By: Ono
NB: I don’t own anything
I write in this story only the idea itself, Gerry Anderson is the creator of
Captain Scarlet and Naoko Takeuchi is the creator of Sailor Moon, so please
don’t sue me.
The Sailor
Senshi were in the mist of battle, out in a construction yard, against a monster
sent by Esmeraude of the Black Moon, in her attempt to take out the Senshi while
she was stealing a great amount of energy. This was to take over key points and
destroy the future that would be Crystal Tokyo.
The monster, known as Time-Scale was taking a beating from the great Sailor
suited soldiers.
“Give it up you sleaze bag!” Sailor Moon shouted as she dodged another of
Time-Scale’s time ball attacks. The attack would instantly slow down time for
the person it hit, but the monster had grown weaker, she had already taken too
much of a beating as of far.
“I would never give up to you Sailor Senshi, especially you Sailor Moon, you
incompetent ditz!”
Sailor Moon pouted, hands on hips, “I resent that remark!”
Sailor Mercury called from a rafter above, “Don’t let her get to you, Sailor
Moon, don’t listen to what she says, it’s not true!”
“I thought she was spot on with the incompetent ditz part,” Sailor Mars mumbled
behind Mercury.
Time-Scale screamed and threw out numerous time balls, all in a wild flare of
her anger, but with this, she kept missing Sailor Moon, who jumped over most of
them and not having to bother with some that had flew wide of her.
“Could use some help,” Sailor Moon said, gritting her teeth waiting for another
attack.
The other scouts, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus got ready to power up,
Time-Scale noticed this and her face dropped, eyes wide with terror.
“Shine Aqua Illusion!”
“Burning Mandala!”
“Sparkling Wide Pressure!”
“Venus Love Me Chain!”
All the attacks connected, throwing back Time-Scale with great force of the
powerful energy and light that shot into her body, she lay crumpled up on the
floor groaning and trying to get back up with what little strength she had
harboured.
“I’ll make sure she’s down and out,” Jupiter said, bursting with great strength.
Mercury raised a hand but was too late to stop her as she leapt down onto the
construction ground, in front of Sailor Moon and right next to the nearly
floored monster.
“Be careful!” Mercury called to her.
Jupiter stood her ground with sharp eyes as Time-Scale rose onto her knees, and
hard eyes fixing onto the green suited Senshi.
“You think you’re tough, Sailor Jupiter,” she gave a shrill laugh. “But if you
really think you can take me alone, I’d like to see you try… but not here… No.
Not where your friends can help you.”
She laughed firm and shrilly, full of corrupted intentions, Jupiter looked
baffled by what the monster was saying but wasn’t going to let herself be shown
unnerved in front of her. She was ready to attack.
Time-Scale stood up and held her hands out, cupped over each other, a small ball
of light forming between her palms, a huge amount of intensity could be felt
from the growing surge that flexed in its expanding state.
“Vortex of time, heed my call, open the great doorways of the calling eras!”
The Senshi looked stunned as Time-Scale threw the ball in front of her and wide
portal pulled open, a blinding light flowed from it in waves that coiled around
it.
“Oh my… Sailor Moon stop her!” Sailor Venus called out desperately as she
watched the ever worsening situation.
“Right!” But before Sailor Moon could counter with her attack, a great strong
energy beam wrapped around Jupiter, distracting her, “No! Sailor Jupiter!”
Time-Scale jumped into the Vortex, disappearing while Jupiter struggled to get
free, trying to pull away but to no avail, she was being dragged in towards the
light.
Sailor Moon ran over to her, leaping forwards to grab her hand, “Hold on, Sailor
Jupiter, just hold on!”
Jupiter screamed as she fought to get away but when a hand emerged from the
centre of the blinding light, it was no longer in her control to stop herself
from being pulled in. The hand gripped onto her and yanked her directly from
Sailor Moon’s grip and she was hurled into the streams of light.
Sailor Moon stumbled and fell forward onto the dusty ground.
She and the rest of the Senshi watched on in horror as their friend and fellow
soldier was sucked away from them and the vortex closed up and vanished into
thin air.
“Sailor Jupiter!” Sailor Moon screamed, choking as sobs soon strangled her
voice, merely reducing it to a whisper as tears fell from her eyes, “Makoto…”
The others stood, completely perplexed, the shock relentless against their
hearts. They had witness their friend taken from them into the portals of time.
Luna stood next to Mercury, watching the group shake with sorrow from what had
just occurred, but the black cat kept her feelings locked in the back of her
mind, knowing it wasn’t the time or place to let her emotions run wild.
“Come on girl’s, we have to find that energy source of Esmeraude’s!”
They looked at her, still feeling dejected but knowing they had to go on.
Sailor Jupiter was plummeting through the endless streams of time, hearing
voices around her calling out, saying things that she couldn’t understand.
“Help me!” She called out; her cry echoed and went unheard.
There were many things she wanted to do right then, but she didn’t have the
strength to pull herself away from the free fall into nothing. The fight in her
was long gone and she let herself drift, unknowing what would become of her in
the moments of her life… if she would live at all!
Then she saw it, a great gyration of mixed colours formed into an open chasm at
the bottom in, which she was pulled through with great might.
The first sense of touching ground again was when she smacked down onto tarmac,
a great thud to it, she held in the wail of afflicted pain as she realised she
was far now from home.
She was no longer in her Sailor Fuku but her school outfit, crinkled across her
form as she sat half sprawled on the long roadway.
She didn’t really have time to get use to the surroundings as her sight caught
onto a car that was speeding right in front of her, right in her path.
She screamed her loudest, hands to her face, ready for the impact.
Makoto screamed
ready for the pain that would crash against her when the car hit; but then she
heard a screech a head of her, and nothing happened.
She slowly took her arms away from her face, looking to see the bumper of the
car, only inches from her. She shook from shock. It was too close for comfort.
She took heavy gulps of air, calming her nerves down, knowing she was safe now
from actually getting run over.
The doors to the car opened, she let her eyes pan up to see two men climb out of
the vehicle, which was painted in a bright red and the design itself was of a
style she had never actually seen before, anywhere.
Both men wore the same uniform but they were in different colours, one blue and
the other red.
She looked between them, not knowing what to say, but then when she heard a
menacing laugh above her head, she was distracted away from them up to see a
thick bright silver cloud hover there, the remains of the vortex that had pulled
on it’s own new form.
She was frightened, not knowing her situation, watching on to see what it was
doing.
The cloud zoomed down, flowing around her; she covered her face, but not for
long as it lifted away from her and shot up into the skies, disappearing from
sight.
She let out a gasp and rubbed away sweat that rested upon her brow, she turned
her attention back to the men, who had been watching the cloud too and had now
their firm focus on Makoto. There was a short pause, before finally, one of the
men broke the silence.
“You know, sitting in the road is going to get you killed, miss,” the blue
uniformed Captain said.
Makoto began to gingerly stand up, her legs and bottom were sore from where she
landed, but she ignored it, her intrigued mind was over the two strangely
dressed men.
“We saw you come out of that thing,” the red Captain said, his face was plain
serious, “Who are you?”
“I, uh, am Kino Makoto” She said softly, though still in shock, she gathered all
her best knowledge of English as could, she was going to need it.
The unformed men looked between each other; the one in red looked as if he had
many questions, though the look on his face suggested something negative.
“What are you doing here?” She suddenly felt like she was in an interrogation,
“Who sent you?”
“Lighten up on her,” The blue Captain cooled down the situation with his partner
and turned and smiled at her, “Hello, Makoto, I am Captain Blue and this is
Captain Scarlet, we are Spectrum agents.”
