memory of Sailor Earth with the cats came back to him. “Jacey!” he called out. She looked up and blushed, hoping he hadn’t heard her and the two cats. “Hey Darien,” she said. “What’s shakin?” He just looked at her. “The cats talked,” he said. “Would you mind explaining that?” “Well,” she giggled nervously. “I. . .well, you see. . .” Athena piped up, “She’s Sailor Earth.” Darien stared, dumbfounded, at Jacey. “Don’t get that look, I know you’re Tuxedo Mask!” This time it was Darien’s turn to look sheepish. “Well, I guess we have some more talking to do,” he said. Jacey bit her lip. “I guess so.” |
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