Welcome to the next ch. For those of you who think this isn?t a good fic cause I?m repeating a lot of the Doom Tree Series, here?s a totally made up chapter for you, that isn?t a rewrite of any Doom Tree series episode. Hope you enjoy it. Usual disclaimers apply. Sailor Scouts R - Ch. 8: A Day at the Beach Later that night, Mina got to the temple, shortly after Mrs. Winston left the hospital, and got a call from Ray, to meet the Scouts at the temple. Following Serena?s tradition, Mina was the last to show up, ?Ok, Ray, what?s this meeting about?? ?First off, Mina your late. Second, I got a call from Mrs. Tsukino earlier. She and the rest of Serena?s family are going to the beach early tomorrow, and we?ve been invited to come along.? Everybody got smiles on their faces, indicating they had no problem with this, so Ray called the Tsukino house back and told Serena?s mom they?d be there. ?With the personal business aside. Did anyone get anything new on our alien enemies responsible for all these cardiens?? Amy spoke up, ?I don?t have anything, but I got some unpleasant news.? As soon as she had everyone?s attention, she looked at Mina, ?I?ve been doing some scans on Mina?s use of Sailor Moon?s tiara over the past few battles, and I?m getting odd readings from it.? Mina got a little worried, ?What kind of odd readings?? ?I?m not sure yet Mina,? Amy explained, ?You?d have to use it again for me to get a more accurate reading,? After everyone else added what they could to the meeting, which was not enough to take any action against the aliens, the Scouts each went to their separate homes. The next morning, all of Serena?s friends arrived at the Tsukino house just as they were loading the last of the beach chairs into the van. Mrs. Tsukino noticed them first, ?Oh, hello girls. Ready to go?? The Scouts nodded their heads as they climbed in the back seats. Amy, and Ray took the middle row seats, with Sammy in between, and Lita and Mina took the very back seats. As soon as everyone was buckled up, Mr. Tsukino drove out of the drive way and started toward Tokyo Beach.. In Allen and Ann?s apartment, Our two favorite aliens were hatching up there latest plan. Ann made the suggestion first, ?If you ask me the best way to get energy from these humans is to drain them while they?re lazy. That way we get the most energy out of them, when they don?t use it.? ?I tend to agree, Ann,? Allen said as he took out his stack of cards, ?Now all we need is the appropriate cardien.? Ann picked a cardien and Allen played his flute. The card showed the picture of a cardien made purely of sand, ?Cardien Beach Head I summon you.? The cardien came out and was ready to do Allen?s bidding, ?Beach Head, go to Tokyo Beach when it turns afternoon, and steel everyone?s energy. As much of it as you can?? The cardien said, ?No problem, just let me at them..? With that, the Cardien left. Everybody was having a good time. Amy, was sitting under an umbrella, Mina, Ray and Lita were in the water with Sammy, and Mr., and Mrs. Tsukino were sitting under umbrellas as well. Mrs. Tsukino has been thinking about each of her daughters friends all day. She noticed how close they all seemed, as if they were all sisters or something like that. She was so far into her thoughts she almost didn?t see the Cardien?s attack in time to get out of its way. The Scouts noticed the cardien and grouped up with the Tsukinos, and tried to make a run for it. People began screaming and running as the cardien said the same thing every other cardien tends to say, ?Give me your energy.? After draining several victims, the cardien turned toward the Tsukinos and the Scouts. They all noticed this and began to run. The Scouts were unable to transform in front of the Tsukinos until they could find a way to hide. Unfortunately, the cardien had other plans. It chased them back to the parking lot and into an alley way. The cardien had them all cornered with no way out, and Mina realized this. Much to the protest of the Tsukinos, Serena?s friends got in front of them as Mina declared, ?You want them? You got to go through us first.? ?If you insist,? the cardien said as it began to stalk toward them, thinking it had the upper hand. ?Girls, get back,? Mrs. Tsukino demanded with a tone of urgency. Mina, however, was thinking of a different course of action. One she hoped she never had to command the rest of the Scouts to. She turned to her teammates, and commanded, ?SAILOR SCOUTS TRANSFORM YOURSELVES!!? The Tsukinos didn?t know what Mina was babbling about until all four shouted into the air. ?MERCURY POWER TRANSFORM? ?MARS POWER TRANSFORM? ?JUPITER POWER TRANSFORM? ?VENUS POWER TRANSFORM? ?SCOUT POWER!!!!!!? To the shock of the Tsukinos, after a light show of water, fire, lightning, and energy, instead of Serena?s friends stood the Sailor Scouts ready to do battle. Sailor Mercury was the first