“Spectrum, never heard of it,” she said looking between them, frowning suddenly.
“What year is this?”
Blue raised an eyebrow. “2068.”
“2068!” Makoto held her head, her eyes wide. “Oh my god! I’m in the future!”
Then men were taken back a little from her
statement.
“When are you from?” Scarlet asked her.
She was still in a frenzy as she spoke. “1994!”
“Wow, that’s a real step up in time,” Blue said looking at his partner and back
to her.
“Usagi, Rei, Minako, Ami…”
She said, nearly
choking on her words, “My friends, their gone!”
She felt like she was about to sob for all it was worth but she held it in, she
had to be strong, this was why she was brought here, to face off against
Time-Scale without the others help, to prove she was a true Sailor Senshi.
“What was that cloud? A portal or something? But it seemed more alive,” Blue
walked over to her, resting a hand on her shoulder, he knew she was in a
distressed plight.
“It was…” She thought for a moment, she really couldn’t give away her identity
as a Sailor Senshi, she had to play it low key. “… A monster, it came and took
me away, from my friends…”
Blue watched her face; she closed her eyes and held a hand to her chest.
“We tried to fight it, but it was sly and strong… and now I’m here …alone.”
“So this has nothing to do with the Mysterons,” Scarlet said aloud.
“Mysterons?” Makoto looked at him, her face puzzled.
“Nope, don’t think so,” Blue said to Scarlet then looked down at her, “You
wouldn’t know who they are, since this is a time beyond yours.”
She didn’t really know what they were but it was the last thing on her mind at
that moment.
“I know I’m here to fight a monster, to help my time.”
“You, a pretty girl like you having to fight something so powerful,” Blue
chuckled, “You must be very brave.”
She blushed slightly.
“We better take you to the Colonel, we don’t know what is going on with your
situation, but anything out of the ordinary always gets linked to the
Mysterons.”
Blue nodded at Scarlet, “Come with us, Makoto, we will take you to Cloudbase.”
“Cloudbase?”
“We’ll explain more on the way,” Blue said, ushering her towards the red saloon
car.
She climbed in without another word, she just had to go with them, she had no other place to go and the battle with Time-Scale was yet to come. For now, her trust was with these men.
The cloud flew up into the immense amount of space, shooting past many stars at
a great speed away from the Earth, which soon disappeared behind into the
Cosmos.
Ahead was Mars, the red planet, and home of the Mysterons…
The Cloud floated down onto the surface of the planet into a complex that
shimmered like it was barely in existence, the buildings all advanced from
anything ever seen.
When touching down in the main control centre, the Cloud formed into Time-Scale
who stared absently at everything then spoke out in her high piercing voice.
“I felt your power, greater than that I have ever felt, I represent the court of
the Dark Moon family, I call for your help as will I heed your services.”
A
deep voice began to speak to her, “We are the Mysterons, we are taking our
revenge against the planet Earth of which you have come.”
“I am not one of them, I am part of the Dark Moon against the Earth and the Moon
who sent us away long ago, I have come from the past and brought with me a
Sailor Senshi, whom is in your time on Earth. My plan is to use her power to
open a larger gate in time, in which you can cross and help my masters take over
the past.”
The room was silent for a moment, they were calibrating on what she was saying,
and her smirk still sat against her lips as she waited for answer from them.
“We will help you…”
Time-Scale laughed, she turned and looked out into the depths of space, feeling
her power rise with her confidence.
“Sailor Jupiter… you are out there, waiting for our battle… but you will be
beaten, and then your powers will be used against you and the rest of the Sailor
brats and the world of the past will be destroyed and we will dominate. I will
be well rewarded for my actions.”
She gave out a bellowing laugh that echoed through the complex with such vexing
power. It was good that Earth couldn't hear her, it would have been frightening
to hear such an evil cackle, but space vacuumed it away, and everything above
still remained in silence, as did it always in the dark, soundless universe.
A strange plane
stood ready and waiting in a field where Captain Blue had called his base to
rendezvous with them from what Makoto had heard on over the radio.
Makoto had been informed on their short journey about the Mysterons and their
mission to take over the Earth, all about their powers to recreate objects or
people and about their special force, dedicated to defend the planet against the
Martian enemy.
With all that had come out right then, Makoto was tempted to tell them about the
Sailor Senshi and their powers to defend the Earth from the evil Dark Moon
Family, but as she swore from the start, nobody was to know about it.
The plane, known as an SPJ, waited while they loaded up the Saloon car and took
the three people on board, Makoto was very impressed by the advanced machines in
the interior, and she had never seen anything like it. Well, it was in the
future.
She nearly at one moment had a heart attack. ‘Where’s my transformation stick?’
She patted down her clothes and sighed with relief when she pulled out the
gleaming green stick, with the star on top engraved with her symbol of Jupiter
that much resembled a four.
“What’s that?” She jumped as Scarlet spoke to her; he was staring down at the
stick in her hands. She didn’t know what to say but she had to come up with
something fast.
“It was a present from my friends, just a trinket,” she smiled innocently,
Scarlet looked at her suspiciously but turned away, leaving it at that.
She let out a deep sigh. “That was close,” she whispered to herself even though she didn’t believe that he wasn’t suspecting something of her.
It was a few hours before they reached Cloudbase, a huge command base high up in
the sky, shrouded by fluffy clouds, probably where it got its name. Makoto
mouthed a wow, as she was peering out the front screen with wide eyes. It was
big and very technical, as she thought most of the things were that she had seen
as of far.
“Captain Magenta, take us in,” Blue said to a man up front; Makoto hadn’t really
noticed the pink-clad man, she was only paying attention to the view outside.
“This is Captain Magenta to Lieutenant Green, are we cleared for landing?” The
Irish accented man talked into his intercom.
“S.I.G, Captain,” a voice replied.
The SPJ pulled around to the far side of the base was, there was a hangar bay
opening up for them and they flew in and landed directly on a landing pad near
the back of the large room, where most of the other air vehicles were placed.
When they had come to a full stop, they vacated the plane and out into the bay,
Makoto was nervous when she looked around at the many different officers milling
around, she stayed close Blue, who she liked much better than Scarlet who just
seemed too serious and scary.
They walked through long winding corridors, many people turned to stare at the
strange girl who had appeared on their base, she stood straight, keeping her
confidence up.
She was tall for her age; of course she did feel quite small against all the
other people who swarmed about, doing different jobs.
Finally they came to the control room, Blue directed her to step out onto a
walkway, and she nodded walking out, then suddenly realised it was moving, she
lost her balance and fell onto her bottom with a thud.
She let out a disgruntled yell of pain. She had fallen on her rear earlier and
it was still bruised and sore. Captain Blue just sniggered at her as he and
Scarlet stepped on and moved along, while she remained seated down on the moving
section of metal.
The commanding officer of the base, Colonel White turned to face them, looking
down at the girl who looked rather irate after falling down stupidly on the
walkway.
“Reporting back, sir,” Blue saluted, Colonel white nodded and directed them up
to the desk.
Blue helped up Makoto and they walked over to the Colonel.
“At ease,” White said, Scarlet and Blue shook off their formal stance, “Take a
seat.”
Colonel White pressed a button under his desk and three seats emerged up,
instinctively the two officers sat down but Makoto wasn’t expecting it and fell
over it backwards.
Again she let out a cry of pain, as she lay sprawled out, legs over the seat and
back against the floor.
