Lady Takeuchi

5 minutes time
    A siren rang throughout the Kuriverse Go, signifying the escape of prisoners.  Lord Takeuchi and Ami sat up straight in alarm at that, and rushed down to the security center.  Along the way, they met Avarice also running back to the security center, Lord Takeuchi’s fuse blew, “Avarice, you were supposed to be manning the panel!”
    “My lord, I had to go to the prison cells, to let some of my officers into the prisoners’ section to interrogate some of them. I couldn’t trust them with my keys!”
    “And in turn you let some prisoners escape?!”  By that time they had already arrived at the security center, and saw the light indicating the maximum-security cell, flashing.  “And of all cells, let the maximum-security cell prisoners lose? Are you mad? Do you think that I am so stupid as to even let your little excuse dwell in my mind? Did you even for one moment think that you would get away with this? Let me tell you then, NO!”
    “My lord, I don’t know how that happened, I checked on it personally.  You two!” Avarice pointed to two men standing behind them, “gather the corps and check the rest of the manor for the escaped fugitives. I’ll go over the security tapes right this moment.”
    The two men nodded, and ran off to follow the orders issued.  As Avarice turned back to the panel, he found that Ami had sat at his seat typing away at a frantic speed. “Excuse me, this is my seat.” He glowered.
    Avarice felt a hand on his shoulder and backed off. Lord Takeuchi was reminding him of their previous conversation, and he swore that he would pay Ami back for the disrespect to his personal station.
    Ami turned to the two men and frowned, “Avarice, there has been a huge internal security breach, I don’t understand how it could have occurred without your cooperation, unless the person is extremely skilled, and we just don’t have this type of skill in here.”
    Avarice’s jaw dropped to his knees, SHE was instigating that HE had somehow had something to do with it? When SHE was the one who was formerly associated with the enemy? And when SHE was formerly THE enemy that they had been fighting against?
    She didn’t react to his surprise, “the system has been tampered with, for ten minutes it has been recording the same frame, we have no idea how those four escaped other than by your help.  You CONVENIENTLY disappeared about ten minutes ago after pressing a certain button which we have no way of identifying, and you are the only one with such high-level access.”
    “I… that button was for extra security!” he protested.
    “Extra? Extra MINIMAL security you mean?” Lord Takeuchi held Avarice by the neck, “we have evidence, that YOU SENT THEM a message to come here, you have been acting suspiciously all this time, and you have betrayed us.  I should have known better than to entrust the former advisor of the self-indulgent failure, that self-proclaimed Queen Beryl to this seat, but no I didn’t see it until too late, you are the traitor amongst us.  Unbeknownst to you, all of this has your signature on it, YOUR PIN, even in front of a judge we would have enough evidence to prove that you have been working behind our backs! You weren’t satisfied with being our security officer were you? Oh no, you decided to go and join ranks with the other side... you are going to pay the price for this!”
    “My lo-lord…” Avarice stammered, “it is not me, but her!” He pointed a finger at Ami, only to find the grasp on his neck even tighter, yet he persisted, he was going to bring her down. “This women copied down my security PIN number, she’s been deliberately leaving my trail after her work to incriminate me, my lord, I have served you faithfully…” He trailed off, choking by the hold.
    Ami touched Lord Takeuchi softly as if to indicate mercy, yet her eyes which were trained onto Avarice’s spelt something else, she smiled one of victory, “and pray tell us Avarice, how did I manage to get your personal, secret PIN number? The number lies with your pass, which I did not have the privilege of examining the covered area... not that I remember, did I?”
    Avarice felt his mouth dry; he had been expertly framed.  Either way he would be killed, and Lord Takeuchi would never believe him.  Telling Lord Takeuchi that she had gained his PIN when she struck him down while he was trying to rape her did not exactly conclude to clearing his name.  Instead, he opted for a less painful death and in exchange for kept his mouth shut.
    “No more to say huh? Guards, take him away to be beheaded immediately, my lady and I will be in audience to make sure of his death, feed him to the dogs.” Lord Takeuchi let the traitor go and walked away from him, only to be succeeded by a mass of guards to take Avarice to death row.

    The trio looked up as they heard a swishing noise beside them, and a gust of wind sweeping into the underground room.  When the four girls seemingly tumbled out of a hole in the wall, Mamoru, Luna and Artemis gapped, and held their breathes for the fifth to appear.  However, as the light and the wind vanished, it became apparent that Ami was not to follow the rest of the senshi’s return.
    “Girls, I’m so glad that you’re back, where’s Ami? Didn’t you manage to find her?” Luna asked.
    SailorMoon shook her head and curled up in a fetal position on a stool beside the wall, tears brimming from her eyes, she choked on the thought.  Mamoru was immediately at hand to comfort her, and helped her from the chair.  SailorMoon and the others transformed before climbing the stairs up to the café again so that they could talk… Motoki would be very surprised at the somber mood that even Usagi could be in.

   “I still don’t understand why he would turn away from us like this though.” Lord Takeuchi paced in his study in a distracted manner.
    “Dear,” Ami reached touched his shoulder, “don’t torture yourself with such a thought, what you must do now is reconfigure everything that Avarice may have slipped to the senshi, to make sure that they can’t come back in. Come, sit by me, you are wearing a hole in the carpet.”
    “Yes.” Lord Takeuchi sat down beside her and massaged his temple, “first of all, I have to redesign the security system for the Kurizuishou Go again, and then… How on earth am I going to find someone to do that? Of course!  My dearest, you are the only one I can trust here, would you? Would you mind terribly?”
    She looked into his imploring eyes and smiled, “of course I will, I will help you with anything, I’m sure that I can figure out your security system for you.”
    “What would I do without you?!” He exclaimed and brushed his lips against her cheeks, jumping up excitedly, he held her hand to lead her out of his study, “I’ll show you the basic framework of the system right now, so you can think over the new design.”

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