to speak up, ?Heads up hair ball, or your going to get wet. I?m Sailor Mercury, and on behalf of Mercury, I?ll punish you.? Mars was next, ?Your majorly toasted blonde. Sailor Mars is my name, fire is my game. On behalf of Mars, I?ll punish you.? ?You want trouble pal your looking at it. Shooting lightning is my game, I?m Sailor Jupiter, and I?ll punish you.? ?I was formerly known as Sailor V in London, but now I go by my full name. The V is or victory, I?m Sailor Venus, and your going out with the tide pal.? Sailor Mars was the first to attack. ?MARS FIRE IGNITE? The cardien dodged her attack easily, before Jupiter and Mina joined in. ?VENUS CRESCENT BEAM......? ?JUPITER THUNDER......? ?SHOWER? ?CRASH.? The multiple crescent beams, each with a bit of Jupiter?s lightning attack, charged at the cardien, but it dodged them all. Mina had an idea, ?Sailor Mars, trying using your prayer strips to stop this thing.? But before Mars could reply, the cardien started throwing sand by the ton at each Scout. They all took some hits but managed to dodge the biggest portion of each attack. Mars got up and attacked. ?I CALL APON THE POWER OF MARS........ FIREBALLS CHARGE? Unfortunately, Ray?s attack missed also. Mercury tried her attack. ?MERCURY ICE BUBBLES FREEZE? Everything was coated in ice.......... except the cardien. Mercury took out her computer and visor and began scanning the cardien, ?Guys, this cardien has sharp eye sight. That?s why it?s able to dodge our attacks before it gets hit.? Venus began to curse, ?Got any idea?s how to fight this, Mercury?? ?Just one. MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST,? Sailor Mercury?s fog covered the area, making it impossible for the cardien to see where the attacks would come from, and Mars attacked again. ?I CALL APON THE POWER OF MARS........ FIREBALLS CHARGE? Sailor Mars?s prayer strip hit the cardien this time, and was now immobile, ?Sailor Venus, NOW!!!!? Mina took out the Moon tiara. ?MOON TIARA MAGIC? The cardien screamed before it turned into a burnt out playing card just as the fog disappeared. Once the cardien was gone, the Scouts had to attend to one last problem...... The Tsukinos, who saw the whole fight, start to finish. Mrs. Tsukino was the first to come out of her shock, ?You girls are the Sailor Scouts?? The Scouts detransformed and nodded their heads. Ellen was just about over her shock as her brain began to do the math. All the nights She saw Serena climb out her window, Was always sleepy, and coming home late for dinner on a few occasions. Ellen then asked, ?Serena was a Scout too, wasn?t she?? The girls again nodded their heads again, ?Despite that, we are just as clueless as you are about what happened to Serena though, or to be more accurate, Sailor Moon. All we can tell you is our last moments with her. We were the last to see her alive.? Mina spoke up, ?I think we should continue this discussion somewhere more private.? Everyone agreed and went to pack up the stuff for the trip back to the Tsukino house. Allen pounded a fist into the wall, ?Beach Head failed. How did the Scouts respond so fast to this cardien? It appeared miles from the Juban district.? ?I don?t know Allen, but we definitely need to come up with a better plan,? Ann said as the two began to make a new plan for saving the Doom Tree. The drive back to the Tsukino house was an eventful drive. Sammy kept muttering about his sister being Sailor Moon, obviously still in shock. Ken, was doing some babbling also, to say the least, and Ellen listened intently to Mina contact someone named Artemis to meet at the Tsukino house, and to have Luna ready for an explanation, . To say the Tsukinos were shocked at finding out that Artemis was Mina?s cat, and that he and Luna could talk would be an understatement. Once everyone got settled in the living room, Luna began her tale, ?Mrs. Tsukino....? ?Luna, please, call me Ellen,? Mrs. Tsukino felt more comfortable with formalities out of the way. ?All right, Ellen. As I was about to say, The Sailor Scouts date back a thousand years, to a kingdom that existed on the Moon.? Luna went into details about the Silver Millennium, how it ended and how she and Artemis found the Scouts. Each of the scouts added their pieces of the story during the fight with Beryl and the Negaverse, and then started going into detail about the final fight about almost 3 months ago. When they were done, Ellen still had one question left, ?So, what ever happened to Serena?? Luna decided to try to answer that question, ?Ellen, when I reactivated the Scouts?, I also probed their minds for details on the final fight, and I think it would be better if I showed you.? Luna got up onto the coffee table and turned so she was facing away from the Tsukinos. Luna took one look at the Scouts and said, ?Just so you girls now, I?m not a film projector, so don?t ask me to do this so