“Are you alright?” White asked looking down over her. She nodded and quickly got
back up to seat down on the seat that she now knew had come out the floor, so
far the things she had seen that were futuristic just were either too good to be
true or really annoying. (She could think of two at that moment.)
White started off the meeting. “So, from what information I was given, you
appeared from a vortex in time, Miss…?”
“Kino Makoto.”
“Miss Kino.”
“Makoto, if you wouldn’t mind.”
He raised an eyebrow but nodded. “Alright, Makoto, so you are from 1994?”
“Yes,” she said with a slight nod, watching his expression, which was
unreadable. She could only hope they believed what she said. She was quite glad
that he didn’t seem to be undermining her right then.
“What exactly happened when you were sucked into the vortex?”
Makoto was now in a difficult spot, she looked at the three officers who were
staring at her, making her feel so uncomfortable, but she’d have to recreate
some sort of scenario to tell, just without mentioning the Sailor Senshi.
“Well, I was fighting a monster, me and my friends were helping to stop her, she
had a plan of stealing power from our time… it was a bad idea to get involved.”
White looked at her with unbelieving eyes, it was a wild story but it was the
best she could come up with without giving away her identity.
“A monster?”
“Yes, sir,” She didn’t want to meet his eyes, it was nerve racking enough
without him giving her a queer look.
Before he had a chance to say anything, a voice blared out through the room:
This is the voice of the Mysterons, we know that you can hear us Earthmen, we
have found an ally in our war of nerves to help us destroy you once and for all.
We shall use time against you; the Dark Moon shall dissolve you…
“What was that?”
Makoto looked around her; it was the creepiest thing she had ever heard.
“The Mysterons, Makoto,” Captain Scarlet said looking her way.
She suddenly had
the urge to fold her arms tightly to her being.
“Incoming video transmission,” Lieutenant Green said behind them.
“Put it on the screen behind me,” White turned around in his chair to see his
map convert into a big television screen.
“Yes, sir.”
Within moments, static creased over the screen then a face Makoto recognised
appeared.
“Time-Scale!” She said aloud. Everyone looked at her, and she quickly shut her
mouth, not to say another word.
“Hello people of Earth,” Time-Scale said, she was the same as Makoto remembered
her, blue skin and hair, the gleaming green eyes that looked so evil and the
complete silver suit and high boots. Makoto growled under her breath. “Or more
likely, this message is directed at Spectrum and the annoying Sailor Senshi,
Sailor Jupiter.”
“Sailor Jupiter?” Blue said confused; Makoto kept quiet.
“I am from the past and here now to destroy your pathetic little future,” She
gave a shrill laugh that reminded Makoto of Esmeraude. “I will use time to my
advantage, and with the help of the Mysterons and Sailor Jupiter, who I know
will not be willing, but of course when I beat her in battle… She will have no
choice.”
Makoto clenched her fists tightly at that moment, she wanted to transform and go
on the hunt for her.
“I will use the power to open a rift in time and go back to the past with the
Mysterons to erase it. When there is nothing left there, this world, as you know
it will cease to be…”
Everyone sat in shock. Her threat was a strong one and put them in a position
that would mean life or death if they didn’t do anything.
“Goodbye people
of Earth, you have less than eight hours to live. When Big Ben strikes midday,
you will all be in deep trouble,” She grinned evilly, “Oh and Sailor Jupiter,
the battle is on…”
Her face disappeared into static, leaving Makoto and the others thinking about
what she had just said.
“Who is Sailor Jupiter?” White turned to Makoto, who sat silently, all she could
do was shrug and that wasn’t going to her pull her out of the void of their
questioning.
Makoto was faced with the question of
telling her identity, so to speak, of her second light as Sailor Jupiter; she
knew she could find her way around the inquisitive questions, but she’d have to
do it fast or risk giving away much more than she wanted to.
“Sailor Jupiter… she was a warrior, a Sailor Senshi in my time, a fighter of
love and justice…” She thought for a moment, avoiding the looks of the men
staring dead on at her, intrigued. “…I fought with them to protect against evil
but not as one of them, I thought it right.”
“She was a freedom fighter then?” Blue asked. Makoto nodded; he had exactly
described the Senshi.
“Yes, she was led by Sailor Moon, and fought with her fellow Senshi.”
The three men looked at each other, she prayed that they believed her, they had
to really, there was nothing else to go on that made the information false.
“Are they popular from where you come from?” Scarlet asked, his face dead pan.
“Yes, very, heroines to the core, anyone who is anyone from where I come from
knows of the Sailor Senshi… especially me and my friends.”
“So you personally know them?” White was giving Makoto a questioning look.
“Yes, I guess so.” She could have laughed and given it away but she kept a calm
aura and a straight face.
“So, beyond their Senshi guise, if that is what they are as super heroines of
your time, what are they are normal people?”
Makoto smiled, “Girls, like me… they are great idols…” She stopped and clenched
her hands together. “That monster must be looking for Sailor Jupiter… she has to
be here… and if she is, she’ll need your help.”
White nodded slightly, then turned to his two top agents. “We have heard the
threat and we only have a short amount of time to counter attack it. We know
that it is based in London. Big Ben was mentioned by that alien woman… what did
you call her?”
Colonel White had turned back to Makoto who remembered distinctly she had let
out the name by accident but seemed pointless to pretend not to recall it.
“Time-Scale.”
“Yes, Time-Scale. We haven’t got much time, I’ll inform some ground agents to
get to London immediately and to launch the Angels to over-fly the area,” White
sat back in his chair. “Captain Blue, Scarlet… you will fly out there too.
Report what you see and stop the threat as best as possible.”
“S.I.G.” Blue and Scarlet said together, standing up. Makoto stood up quickly,
she knew that she had to face Time-Scale and take her out, that was why she had
been zapped there.
“I am definitely going with you, I know what Time-Scale is up to, I may just
look like an innocent school girl but I can be of use to you. And I’ll be able
help you find Sailor Jupiter if she is around.”
Colonel White looked at her, a stately look on his face. “You are a brave girl,
Makoto, in this time and your own. Take care.”
Makoto nodded and followed the men out quickly, winding their way back down to
the hangar bay and they were instantly given clearance to take off, departing
the sky base and disappearing into the immense placement of clouds.
Makoto looked at the two men. They were very tough and dedicated to their job.
She could see it written over them like bold print; they were honourable and
brave like the Sailor Senshi, their job like hers, to protect their people, the
future generation of the planet Earth.
“I still don’t see why you get yourself involved, Makoto,” Scarlet didn’t turn
his head as he spoke to the brown haired girl. “It sounds all too dangerous for
you to handle.”
“Don’t count me down,” she said. “I’m always willing to take on the action, just
like the Sailor Senshi, I will do what it takes to protect people.”
“Sounds like you want to join that idol Senshi group of theirs,” Blue smiled.
Makoto listened on keeping herself bottled up from telling them that she was
apart of the group. “Do they let in new members?”
“They are gifted, given powers. I’m just me, just a natural born defender.” Makoto sighed after she spoke, she knew she’d have to keep her identity concealed and prove she could fight as herself, Kino Makoto.
A
small group of British Army soldiers were under training, made to camp out in
the unpopulated wood area, to learn to live on key sense and primal instinct.
There were targets placed around as farce enemies for practice shoot, so they
were carrying armed weaponry.
They trudged endlessly through the thick bushes and tall trees that spanned
their walkway in huge clumps together. Their map directed them through the area,
but it didn’t help pull moral back into the group who groaned endlessly, just
wanting to meet some action that was suppose to happen out there, yet it had not
appeared.
“Captain?” Called one of the younger group members to their assigned leader.
