Hello, again! My profuse apologies, the writers block kinda lasted longer than I thought it would. -_-;;; Add to that a nasty cold, and you get the idea....ugh, I never thought it would go away... To recap where we left off: -Sailor Pluto is ambushed by aliens, whoo want control of the Time Gate. -Her Time Staff dissappears at the scenee, then reappears.. -In front of Usagi and Mamoru. -Usagi touches the staff, and is able too see what happened to Sailor Pluto, including an.. -alien mind attack that rendered Sailor Pluto unconcious, and Usagi... -still linked to the staff felt the attaack as well. She collapses.... and now, part three! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Controlling Destiny...Chapter 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mamoru rushed over to where Usagi had collapsed. His brain was on automatic, as his medical training took over. Taking one of her slender wrists in hand, he felt for a pulse. He breathed a sigh of relief as he felt a thin, steady pulse. Shifting into a kneeling position, he cradled her head in his lap, waiting for her to wake up... _____________________________________________________________________ It wasn't long before Usagi's eyes fluttered open. "Usa?" Mamoru inquired, relief in his voice. "I'm all right," Usagi whispered with an unsteady voice. As Mamoru helped her into a sitting position, he bombarded her with questions. "What happened? Did the staff attack you?" "No..." Usagi said slowly, feeling her strength returning, " I was linked with Sailor Pluto somehow..." She then told Mamoru about what she saw when she held the Time Staff. Mamoru's face grew serious. "Aliens have control of the Time Gate?" Usagi nodded. "They want control of Crystal Tokyo. They couldn't get past Neo-Queen Serenity, so--" "They are going to come to the past." Mamoru finished the thought for her. Usagi looked towards the night sky. "They're going to come and attack us. If they get rid of us, they control the future." Usagi stated, shivering slightly. Mamoru took her hands in his. "We won't let that happen, Usagi. I swear it!" She got to her feet, and went over to the Time Staff, which was still on the ground. "We need to travel to the Time Gate, free Sailor Pluto, and defeat the aliens." Usgai quietly said. "We should call the others in on this too....we are gonna need all of the help we can get.." Mamoru stated. Usagi turned to face him "But how can we fight these aliens -- their mind attack is powerful--" A flash of greenish light behind Usagi caught Mamoru's attention. "Usako, LOOK OUT!" She whirled around. Three of the aliens that she had seen in her vision had stepped out of the field of energy, and advanced towards her. In an instant, she grabbed the ginzuishou from around her neck and held it high... "Moon Cosmic power, MAKE-UP!" In a flash of light, Sailor Moon emerged, still holding Sailor Pluto's Time Key. _____________________________________________________________________ She took out her moon scepter, and pointed it at the aliens. "Moon Spiral Heart ATTACK!" The energy spiraled outward... Two of the aliens linked hands, and emitted a greenish glow. The energy from Sailor Moon's attack dissapated harmlessly a few feet in front of them. Sailor Moon gasped. ~Oh, no it didn't work....what now!!???~ Cornered by the aliens, Sailor Moon desperatly looked for another way out. That was when she noticed the garnet orb on the staff glowing... and that gave her an idea...she held the staff up like she had seen Sailor Pluto do many times before... and called upon an attack: ~~please let this work...~~ "Dead Scream!" The ginzuishou around her neck glowed brightly, its energy flowing into the garnet orb on top of the staff. The orb glowed brightly with intense power. The blast of power that came from the staff totally eradicated the aliens in front of her. Sailor Moon looked at the Staff in wonder. ~~thank you...~~ However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, more aliens appeared in front of her. "We have to call the other senshi!" Mamoru shouted, as he transfromed into Tuxedo Kamen. Usagi surveyed the scene as more aliens appeared. "There is no time. The aliens are coming too quickly, and we are their targets. Mamo-chan, we have to go now!" He stepped behind Sailor Moon, and grasped her shoulders as she clasped the Time Staff tightly. Sailor Moon concentrated with all of her might... ~~Oh Time Staff, Garnet Rod of Pluto, please take us to the Gates of Time... help us free Sailor Pluto and save our world...~~ The staff glowed brightly in Sailor Moon's hands...and in an instant, both she and Tuxedo Kamen dissappeared... _________________________________________________________________________ They arrived near the Time Gate, which was blanketed in a thick mist. Off in the distance, they saw the familiar outlines of the Gate. They made their way to the Gate, and took refuge near one of it's sides. From their hidden vantage point, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen watched as the aliens gathered around the Gate, hands linked, greenish energy flowing all around them. Then they saw Sailor Pluto. She was laying, bound and unconcious, near the group of aliens. "How are we going to get close enough to free Sailor Pluto?" Sailor Moon asked. "You stay here," he replied. "I think I can sneak over there and free her." "Be careful." She replied nervously. Using stealth and speed, he ran towards the group of aliens... ___________________________________________________________________ The head alien sensed an additional presence that it hadn't felt before. Turning around, it saw Tuxedo Kamen making his way over to Sailor Pluto. The alien raised one scaly hand, and released a wave of energy towards Tuxedo Kamen. The energy slammed into Tuxedo Kamen, propelling him to the ground, his unconcious form landing near Sailor Pluto. " NO!" Sailor Moon screamed. She ran from her hiding place towards the head alien, pointing the garnet rod at him. "Dead Scream!" Energy flowed from the ginzuishou into the garnet orb. However, when the energy reached the alien, it raised one scaly hand and blocked the energy, deflecting it upwards. Sailor Moon looked at the alien in disbelief. ~This can't be happening! He's more powerful than the others...~ "I am more powerful than my people, Sailor Moon. We are here to take over Crystal Tokyo...but your future self heads us off at every turn.....if we cannot have Crystal Tokyo, then we shall prevent the creation of it!" the alien leader hissed and raised both of its hands. Spheres of energy erupted from it's hands, as it directed them at Sailor Moon. She dodged the energy attacks, and stood up to attack with the garnet rod once again. " This getss old," The alien leader hissed. It closed its eyes, and concentrated. The results were immediate. A greenish field of energy appeared around Sailor Moon, and slammed her into the side of the Time Gate. The energy field remained in place around her, keeping her pinned. The garnet rod clattered to the ground at her feet. Sailor Moon struggled against the energy, but to no avail. Two of the aliens slithered over in front of their leader, faced Sailor Moon, and linked hands. "And now," the alien leader hissed triumphantly, " we will eradicate you from the time line!" _________________________________________________________________________ And yet, another cliffhanger.... -_-;;;; ~~flees as rotten fruit is hurled~~ Not intentional, I swear!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! As always, Sailor Moon and related characters are not mine, they are just fun to write about, that's all. Till Next Time! Time Guardian tmegrdian@yahoo.com http://members.nbci.com/tmegrdian