you can watch movies.? With that, Luna resumed her stance, and a beam of light projected out of her crescent moon. It stopped half way across the room, and looked like a big screen TV screen. The images on it began to show Serena?s last stand with Beryl. (on the screen) An Earthquake began as a huge black cacoon burst out of the ice. It opened to reveal a large and laughing Beryl as another voice said, ?Better enjoy that laugh Beryl.? Queen Beryl turned to see Sailor Moon approaching her as she continued, ?It?s the last one you?ll ever have. You?ll never rule this universe as long as I live.? Beryl looked at Sailor Moon and said, ?We better get this over with then.? ?Lets do it,? Sailor Moon said as she stopped walking. Beryl began to collect energy in her hands and said, ?You don?t know what your dealing with. Good bye Sailor Moon. RRRRAAAAAHHHHHH.? With that, Beryl sent her power at Sailor Moon. It impacted with the area she was standing in and a tall ice sculpture appeared in her place. Just as Beryl believed Sailor Moon was dead, the top of the Sculptor opened to look like an ice flower and Beryl say Princess Serena as she said, ?I will defeat you Beryl in the name of the Moon.? The princess was holding the Crescent Moon Wand, with the Imperium Silver Crystal on it. Beryl just snorted, ?You? Pitiful little Princess Serena?? With that, Serena lifted the wand saying, ?I hear you Luna. I?m not afraid anymore.? ?YOU SHOULD BE, RRRRAAAHHHHHHH,? with that, Beryl sent another energy attack. Princess Serena began her attack also, ?COSMIC MOON POWER. FIGHT THIS EVIL? Both attacks hit each other. Princess Serena began to loose the battle as Beryl?s attack got closer and closer to the Moon Princess, ?I will not let you win this one you witch. My friends are counting on me.? Just then the spirits of the Sailor Scouts appeared, demanding to let them help her put Beryl away, ?I do need all of you. Please help me.? With that each Scout put one hand on the wand. Once they were in place, they all chanted. ?MERCURY POWER? ?MARS POWER? ?JUPITER POWER? ?VENUS POWER? ?COSMIC MOON POWER IGNITE,? Serena shouted as each scout and herself poured every ounce of power they could into the attack. Soon the attack began collecting energy from even Queen Beryl?s attack, ?What is this?? The energy collected into a pink ball and Princess Serena let it loose. It grew in size, and by the time it reached Beryl, it was as big as she was, before it started turning her into a lot of moon dust. Beryl had enough time to shout, ?NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO.? as soon as Beryl was destroyed, the image went black. (End on screen images.) Luna terminated the beam. There wasn?t an eye in the room that wasn?t shedding tears for the loss of their friend/daughter/sister. Amy managed to regain some control, ?And that?s pretty much all we know. We don?t even know how we came back to life cause we died hours before that final battle.? It was many hours later, and many tears sheaded, before the Scouts left that night. Before they left, they gave each of the Tsukinos a hug, and told them that if anything new came up about Serena, anything at all, they?d contact them. That night, Mina went to Amy?s house to spend the night. Well, that?s what she told her parents, but Amy had news to share with her. As soon as Mina got there she asked, ?Ok, Amy. What did you want?? ?I found out more about the odd readings I was getting. It?s bad,? Amy Declared. ?How bad,? Mina asked. ?OK, let me try to explain this. Your Venus powers aren?t what?s powering the Tiara enough to dust the cardiens. Your powers activate it, yes, but the rest of the power comes from.......... the best way to describe it is a battery that?s in the Tiara. It currently has a charge in it left over from when Serena was using it. Remember when she powered it when one of the Doom and Gloom girls got you?? Mina shivered at that. She didn?t like the feeling she got when she fired her crescent beam at point blank range, ? Yes what of it?? ?Well that?s when Serena put the charge, so to speak, in the Tiara. This charge is being drained each time you use it. Once the charge is used up, you won?t be able to have enough power to do serious damage to a cardien with it. I estimate you?ll be able to use it anywhere from 5 to 15 more times before the charge is gone. That?s the best estimate I can give you.? Mina was in a panic, ?We?re in trouble.? Amy nodded, ?Unless we beat these aliens with their cardiens, and soon, yes.? With the business out of the way, the two tried to hit the sack and get some sleep. Luckily it was a Friday night, cause neither of them got much sleep that night. Well what do you think? Did you like it? Stay tuned for ch. 9 - Ray?s Day In The Spotlight. Send all comments to gbess@iname.com. Visit my web site at www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/2058.