DarkStar Rising
Jess Shelton AKA StromDakth
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Sailor Moon, and all affiliated characters are owned be we all know
who. Star Wars, and all affiliated characters are owned by Lucasfilms
Ltd. The use of these characters is entirely for entertainment
purposes. We thank them both, for creating these characters, and
kindly ask them: Don't Sue Us!
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Note: Story follows 'Sailor Scouts, and the Young Jedi Knights'
Suggest reading 'For her Friends' trilogy, 'Identity Crisis', and 'SS
and YJK' by Wolfbyte
I am the same StromDakth mentioned at the end of 'Identity Crisis'
I have been relatively uninterested with anime until a couple of
months ago when my friend, Wolfbyte aka Solar, began writing his
stories. I am an avid reader with an active imagination and was
unable to resist the temptation to continue with his work. This story
is primarily written by me but with aid from Solar/Wolfbyte so forgive
me if this story is rather patchy and incomplete. This also mainly an
introduction for my new character and so don't be surprised if it
isn't very complex.
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Chapter 12:
Raye grappled with the giant Krell that was attacking her. It
was easily head, shoulders, and chest taller then her. She held the
giant aliens wrists as it exerted an extreme amount of pressure trying
to break her under it.
She looked up at the alien's leering face, "Never over exert
yourself, buddy." She dropped down onto her back, swinging a foot up
under the huge creature and pulling with all her strength. The Krell
grunted in surprise as it flew over her and smashed, head first into a
wall. "Thank you, Jason." Raye whispered, thanking her husband for
taking the long hours to teach her how to use a foes momentum and
force against them.
She turned to another Krell that was taking an interest in
removing Tuxedo Mask's head. "Serena would be soooo mad if I let that
guy rip Darien's head off." she grumbled. She charged the being
readying her sniper arrow.
She stopped short as Darien slipped out of the creatures grasp
and smacked his cane across the brute's face. "I guess you don't need
any help?"
"No, but thanks for the thought." Darien flashed her a smile and
then turned to one of the soldiers attacking Serena. Raye looked
around at the groups progress.
Serena was challenging a Krell with Darien at her side. Amy,
Mina, and Lita had formed a threesome and were harassing a large
congregation of the Krell. Jason and Cameron were fighting side
by side, taking out Krell in pairs without the slightest hint of
difficulty.
"He should be fighting with me." she mumbled. Jason vanished in
brief flash of light and reappeared next to Raye.
"You called." Jason leaned down and kissed his wife. "Come on,
lets finish these guys." Raye smiled and the two prepared attacks
against the remaining Krell.
* * * * *
Cameron looked around as Jason vanished. He noticed his old
friend reappear next to his wife and then began fighting along side
her. "I wish he could give me some warning to protect my back."
Several of the Krell surrounded him, preparing a group attack.
"Sorry, fellas. I don't really feel like getting in on your group
thing besides, I think my dance card is full."
A wormhole appeared beneath Cameron and he fell through it, out a
second one, and landed next to Lita. "Hi, Pretty Lady. Miss me?"
"Very." she smiled and then cried, "Duck!" Cameron quickly
dropped in to a squat as a massive fist flew through where his head
had been. With a quick movement he reached up grabbing the wrist and
slammed his shoulder into the open armpit. The sudden impact lifted
the giant Krell off the ground and Cameron flipped him over, crashing
him onto his back. "Nice move."
"Thanks. Sweep kick." Lita dropped to the ground and swung a
foot out behind her, catching a pair of charging legs. The Krell
toppled over her. Cameron grabbed the creature and flung it around
into a wall. "Thanks."
"You're welcome. Now come here." She grabbed his collar and
pulled him over to kiss her. He pressed his lips to hers. Usually
they felt a sudden rush of energy as they charged each other but this
time, Cameron felt his energy instead drain away. With a last burst
of strength he pulled himself away and collapsed. "What's wrong?"
Lita asked.
"I don't know. I feel weaker, like I've been drained." He tried
to push himself up but collapsed under his own weight. Lita reached
an arm out to him and he gladly took it, lifting himself up from the
ground. "You really can take it out of a guy, can't you?" Cameron
teased.
Lita had to laugh at his light hearted joke. "I'll show you
how much I can take out of a guy, preferably when I marry you."
"Then I'll look forward to getting drained again." he smiled and
tried to kiss her again but he didn't have the strength.
"I've got to get you out of here." Lita dragged her weakened
lover to where Jason and Raye fought side-by-side against a group of
four Krell. "Hey, Hothead. We got a problem here." Jason glanced
over at her and concern shot across his face.
He ran over taking Cameron from her arms. Without waiting Lita
ran over to help her red wearing comrade. "Cam, you ok?"
"Now, that is stupid question." Cameron took on his best
impression of Raye's voice, "No, I'm fine. I just love to be held in
your arms."
Jason smiled, "At least you haven't lost your sarcasm. To bad.
Could have used the space to stick a brain in."
"Ouch. Just get me out of here." Jason and Cameron vanished in
a bright flash of light.
* * * * *
The watcher cursed. "Damn! Why can't there be a way to track
him when he teleports. How am I ever going to find them with all the
background energy that fight is putting off?" Melvik wasn't going to
be happy that DarkStar had gotten away. "Well, if he doesn't like it,
he can take it up with me. I already drained DarkStar. He can't get
far now."
* * * * *
Jason reappeared not far off, in the center of the park, with
Cameron holding tightly to his arm. "You can let go now." Cameron released the arm and collapsed into a heap on the
ground. "This royally sucks." he muttered. "Five hours ago I was
watching the sun go down here with Lita. Now, I'm laying here like a
baby without an ounce of juice."