“When are we going to get out of here, or at least when do we get to shoot
something?”
“Be patient,” the Captain called back, then grumbled under his breath about how
much he hated every moment of being lumbered with a group of cry-baby, wannabe
soldiers.
“There has been no sign of nothing. I’m going to shoot a bird if I don’t get out
of here!” Another man shouted out, adding more grief to the ever more boring
situation.
“WILL YOU SHUT UP!” The Captain snapped then heard some rustling, turning about
face smiling, “I think our practice has come, boys. I think this is what they
put out for us.”
They all picked up their guns, clicking the safeties off and preparing for the
signs of the target boards to come up, they were triggered by sensors planted
around there. Some were a little concerned, wondering if the targets had
becoming moving ones at all.
They kept firm eyes shifting around the land, the trees swaying in gentle rhythm
with the wind, putting them all on the edge, every corner and ideal place for
where the boards were.
Gunfire rung out overhead, the Captain swung round, “Who told you to fire?”
They all shrugged, someone spoke out. “None of us did!”
The Captains eyes widened a little then he heard a gun click, not from any of
his group, he turned to a bush area near to them only to meet a bullet straight
to his head.
He fell back, blood splashing against the underfoot dirt and twigs. The others
tried to make for cover from the sudden attack but were picked off easily.
Finally the last struggling man was shot down after trying to make a quick
escape through the bushes, he fell against the nearest tree, a couple of seeping
bullet wounds in his chest.
They were all dead, no signs of movement from any of the team. A figure trod
carefully between the many bodies, looking down at the carnage that had just
been inflicted, a gun draped over his arm. The figure was none other than former
spectrum agent Captain Black, who had single-handed taken out roughly ten men.
He stood there, his face straight and emotionless, no remorse or guilt flowed
over him for his heartless and uncaring action for slaughtering those men.
He looked into the sky, a flash of light could be seen peering through the trees
and two green circle shapes appeared, tracing over the bodies of the dead men,
each in turn getting a cover of the mysterious lights, projected by the
Mysterons.
After they had been done, the lights disappeared and close by to Captain Black,
the reconstructed clones of the dead men stood, weapons in their hand staring
blankly at Black who turned to them, stepping away from the original bodies, now
only mere corpses to the world.
“Your mission is to go to London and guard Big Ben from resistance in
co-operation with the new ally of the Black Moon of the past, once the time
portal is open, you will led our resistance with our leaders.”
The reconstructed Captain nodded. “Yes, we know what we must do.”
“Good,” Black turned to see Time-Scale hovering about the mass of bodies.
“What a mess, but I do like the conventions of the Mysterons,” Time-Scale
giggled. “They are incredibly tack!”
“You know your side of the plan,” Black said, the soldiers in the back were
waiting for Time-Scale, as she was to lead them on.
“Yes, of course I do, I gave half the ideas,” She brushed her flowing hair back.
“I will arrive in London and go to Big Ben, placing one of my portal devices in
the clock, set to send out waves of time energy to a directed point in the city
below. Then I will use Sailor Jupiter’s power, when she turns up. I know she
can’t resist to fight, and I will power up our gateway into the past.”
Black said nothing and nodded, and with that he disappeared into the wind.
Time-Scale floated over to the Mysteronised soldiers.
“Well, if you don’t mind, you will be following my orders and first off we are
going to set off to London,” She clicked her fingers and a vortex surrounded
them. “In my style.”
She chuckled and they were enveloped, sending them off to London in her quick transportation method.
Many Spectrum agents had already gathered in London and were sticking close to
the Big Ben clock, it was twenty to eleven and there was no sign of attacks over
the place.
Captain Scarlet, Blue and Makoto were less than half an hour away and still at
full speed to arrive.
A
few of the minor ground agents were patrolling inside the clock, waiting for
anything to happen, it was a hard game to play and sticking around with no
action for a long period of time would send you crazy.
Then when it was at least expected, a small vortex appeared and deposited the
Mysteron soldiers and Time-Scale right out before them.
The Spectrum patrolling few tried to fire a few shots at them but Time-Scale
only had to put out a hand and the bullets slowed down, looking like they were
coming at them in slow motion, with her other hand she batted them away. In
retaliation, she sent a wave at them, throwing them back with great power.
She pointed forward in her commanding position and the soldiers instantly dealt
with them, blocking anyone’s entrance up to the big clock tower, leaving
Time-Scale to her peace of planting her time device, the first part of the plan
set into action.
The area had been cleared after the
warning of a terrorist threat, or mainly not saying that the aliens and monsters
had decided to band together against the people of earth, so the usually busy
streets of London were now abandoned. People hiding away in their homes and
wherever they could.
The SPJ had landed on a small area at St. James Park, powering down to silence.
Blue, Scarlet and Makoto climbed from the large jet and walked briskly across
the grass looking out at the calm streets, cars and buses left at the side of
the road, the wind rustling around in a sharp and tumultuous sort of way.
They ran out across the pavement and wavered glances all over to see any sign of
Mysteron activity, or of the monstrous woman, Time-Scale.
Gun shots blared in the distance, near enough to Big Ben; there was cries and
shouting as if a war was going on in front of them.
Makoto had never felt so frightened. As her job as a Senshi, she went into
battle with monsters that threw themselves up front into the frail. Their
leader, Sailor Moon, led their cause to vaporise them. But never had she felt a
tentative sneaking chill, like someone was hiding around her, ready to gun her
down where she stood.
The Captains had been told of the situation of the soldiers that were sided with
Time-Scale, the plan lay a foot and they had to take it down before the clock
struck midday.
The Angel aircraft flew overhead, seemingly the only other noise to fill the
frightfully tense atmosphere.
She looked at the Captains, who were engrossed with scanning the area around the
clock, where they could see a few figures darting about. She wondered why they
trusted her so much, taking her to their base and giving her a chance without
proving herself. She had only really lied about Sailor Jupiter thing so she
wouldn’t give away her identity away, but somehow she wanted to know why they
had let her into the clashing scene. Did they really think she could handle her
own? Or did they really need the help of this girl. Their great organisation!
She felt greatly honoured.
“Do you know how to beat this Time-Scale?” Scarlet turned to her when they came
to a dead stop near a large square, close to the clock; the action had
disappeared to the other side of the area.
“No, but I have to, for my time and yours,” Makoto felt grown up and
responsible, though she wished she wasn’t.
“You know, you’re holding back on us, something that you’re keeping to
yourself,” Scarlet had a questioning expression; she was getting angry at being
put on the spot.
“Look, you have your job to do and I’m just here to deal with my own problems,”
Makoto looked at them each in turn as she spoke, hard on her words, at least
being careful too. “Sailor Jupiter has to take out this monster and I want to do
it too!”
“Will she be here?” Blue asked, Makoto nodded.
“How do you know?” Scarlet’s voice was plain and still very interrogating.
“I have a feeling…”
Time-Scale looked at her device with an evil smirk.
She had remained in the clock, barred away from the activity below her so that
she would be able to keep her strength to open up a gateway in time. But she
knew her job of taking out Sailor Jupiter was what she was longing for, not
knowing when she would turn up and how she would appear.
“I feel you near me, Senshi,” she whispered. “I will take you down and use you
to open up time.”
Then a voice murmured in her head. “This is Captain Black, relaying instructions
from the Mysterons. Two Spectrum agents have arrived on the scene with a girl.
We have taken away the ground team of their organisation. Intercept them and
destroy.”
“A girl… Sailor Jupiter?” She nodded and spoke through her mind. ‘I will do as
you please, I have been waiting to see some action.’
