Part I: Devon's Disappearance
by: Aoi-chan
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"Give me the strength to carry on
With all our love, we can't go wrong
Only together we face the fight
Nothing can stand against our might"
-"Carry On"
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The Realm Dwellers came back to the citadel's conference room. It had been a long day.
"I guess everything's back to normal," Tatsu sighed as she sat down in her usual place at the table.
"I guess yesterday was a fluke," Michiru commented.
"I don't you know about you, but I had a hell of a day," Yoake said.
"Same here," Ssaturne added.
"Well at least everthing's back to normal," Raven observed as he sat
down in a chair.
Haruka yawned then looked around carefully. "Where's Devon?"
"She's probably sleeping," Yoake answered. "What I should be doing."
"But she's always here when we get back," Haruka argued. "Unless...
there's trouble."
"I knew I shouldn't have left her alone," Raven sighed.
"Maybe everthing's okay," Tatsu suggested.
"I say we find her," Ssaturne said.
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"Wakey, wakey, Realm Keeper," a voice called.
Devon groaned and opened her eyes. She was chained up against a
wall. She looked at her captor. She had pixish features, though she was
tall, long pink hair and eyes. She was wearing a sailor fuku and had clear
wings coming out of her back.
"Who are you?" Devon asked.
"One of your residents that's aware of you."
"You're from Sailor Moon Realm."
The pixie looked in surprise. "So that's what you call the Silver
Millennnium."
Devon looked at her. "You obviously know nothing about me or what
I do so...."
"Oh but I do," Finola interrupted, "you're the realm keeper, ruler
of all the realms."
"What do you want with me?"
"Oh it had nothing to od with your personally...jut your position.
We're taking over."
"We?"
"Yes," the pixie answered. "You'll meet the rest later."
"Joy in the morning," Devon replied sarcastically.
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"We looked everywhere, Raven," Tatsu reported.
"We each checked out our commanding realms," Haruka said.
"And noone has seen her," Ssaturne added.
"That's of those who have actually seen her and know about her," Michiru
commented.
"Let's just face it," Yoake said. "Not everyone even knows that we
exist much less Miss 'Serious, Dark, and Mysterious.' How are we supposed
to find her?"
Raven looked thoughtfully. "Whoever got to her had to be somewhat
powerful to get to the Center Realm and the citadel without her knowing."
"What are we supposed to do then?" Michiru asked.
"We'll have to wait for them to come to us or make a mistake,"
he answered.
"Wait for them!?" Tatsu asked.
"Does anyone else have a better plan?" he asked indignantly.
They all shook their heads.
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Devon looked around her prison. I don't know how they got to the
Center Realm and inside my citadel, but I'm getting out of here. Devon tried
to teleport, but only partially faded out. Force field around the chains
Nice touch. Devon pulled at the chains as hard as she could.
"You'll never break those chains," a woman in all black said as she
walked in. She had silver hair that covered the majority of the right side
of her face.
"I might surprise you," Devon smirked.
The woman looked her over. "You're the realm keeper?"
"You were expecting Elvis?" Devon asked.
"Real cute," she said as she slapped Devon.
Devon flinched in pain.
"We want the key to the other realms."
"People in Hell want ice water," Devon replied arrogantly.
The woman punched Devon in the stomach knocking the wind out of her.
"Finola, might tolerate such insolence, but I do not."
"And who....might...you be," she said breathlessly.
"I am Nightmare."
"From Out World," Devon observed, "explains the sunny disposition."
Nightmare grabbed Devon's face and stared into her dark brown eyes
with her ice blue one. "We wnt the key and we want it now."
"No," Devon answered.
Nightmare brought her hand up to strike Devon.,br>
"Stop," a voice commanded.
Two men stood in the doorway. Both men were wearing military uniforms.
Devon looked at the two men. "Voltron Realm," she said softly "Almost all the realms are represented here."
"What are you babbling about?" Nightmare asked.,br>
Devon ignored her and closed her eyes. She concentrated on getting
through to the Realm Dwellers.
Devon? Raven asked throught the mind link.
Where are you? Haruka asked.
I'm somewhere in the Center Realm
Where? Tatsu asked.
I'm not sure. I was kind of unconscious when they brought me here.
who did it? Yoake asked.
Some of the residents from SM Realm, Voltron Realm, and MK Realm.
Somehow they made it here and captured me.
What are they after? Ssaturne asked.
They want to be able to go from realm to realm.
But that's impossible only Raven replied. Only Realm Dwellers can go from
realm to realm
Devon, can you get away?
I...
"She's trying to contact someone," Nighmare said as she hit Devon
to stop her communication. She then hit her once more for good measure.
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Devon! They all called.
"This is not good, guys," Tatsu sighed.
"I don't know what the hell is going on but I am going to find out,"
Yoake said as she stormed out.
"She's somewhere in this realm and we're going to find her," Ssaturne
replied as she sat down.
"They myst be looking for the key," Raven said thoughtfully.
"Only Devon can use it anyway," Haruka commented.
"Even though we can go from realm to realm, even we can't use the
key," Michiru added. "Don't they know that?"
"Apparently not," Ssaturne answered.
"We have to figure something out," Haruka said.
Tatsu got up and went to the window. I hope you're okay.
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Devon came to and looked around. This pathetic. I am supposed to be the realm keeper and I kidnapped from my citadel, knocked out, and I can't escape She sighed as she thought of a way out of her situation. Maybe thay haven't thought of everything.
She beagn to ice over her chains. Once they were frozen solid, she banged them against the wall. The chains crumbled into pieces and Devon was free. She teleported to her citadel.
Yoake walked into the conference room. "Hey, why don't we...." Yoake's
sentence trailed as Devon rematerialized in the conference room. "Devon,
you're okay," she gasped as she hugged her.
The others also greeted her happily.
"How did you get away?" Raven asked.
"When I came to I froze the chains. They were keeping me from
teleporting."
"Well we're glad that you're okay," Haruka replied.
The others nodded in agreement.
"I am glad too," Devon added with a smile then becamne serious,
"but we have a more serious matter at hand."
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"She escaped," Nightmare said as she looked around the dungeon. "We have to get
her back."
The two men, Tien and Lor walked in. "Do not worry," Lor replied.
"She didn't go anywhere," Tien informed as the wall in front of
Nightmare revealed Devon unconscious.
"Just in case they were watching," Lor said slyly.