"Any idea what happened?"
"None. I just remember a feeling like my strength vanished.
Kind of like someone pulled my plug."
"Pulled your plug. Like someone blocked the natural energy you
get your powers from?"
"Yeah. But it seemed familiar."
That was confusing. "Why would it seem familiar?" Jason
thought. "Any idea where it feels familiar from?"
"I think.." Cameron's eyes shot open and he snapped his fingers
with a feeling of revelation, "Yes. Yesterday. When I got my power
yesterday, it felt the same."
"So this has something to do with our mysterious third party."
"I would guess." A large crash from the center of the city not
far off grabbed both of their attentions.
"I've gotta go. The others might need help."
Cameron gave him a look of urgency, "Then get going. If they
need help I want to be sure they can get it."
"Are you going to be all right here?"
"Yeah. Whatever was blocking me back there is gone. I can feel
myself recharging. Slowly but it's still happening."
"Okay. I'll be back soon." Jason vanished in a flash of light,
leaving Cameron slumped in a pile near the babbling brook.
* * * * *
From deep within the bowels of the city, the watcher observed
Solar's return to the battle. "Now is the time." He tapped a switch
activating the communication to Melvik. "Now. They are all together.
Pull your troops out and fire."
He leaned back and smiled, waiting for the commotion to settle.
* * * * *
Jason reappeared in the center of the fight. To his left fought
Serena, Darien, Amy, and Mina. To is right Lita and Raye. They had
subdued three Krell while he was gone. Not many left. He stood and
watched Raye for a moment as a Krell raised it's massive fist and
smashed it into her head. "NO!"
Jason teleported behind his collapsing wife and caught her.
When he was sure she was okay he handed her to Lita. "You hurt her.
Solar Flare Ignite." A bright ball of flame appeared in front of him
and sped toward the offending Krell. It just stood smiling as the
projectile came, knowing the ball would reflect off his shield. Jason
smirked. As the projectile reached a foot away it shrank and
elongated into a long needle. The Krell gasped as the needle struck
his shield, pushing the edge of the barrier inward, through his armor
and chest into his heart.
Jason watched the body fall. When it struck ground he looked
around and found the remaining Krell fleeing. The other scouts were
cheering as the Krell ran, carrying their wounded with them. Raye
moaned and looked around. "Did we win?" she asked.
"We sure did." Jason smiled and leaned to kiss her. Before his
lips could find her's a massive explosion picked both of them, plus
Lita, and threw them across the street. Jason shook his head and
pushed himself up. "What was that?"
His answer came in the form of a giant blast of red energy
lanced out of the sky, crashing into the ground where they had
been standing. "They're bombarding us!"
* * * * *
Serena watched the explosion throw her friends. She had seen
the bolt coming out of the sky and had tried to warn them but they had
been to far away. As the second blast struck the ground she heard
Jason curse and yell out something about bombarding. "Amy, what's
going on?"
"We're being fired on from space." said in surprise. "The Krell
will blow us up without ever having to see us."
"Well, why didn't they do that before?" Mina asked.
"It requires precise targeting to hit a target the size of a
human. They're computers weren't accurate enough to do that."
"Well they seem to have gotten better computers." Darien said.
"Either that or we've become a big enough thorn in their sides
that they're willing to blast a city full of slaves to get us." Jason
added as he and the two girls ran up. "Now what are we going to do?"
"We can't get up there so I think we need plan B." Amy
suggested.
"The group elimination?" Jason asked in surprise. They had used
that rarely, once against Beryl and once against the giant ship from
another galaxy.
"Do we have a choice?" Serena asked. "We can't get it any other
way." Suddenly the crystal scepter appeared in her hand. She raised
it toward the source of the energy blasts. Each of the Sailors
reached out and grabbed the scepter, adding their powers to Serena's.
"Mercury Power."
"Mars Power."
"Jupiter Power."
"Venus Power."
"Cosmic Moon Power." Together, the five energies flowed
together into the scepter, preparing a blast. Separately the powers
were great but together they were almost unstoppable.
"Sun Power." Jason grabbed Raye, adding his power to theirs.
The addition of his power increased and controlled the energy forming
it into a supremely powerful force. The pulse erupted from the Silver
Crystal, shooting up into the darkness of space.
With their power combined almost nothing that it met would exist
in a short time. Unfortunately, nothing got in its way, except a
small satellite. But this the Sailors below do not know.
* * * * *
Jason collapsed to the ground, his energy expended. Beside him
all of the other scouts collapsed in exhaustion. He gasped and
sweated. "I wouldn't want to be in their shoes, now." he commented,
"That is if they can still wear shoes."
Everyone was to exhausted to even comment, except Darien. "That
wasn't up to your usual caliber. You must be really tired."
"Nah. I'm just laying in this rubble covered in sweat for the
fun of it."
"Good." a strangely familiar voice called. "That would be the
last fun you'll ever have, Solar."
Jason's eyes flew open in shock. That was a voice he hadn't
heard in years, one he shouldn't be hearing now. It was the voice of
a dead man. A man he had killed seven years before. Jason turned
around and found that he had been right. "Yeves?!"
Admiral Yeves, the watcher, smiled evilly through the visor to
the massive mechanical suit he wore. "Yes. Admiral Yeves back from
the dead to finish what I started."
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I can't believe I brought this dude back from the dead. First
I bring back the Krell and now Solar's first foe. Is that old or
what?
I wouldn't mind fighting if I could fight like these guys. I
mean first major martial arts stuff going and now romance right on
the battle field.
Now, go and read chapter 13 before I have to make bad things
happen to you. Heh heh heh.
Thank you Lady Jupiter, for your input.