She transported herself outside the clock, looking down over Blue, Scarlet and
Makoto, who were positioned near a centre statue, waiting for something to
happen. Time-Scale could see Makoto, who was not in her Senshi outfit, but
didn’t think it as her.
“The Senshi hasn’t appeared yet,” she narrowed her eyes, “But that girl, I
distinctly remember her face but I don’t know… never mind, if that stupid
Spectrum group want to bring children into this, let them, they will all be
destroyed.”
She floated down, still the three below her hadn’t noticed her presence over their heads, she knew she’d have to grab their attention in her own method.
Makoto lingered on the spot, Blue had suggested staying out of the firing range
so they wouldn’t get hurt. He was especially caring for the young student’s
safety and she was very flattered by his concern, but knew she’d have to get
involved pretty soon.
Then she sensed something coming towards them, a power dominated by the evil
forces, she growled under her breath the felt something rush through her, giving
her signals to move from where they were, danger was right over them.
“DIVE!” She shouted, throwing herself forward and giving them the que to do the
same, just as a beam crashed into the spot they had been occupying.
They were a little shocked and when hearing bellowing laugher from above. They
turned their heads skywards to see Time-Scale there, a demonic look on her face.
“Three little bugs ready to be squashed. Stay still and make it easy on
yourself, you only have fifteen minutes left anyway and then you are as good as
dead.”
They all turned to the clock as it ticked slowly on quarter to twelve, ominously going on; signally fate was close at hand.
1994…
Esmaurade’s plan had been put to rest in
ashes as her source of the power drain was destroyed. The Senshi had changed
back to their normal selves and had gathered at Rei’s shrine.
Rei was sat in her shrine robes, concentrating next to the sacred fire that was
lit in front of her, candles flickering around the room. Usagi sat with
Chibi-Usa playing with her Luna P ball that hovered and bounced in front of the
pink haired child. Usagi was too busy thinking about Makoto and every time she
pictured her in her mind, she felt like crying.
Ami and Minako were stood near Rei who was trying to sense Makoto’s life force
anywhere, but still it was like she had vanished away from them, away from
existence.
“Anything?” Minako asked anxiously, Ami shushed her, watching Rei flinch a
little.
“No…” Rei opened her eyes, looking at them apologetically. “I’ve tried my best
to find her but the fire doesn’t know.”
“There has to be something we can do!” Minako said, tears sat on the corner of
her eyes. “Makoto is my best friend! We can’t just let her disappear from our
lives”
“There is another way to find her… but we just don’t know it yet…” Ami said.
They turned to Usagi, who sighed looking at Chibi-Usa, who played happily away.
Usagi watched the Luna P ball bounce from the child’s hands, up and down until
she patted it at the wrong angle and it sprung over to Usagi and rolled to her
side.
She picked it up, making Chibi-Usa pout, “You’re not aloud to touch it, give it
back!”
Usagi sighed then was a bout to hand it over to the very bratty child, when she
came over with an idea.
She jumped up. “Guys, I just had a thought!”
Rei laughed, giving a short snort. “You! THINK! That would be the day!”
“Quiet, Rei,” Usagi smiled at the ball then at Chibi-usa, “You can help us!”
“I can?” She scratched her head looking at the dumpling headed girl.
“What’s your plan, Usagi?” Ami asked curiously.
“Remember when we had to go into Chibi-usa’s dreams to save her from the Black
Moon family’s monster?” Usagi recalled. “Sailor Pluto talked to us through the
Luna P ball. She helped us and she can again by sending us through time. We know
Time-Scale opened up a gateway to the future or something and Pluto can take us
there!”
The three older girls were astonished by Usagi’s smart idea, usually she was
plainly dumb and they were speechless.
Rei spoke first, “Wow, Usagi! You’re not as dumb as you look!”
“Thanks… HEY!”
“Right!” Ami walked over and took the ball from Usagi and handed it to
Chibi-Usa. “Could you get in touch with Sailor Pluto, we could really use her
help?”
Chibi-Usa looked up with bright eyes, “Yeah, I’ll try.”
She sat down and crossed her legs, back to the thin wall of the shrine, the four
girls kneeling around her.
Chibi-Usa spoke into the ball, “Puu? I need your help, can you hear me?”
There was a faint ringing, then a voice came through what sounded like static,
“Small Lady?”
“PUU!” The young girl said happily. “My friends need your help, please come?”
The ball floated from Chibi-usa’s hands and sat in front of Rei, Usagi, Minako
and Ami. A hologram appeared on top of it, revealing Sailor Pluto.
“I am the Sailor Senshi that guards the gates of time, who am I to speak with?”
The long dark haired woman spoke.
“Me,” Usagi said, a little nervous. “I am Sailor Moon and Princess Serenity.”
“Ah yes, our Princess… I am honoured to see you once more noble White Princess
of the Moon.”
Usagi nodded. “We need your help. Our friend Makoto and fellow Senshi has been
taken through time and we want to get her back.”
“Yes…” Pluto mused. “I do remember feeling a shift in the balance of time.
Another portal opening somewhere… it was not a worthy passage and it must be set
right.”
“Will you help?” Usagi asked.
Pluto bowed gracefully. “I am always at your service, my princess, I will help
you.”
They all cheered; smiling contentedly at each other as a bright light appeared
in the room along with Sailor Pluto.
“Small Lady will stay in the realm of time where I guard the gates while I take
you to the time where I could distinguish Makoto’s life force.”
“Right,” Usagi looked at her friends. “Let’s transform!”
“YEAH!” They echoed in agreement.
“Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!”
“Mercury Star Power, Make Up!”
“Mars Star Power, Make Up!”
“Venus Star Power, Make Up!”
Beautiful lights, ribbons, flames and bubbles flew around and revealed the group
of the Sailor Senshi.
“Okay, Sailor Pluto,” Sailor Moon said. “Lets go!”
Makoto, Scarlet and Blue were sat across the concrete as Time-Scale still
floated up over them, trying to show she was high over them with power, her evil
grin made them uncomfortable and wanting to take her down.
“You know soon, you’ll all be dead, and my masters and the Mysterons will rule
the world.”
Makoto took a stand, getting up sharply and shouting up at her with great
bravery. “You won’t be ruling anything, you’ll be dead long before you try and
get this planet!”
Time-Scale hissed. “You will be silent, stupid frail child!” She growled and
threw down a great dagger like beam at Makoto who was in shock that is was
coming right for her. But a blur of red caught her eye as that of Scarlet, stood
in the way, throwing himself against her, protecting her from the hit from the
attack.
They fell down; streams of blood now visibly trickling from Scarlet’s shoulder.
Blue quickly pulled his gun from the holster and took shots at Time-Scale who
dodged them easily, but it had given them time to get behind the large monument,
Scarlet pressed his back to it, holding his injury.
“Why did you take that shot for me? It was deserving to me, I know how to fight
past it.”
“You may be a fighter but I couldn’t let you get hurt, it’s my duty to protect
people from the Mysterons, but she is pretty much an alien herself so it’s still
my call.”
She lowered her gaze. She was happy that he didn’t want her to get hurt, but she
had to do this fight and there was no more use of hiding, her identity didn’t
matter anymore, she just had to protect the world.
She ran out from behind the monument. Scarlet was shocked but didn’t move and
neither did Blue, they wanted to see the outcome of her actions.
Time-Scale looked down on her. “You want more! You are completely simple
minded!”
Makoto grinned. “You’re very foolish. Being so naïve! Our battle has just
begun!”
Time-Scale’s eyes went wide; the realisation was just hitting her.
Makoto pulled out the transformation stick, what she had said was a trinket from
her friends, in a way it was but it was a powerful one that would help humanity.
She raised it high.
“Jupiter Star Power, Make Up!”
Scarlet and Blue looked on shocked as a mixture of light and electricity emerged
from the stick and flew around Makoto who turned around with the power that
enveloped her. She reappeared from it dressed in her Sailor Fuku and stood in
her pose then smiling up at Time-Scale who was literally ripping her hair out;
she was utterly scared to actually fight Jupiter, but never admitted it.
“I am one of the agents of love and justice, I call upon the power of thunder to
heed my attacks, you see before you a member of the Sailor Senshi… SAILOR
JUPITER!” She pointed up to the skies at the shaking monster. “And your time is
up!”
The green suited Senshi stood proud in
front of Time-Scale and the Spectrum officers. She had her head held high,
looking up at the frightened monster that was trying to hold her fear at bay
away from the sights of the brave young warrior.
Scarlet held onto his injury, which was healing at a rapid rate with his powers
of retro-metabolism. He couldn’t believe his eyes after seeing her transform
into the Sailor she really was. He had thought to himself about it before and
had been suspicious about her story, much of it was true but the other part of
it was a way to hide her identity.
“My god…” Time-Scale’s words were grabbed by alarm and most of all, loathing.
“You brought me here to fight without my friends…” She put up her fists,
clenched tightly up in front of her, while her legs were kept apart, her balance
mainly in her back foot that shifted on the spot ready to go. “… Now lets go…”
Time-Scale hovered there, her eyes firming set onto the courageous young
soldier, she wasn’t going to back down like she thought she would away from her
friends who stood by her with their powers so great. She let out a shaky sigh,
letting the fact that she was pretty much weaker then her opponent take over her
mind, but she wasn’t going to give up.
“Oh Sailor Jupiter! You are all for being the really tough Senshi girl,”
Time-Scale laughed ruffling her hair back from her cheeks. She gave a demonic
grin along with morbid and anguished eyes that were staring at the Senshi with
death riding her sentimental gaze. “You really thought that we would actually
fight. You with a greater power, which I must admit, would take me down. You are
too quick my time balls and I know that for sure. But you must know, in the
court of the Black Moon, we play by one rule… the rule to do as we may, and what
I’m about to do makes the favour tilt my way…”
She snapped her fingers, the high pitched click brought the Mysteronised guards
to their position, guns high in her direction. Jupiter watched them as did
Scarlet and Blue, who had stayed put for the time being.
The soldiers had taken care of the land agents and now were there to do
Time-Scale’s bidding; the heartless fiend folded her arms and kept her gaze on
Sailor Jupiter.
“This is my way… I’ll have them shoot you down…” She let out a low cackle.
“But, this isn’t fair, you said that I would face you away from the Senshi, just
me and you!”
“Do you really believe I would keep my word? The only thing that sticks is that
the Sailor Senshi are out of this battle!”
“You lying…”
“Don’t waste your breath…” She narrowed her eyes, “… Because it will be your
last!”
The Mysteron soldiers aimed at Jupiter, standing like a firing squad in front of
her ready to blast the young green-clad Senshi away.
‘This is so unfair, the odds are stacked against me…’ Jupiter thought. She
remained standing in her fight position for she had to remain fearless.
Gunshots roared, but it wasn’t from the soldiers they were too busy backing off
away from the Spectrum Captains who were shooting at them, defending her. But
they wouldn’t be able to take them on for much longer, which was the right
notion as the soldiers gathered their senses and started firing. Each shot
ricocheting off the side of the monument as Scarlet and Blue hid back behind it,
guns still at the ready.
Then they turned their fire to Jupiter who easily dodged her shots; each bullet
missed her every leap to escape. She landed gracefully as all the soldiers
reloaded. Time Scale put a hand up so they wouldn’t fire again until she said
so.
“Face it, Jupiter,” the evil monster said, “You have no hope to leave here
alive.”
Jupiter took heavy breaths; she flicked her hair back, which was tied in its
usual high ponytail.
“This is hopeless, how do I beat them all… I can’t possibly win…” Her voice was
low enough not to be heard by Time-Scale, as not to give her the satisfaction to
know she could succeed in taking down the Senshi.
Blue heard her and called over to her, knowing not to be loud. “Mysterons are
killed by electricity, you can easily take those soldiers out.”
Jupiter turned to him and her face lit up, ‘Electricity! That’s my call card.’
She thought, the hint of prospect taking to light. “Thanks,” she called to him
then turned her attentions back to Time-Scale and her band of followers.
Time-Scale smiled, “Prepare to die… I will give you death on my command to
fire!” She looked down at her small army. She was ready to shout fire when
Jupiter spoke out with courage against her foes.
“You may have your troops to take me down, as the coward you are! All against
me, the odds of me surviving slim in your books. But I have a power that will
take them all, you’ll never stand a chance!”
“What!” Time-Scale screeched.
Jupiter brought her hands down crossed and her index and fourth finger raised on
her hands. "Please, my guardian Jupiter! Bring me a storm and bless the clouds
with fearsome lightning!" A small
lightning rod rose from her tiara, darkness coursed across the skies and a huge
amount of electricity could be felt like static through the air prickling
everyone’s skin. The lightning rode out the clouds and crashed into the rod
flowing around her, the attack ready.
Time-Scale froze. “Oh no…”
Jupiter called out. “SUPREME THUNDER!”
The attack roared over, across to Time-Scale and the Mysterons who were in a
state of shock, the attack crashing against them. The Mysteronised soldiers all
cried out and slumped down after the charge took them down, each one killed
permanently, no power to come back.
Time-Scale fell down, hitting the ground hard, shaking from the attack. She
couldn’t believe it. After all that had just happened, she was now alone,
knowing what Sailor Jupiter had felt when she was ganged up on.
“Wow…” Scarlet said, no longer gripping his wound since there wasn’t one there
to grip, it had healed completely.
Blue agreed, “That’s some attack!”
Time-Scale staggered to her feet gingerly, her mind all over the place as she
tried to stay on her feet, she coughed and turned her head to the direction of
Jupiter, standing amongst the dead bodies growling like a dog, fists clenched
tightly.
“You…meddling little wench!” She let out an angry scream, rubbing some spittle
from the corners of her mouth. “You’ll pay for that, you are ruining my plan!”
She yelled, flinging her arms up and forming an unseen attack and hauling it in
Jupiter’s direction. She didn’t see it coming until it was clearly in front of
her. She gasped and tried to dodge but was forced back and thrown, scuffing her
body against the concrete.
The pain rushed through her like a burn and she held in the urge to scream out
for the agony within.
Scarlet and Blue were shocked, they held their guns tight and flew from hiding
and fired at Time-Scale, who merely laughed, holding up a hand. All the bullets
slowed down, caught in the lapse of time. They stopped within her grip and she
crushed them to dust.
They held their guns up high still, even though they knew it was futile to keep
on firing, she would just crumble each bullet between her fingers like it was
nothing but chalk.
“You won’t be helping her! I won’t allow it!” She launched a bubble at them that
on impact enveloped the two Spectrum officers. They were trapped inside it;
their attempts to escape were useless, they watched on, looking at Sailor
Jupiter who was just regaining herself, leaning up her elbows rubbing her head,
groaning softly.
“Now back to you!” Time-Scale walked slowly towards the Senshi who turned round
to get up only to receive a slap across the face.
She gasped and fell back, turning to crawl away, making the evil monster laugh
with glee.
“Yes scurry away little Senshi, my victory will soon strike you down to the
depths of the underworld!”
She gained a powerful beam in her hands, it glowed a deep grey and blue and
fired at Jupiter, who screamed, her powers draining slowly.
“You will no longer need your powers! I will use them to open up the doorway
back to the past taking the Mysterons with me, this world is history!”
Sailor Jupiter felt her whole aura crush around her as the energy was holding
her tightly in its grasp. Then her eyes widened as she heard Big Ben start its
ringing as the bells tolled twelve, the who area glazed over in a deep red as a
light from the clock face fired out into thin area began to open a rift.
The time device in the clock was working.
Time-Scale took one of her hands containing Jupiter’s energy and fired it at the
rift, it began to open up, and the time path was appearing.
Scarlet and Blue stood watching the portal open, helpless to do anything to stop
it from opening a way for the Mysterons to win the war, they beat their hands
against the bubble that held them. It was unbreakable.
“I can’t let her win…” Jupiter said weakly, looking from Time-Scale who was
maniacally laughing to the Spectrum officers who stood uneasily trying to get
free to save their time. “I must do something…”
She gathered some strength and began to stand up, clenching her hands, barely
apart as electricity began to gather between her fingers.
“SPARKLING WIDE…”
Time-Scale turned. “What? You can’t! NO!”
“…PRESSURE!”
Jupiter shot an electricity ball up at Big Ben. It flew with tremendous speed
before striking the face of the clock, making the beam shut off, but the rift
remained open but was vastly fluxing to keep its energy. Time-Scale released the
Senshi from her power draining attack and Jupiter staggered back, dropping to
her knees.
“No matter, you may have cut off that beam, but it was already too late. The
rift may be weaker but it is still open, some of the power I got from you was
enough to have some stability for it.”
‘I can’t win…’ Jupiter’s mind flaunted on the turn of events, she closed her
eyes as tears welled. ‘Usagi, Minako, Rei, Ami, Luna, Artemis, Chibi-Usa… I
failed you all…’
Time-Scale had turned from the wallowing Senshi and looked into the sky raising
her hands up. “Great and honourable Mysterons, you now can help the black
kingdom to take the world of the past, we will be victorious!”
“You won’t succeed!” Scarlet said, pressing his hands up against the bubble.
“Oh and how will you stop me?” Time-Scale looked smugly at the dark haired man
who scowled viciously at her. She averted her attention away from him and back
up. “Come forth allies of this time, we shall cross together!”
The skies began to rumble and a pale green radiated from the skies in thick
waves of light that disturbed the Earth surface in vibrating ripples.
She laughed, looking at the each shocked individual faces of Captain Blue,
Captain Scarlet and Sailor Jupiter.
“You’re all finished, I will…” Time-Scale was cut off when a bright light
appeared from far off her left side, “What the…”
From the bright light a door began to emerge, gleaming a silver colour that
blinded Time-Scale. She covered up her eyes. Once the light became bearable to
look at, she turned back to the doorway, which seeped with a smoke like it was
coated in dry ice.
“It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before…” Blue said to his companion as they
stood, pressed up to the bubble, being their morbid prison.
Jupiter watched like Time-Scale, unknowing what it was, but she had a distinct
feeling she knew but couldn’t come to remembering. Her curiosity was frenzied,
she didn’t know if her next moments were her demise or her survival.
The doors began to open slowly; an eerie sound of wind rang out like a storm
brewing the skies, making everyone fear what was there.
When it was fully opened, a light flashed in gold streams and five figures
emerged, Time-Scale’s face was gripped with horror, she held in a breath before
she gulped and took a few steps back.
“Sailor Senshi…” She said in a near whisper. Walking from the door of time was
Sailor Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Pluto.
Chapter 7: The Past and Future
“Sailor Senshi!”
Sailor Jupiter cried happily.
Time-Scale lost
the words to speak. She gagged on the sight of seeing the Sailor Senshi appear
against what she had planned. She tried to scream but all that came out was
gargled, crackled whines.
She gulped and
shook her head as she managed to speak from the shock. “No, this can’t be! How
did you get here?”
“We used a time
passage of our own!” Sailor Moon said looking over her shoulder back to the door
they had passed through. “Did you think you were the only one who could control
time?”
Time-Scale’s
draw dropped as Sailor Moon looked back at her smugly then peering at Sailor
Pluto who stood proud, as the keeper of time she was doing her job as of far,
but she had some unfinished business that needed attending to before the monster
would be dealt with.
She looked from
the big clock to the fluxing rift, then to Time-Scale, who was a scared stupid.
“You are not
worthy of using time as your ally!” Pluto said in a deep tone. “I will stop this
abomination!”
“You… You
can’t!” Time-Scale screamed but Sailor Pluto didn’t listen to her pitiful cries
and raised her time staff, the garnet orb on top, glowing a bright red that
streamed with great power.
“I call upon the
powers time, seal away this travesty of the feigned gate created of evil!”
With her words a
great beam of bright red and purple light flew up into the sky, weaving towards
Big Ben like a ribbon in the wind, striking the face, eradicating any traces of
the time device that was used on it.
Time-Scale
screamed out, everything was turning away from her favour. Captain Scarlet and
Blue stood watching in amazement at the power that was used by Sailor Pluto,
from the bubble they could see everything, though they felt they were watching a
fantasy movie.
Another beam
traced out of her time staff and headed towards the rift, but the monster wasn’t
just going to let them win. She raised her hand and called out to the Senshi,
“You won’t close that rift! Not as long as I’m here!”
Between her
fingers formed a time ball, she grinned and launched her hand back and hurled
the ball with all her might at the rift. It flew like a bullet, passing at speed
by the power of Pluto’s. The ball flew into the rift and grew brighter.
Time-Scaled
laughed hysterically. “You will not defeat me easily, you will…” She paused as
she looked at the rift. Her face dropping from the perky smile to a deep
sorrowful frown, the power of the time staff coiled around the rift putting
pressure on it, like squeezing it as hard as it could.
“It can’t be!”
Time-Scale murmured.
The ribbon of
power from Pluto proved too much and crushed the rift; a great blinding light
flew out as it disappeared into nothing.
“Your power has
been countered,” Pluto said, placing her head to her staff. Time-Scale screamed
in frustration.
Sailor Jupiter
stumbled over to the bubble witch held the Spectrum agents.
“Are you okay?”
They looked at her and nodded, she put her head against it weakly. She felt
drained but had the need to free them from Time-Scale’s doing.
She stood back.
“I’m going to get you out…” Her lightning rod raised from her tiara but only a
few sparks emanated from it. She was too weak to free them. “… I can’t, I don’t
have the power…”
She slumped
slightly, her knees buckled but her fellow Senshi, Venus and Mars caught her.
“You rest up,”
Venus said, helping her properly to her feet. “Me and Mars will help them out.”
“Let’s do it!”
Mars said, with raw enthusiasm.
“CRESCENT BEAM!”
“FIRE SOUL!”
A thick mass of
fire and light collided with the bubble, sending a shockwave over it. Then
within a second of impact the shell of it began to crack and spread amply across
the surface until it shattered into small shards that fell oppressively onto the
concrete floor.
“Thanks,”
Captain Blue said to the two Senshi, who nodded at him.
Time-Scale had
fallen to her knees, finding it hard to catch her breath, hyperventilating as
she kept playing back the scene over in her mind. Her demise could be felt
screaming up her skin, she didn’t know what to do next. Then she looked up at
the still pale green sky and finally sucked in a gasp of hope.
“Help me great
Mysterons!” She blundered her steps as she got up.
“Who?” Sailor
Moon said; she with Pluto and Mercury had joined their friends next to Scarlet
and Blue.
“The Mysterons,”
Captain Scarlet said, the name sent a shiver into Sailor Moon’s spine.
“The enemy of
our time,” Blue added.
“They sound
creepy,” Moon said clasping her hands to her face.
“Get a grip,
Sailor Moon,” Mars scowled slightly, folding her arms.
There was a long
silence; everyone waited especially Time-Scale who was shaking recklessly from
an invisible icy chill that flowed through her insides.
Then they spoke:
“We are the
Mysterons, we hear your call…”
“Yes, please
help me, I need you now!”
“… We hear you
call Time-Scale, your plan has gone a stray and by our judgement, you are unfit
an ally to us…”
Time-Scale
raised her neck up. “WHAT!”
“… From now on…
you are alone…”
“NO! YOU CAN’T
DO THIS TO ME! WAIT!”
The green skies
melted away with a thunderous roar and the perfect blue came back, fluffy cloud
mounting high up, the beauty had returned through the tense atmosphere that was
once there infected by evil.
Time-Scale
stood, tears of fear and hopelessness fell down her cheeks and now horror had
taken control in her mind, she veered her head to look over at the Senshi and
the Spectrum agents who stood staring at her, waiting for her next move.
“I… I’m out of
here!” She cried and whisked her body round and began to run away.
“Oh no you
don’t!” Sailor Moon called out then looked back at Sailor Mercury who nodded.
Mercury thrust
her hands forward. “SHABON SPRAY!”
An obscuring fog
drifted across and around Time-Scale, her path disappearing from sight. She
stopped running and looked about seeing nothing but a blue and grey mass of
globules. She stood stiff, the air was cold and each time she exhaled she could
feel her throat clenching tight. Her skin prickled and she hunched over, stomach
clenched with the feeling of foreboding.
“It’s time to
finish out battle.”
Time-Scale
snapped round to see a frame appear through the fog, Sailor Jupiter came through
using her courage to power her weak state.
“This is not
fair…” Time-Scale slurred out through blossoming tears.
Sailor Jupiter
raised her hands to the sky. “Give me the power now to defeat this time
travelling trash!” Lightning hit her rod that protruded from her tiara, “SUPREME
THUNDER DRAGON!”
An immense
striking power plastered up hard into Time-Scale who was threw back through the
bubbles screaming as it hammered against her being like a thousand daggers
plummeting into her body. She skidded across the floor to a stop, crying
bitterly in a self-pitiful manor.
Sailor Jupiter
walked out; a smile was sat on her lips, her eyes looking glazed over from the
draining attack. “Consider yourself beaten.”
With that she
closed her eyes and fainted down, lying crumpled on the floor.
“JUPITER!” All
the Senshi minus Moon and Pluto ran to their fallen companion.
“It’s time to
lay the fiend to rest, Sailor Moon,” Pluto said not looking from Time-Scale who
was trying her best to stand, blood poured thickly from her brow, scratches drew
lines up her sides and bruises blotched her skin that had turned red raw.
“I think you’re
right…” Sailor Moon raised her moon tier. “Please, give me the power,” she
whispered.
Time-Scale
looked up as Sailor Moon was powering up her attack, she knew she had to make a
break for it what ever condition she was in, she scrambled clumsily to get away
but Sailor Venus stopped her.
“VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!”
The strong light
created chain wrapped around Time-Scale’s upper body and gave a sharp tug to
unbalance her and send her tumbling back onto the floor.
Sailor Moon
released her attack. “MOON PRINCESS HALATION!”
A crescent of
the moon flew at the downed monster that screamed in agonising pain as she was
enveloped by the power, disintegrating her to nothing more than a pile of dusty
debris.
“Well done,
Sailor Moon,” Pluto congratulated. “And to all of you Sailor Senshi.”
“Poor Jupiter,”
Mercury said, who was holding the hand of her friend who lay in an unconscious
state.
“We’ve got to
help her,” Mars said standing up. “Share our power!”
“Alright,”
Sailor Moon said running up to the other. They formed a circle around Jupiter.
“MARS STAR
POWER!”
“MERCURY STAR
POWER!”
“VENUS STAR POWER!”
“MOON CRYSTAL
POWER!”
A great energy
rose from each Senshi, their auras glowed bright with the colours of what they
were, mingling together and floating over Sailor Jupiter, who’s body absorbed
the power as her healing began.
Scarlet and Blue
looked on; they were still over come by what the whole turn of events had
displayed.
“This is so
amazing,” Blue said, he was mostly transfixed.
“Yeah, how the
heck are we going to write this into a report,” Scarlet said; his humour dry.
“With great
difficulty,” Blue chuckled.
Jupiter opened
her eyes slowly, signalling them to stop their power transfer, she let out a
deep sigh, and they kneeled down to her as she rubbed her face and tried to sit
up, they helped her as she found it difficult.
“Take it easy,”
Venus said softly. “It’s over.”
“Time-Scale…”
Jupiter coughed as she spoke.
“Let’s just say
her time was up,” Mars smirked, making Jupiter laugh laxly.
“Nice to know
you haven’t lost your sense of humour,” Sailor Moon said with a big smirk on her
face. “But with Mars telling the jokes I wouldn’t be surprised if you were dead
now.”
“Usagi…” Mars
said under her breath, rolling her eyes as the others giggled.
“What about
Captain Blue and Scarlet?” Jupiter asked. “Are they okay?”
“You mean those
men?” Mercury said, everyone turned to the Spectrum officers who noticed they
were the centre of attention and walked over; Mars and Moon stood up.
“You did a great
job,” Blue said as he and Scarlet stopped in front of them. “We heard the Sailor
Senshi were tough from a partially reliable source.”
“In one way…”
Scarlet added, looking intensely at Jupiter.
“I had to lie to
keep my identity secret,” Jupiter said, she looked down then up again at the
agents. “But I had to help and it didn’t seem to matter.”
“We’ll keep your
secret,” Blue said and she smiled at him.
“Thank you… for
everything”
“Everything?”
Blue went down onto one knee to talk closer to Jupiter.
“Yes, helping me
and all.”
Blue laughed
softly and shook his head. “You did all the work,” He said through his laughter.
“If you hadn’t
of been there from the start… maybe Time-Scale would have succeeded in her
plans. Where would we be then?”
Blue put a hand
on her shoulder. “Don’t think about it, you beat her and it’s all said and
done.”
She closed her
eyes as she smiled; Scarlet cleared his throat to get his friends attention.
“We better
report in to Colonel White and get back to Cloudbase,” Scarlet said.
“And we better
get back to our own time,” Pluto said also.
The Senshi got
Jupiter to her feet; her arms were over Mercury and Venus who helped her walk to
the gate of time, with Sailor Pluto in lead.
Jupiter turned
her head to Blue and Scarlet and motioned with her lips. “Goodbye.”
The Spectrum
pair watched as the Sailor Senshi crossed through the door, their figures became
shrouded back the mist that poured out and the doors slowly closed on them.
Once done, it
disappeared with a blinding light and there was nothing more of them.
The Spectrum
officers made their way back to the SPJ, the scene never to be forget but
Time-Scale was nothing more than dust that scattered softly across the pavement
in the gentle breeze. She had become nothing more after crossing the path of
thunder, against Sailor Jupiter and her fellow Sailor Senshi.
The end
Any
comments? Send an E-MAIL to the SPECTRUM HEADQUARTERS site.