Sailor Moon G: Memories and Melodies Part 7 Rated: PG Author: Dragonmaster Dyne email: daveparadise@hotmail.com ************************************************************* The plan of attack from there was slowly developed and it was decided that they would attack tomorrow morning since everyone but Dav felt that he needed one more night's rest before fighting again. He decided to stay at the temple for the night since he really had no reason to go home and he eventually agreed that he was too weak to do anything too strenuous. Late that night Raye sat meditating in front of the fire when she heard a knock. "Come in." she said without moving. Dav walked in and sat behind her. "Can't sleep?" She asked and turned around. "No, it's just that I've a feeling of... emptiness inside of me. It's not helping me sleep at all." "I know how you feel. I've had that feeling ever since Lita and I found you in the park. It started only a few minutes after Amy followed that guy into the portal he created." "He must have developed more powers, there was something I didn't tell you guys earlier but I didn't know it then." "What?" "Blade lived at the same time we did. He was captured by the Negaverse and corrupted by their evil. He eventually became a rogue fighter and made his way to Earth right before Queen Beryl made her first attacks." "So we are up against the Negaverse." Raye then said to herself, "I knew I recognized the vibes around him." "But that's not what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid of what Amy's going to do to us. With her being brainwashed this fight's not going to be a snap." "We can easily restore her memories, the hard part will be convincing her that we never speak harshly about her." "I think the shock from when she found out she was going to be tortured did that. But that's not what I was talking about. I swore to protect her, I swore to in front of her parents when I was only 12, that was three years before Queen Beryl's attack. I was 15 when I came back to earth and I'm still 15 now, I'm not going to age until I return the ocarina to her. But right now my biggest fear is if I have to fight her." "I understand." "You know, I was wondering why you girls were always so nice to me since I've been here." "Well to tell you the truth every single one of us had a crush on you, even Amy, but she wouldn't admit it to anyone, not even herself." "Why am I not surprised?" The two laughed at the idea, "Well I'm going to try to get some sleep. Good night Raye, and thanks for listening." Dav stood up and started to walk out. "Anytime, you'd do the same for us." "You have true Courage. Many people believe that Courage is throwing your life away but it's really the power to protect the ones you love." "Who told you that?" "You did, 1000 years ago." Dav grinned with a half-grin, walked back to the guestroom, and left Raye to think for herself. Courage... she thought, to protect the ones we love. She whispered to Dav after he left, "Believe in yourself, Dav. And be strong. You'll know what to do." The next morning everyone had gathered outside of the temple and was holding a last minute discussion. "This is not going to be an easy fight, girls." Artemis said when he heard a cough behind him. He turned around to see stone grey eyes pierce into his, "Uh... and you too, Dav." "But when we get inside we're going to split up," Luna said, "You girls will come with me to stop any monsters that might be sent our way while Dav and Artemis search for Sailor Mercury." "Aren't those odds a little bad," Mina said, "One of us should go with Dav in case he gets in trouble." "No," Dav began, "You girls work better when you're all together, I can take care of myself." "If you insist, but we still don't like it." Serena said, "You ready guys?!" "For anything!" Lita said while cracking her knuckles. "Let's do it!" Said Raye. "Okay then! MOON CRYSTAL POWER!!!" "MARS STAR POWER!!!" "JUPITER STAR POWER!!!" "VENUS STAR POWER!!!" After a minute, each girl was replaced by that of her designated Scout. Dav just stood there with the sword hilt in his hand. "You're not transforming?" Sailor Moon asked. "Like I said yesterday," he said, "I don't need to unless I have to use my powers to their fullest. And if I run into Mercury that is the last thing I want to do." Everyone nodded in agreement. "Well we'd best get this show on the road." Said Venus, "Do you have any way to teleport with us?" "Unless I've got my own, no." "Perfect," Sailor Moon whined, "Now we have to run." "Then let's get moving," said Jupiter and started down the stairs with everyone following behind and Luna resting on Sailor Moon's shoulder and Artemis on Sailor Venus' shoulder. "Kind of makes you glad you're a cat, huh Luna?" Asked Artemis. "No doubt about it." She replied and got an icy stare from Moon. After sprinting the whole way the group reached the mansion within 15 minutes, Dav and Sailor Venus were the only ones not out of breath. "You girls really should try running a few miles each day." Dav said. "Sailor Moon's got the most... experience from that," Mars wheezed, "Since she's late for school... so often. Even though it hasn't done a thing for her." "You're... really... funny... Mars!" Shouted Sailor Moon with a large amount of sarcasm. "We don't have time for this," Jupiter started, "We are going in there!" She powered up her attack, "JUPITER THUNDERCLAP... ZAP!!!" And the door to the mansion was reduced to particles. "Um... Sailor Jupiter, it was already open." Said Venus. Blade sat at a control console in his main office when he heard the alarm. "Damn!" He shouted, "They came earlier than we expected!" "Is something wrong. sir?" Asked Rad who had just entered. "There are intruders in the mansion, they seem to be splitting into two groups. I want you to take three capsule monsters and attack the group of four." "What about the single one?" "I know exactly how to deal with that one. If it's who I think it is he's due for a surprise. Heh heh heh." "Yes sir." Rad proceeded to walk out of the room just as Amy walked in. "What's the matter? Why are the alarms sounding?" "It's our enemies. They've discovered where we are and are attacking. Rad's already gathering a small force against the large group." After analyzing the readouts for a few seconds Amy said, "Leave the single one to me." "Excellent," Blade responded, "take this," he tossed her her transformation pen, "and use it to power yourself up by shouting, 'Mercury Star Power'." "MERCURY STAR POWER!!!" Amy shouted and promptly underwent her usual transformation except after the sequence had ended everything about her suit that was blue before was now pitch black. "Take care." Blade said as Sailor Mercury ran out of the office. At the eastern wing of the mansion the other four Scouts and Luna were searching for any resistance when Sailor Mars suddenly felt an evil spirit approach. "Stop!" she shouted, "Something's headed our way!" "Are you sure?" asked Venus. "Positive. I sense that one is human and there are three monsters with him." "They just made a huge mistake then!" shouted Jupiter, "Because they made the mistake of getting us angry!" "Really?" Asked Rad who had just turned the corner, "I think you girls are a bit too overconfident. But the master assigned me, Rad, to take care of you!" He pulled out his staff, made a quick move, and all four Scouts suddenly found themselves flat on their butts. "He's quick! Be careful!" Shouted Luna, "No kidding?" was Sailor Moon's reply. "That's not all! Capsule monsters! Come and destroy these Sailor Scouts!" Three monsters suddenly appeared from behind where Rad stood. One seemed to be a giant squid but two of its legs looked like a human's, the second looked exactly like a gorilla except it was green and its face was extremely demonic, and the third was a red wolf-like creature wearing armor. "I'll just let these guys take care if you." Rad said and suddenly vanished, the monsters closed in. The west wing. Dav and Artemis were moving slowly so as not to trip any more alarms. "You really think she's this way?" Art asked. "Positive," was the reply, "Her mind may have been altered a little but there's still that subconscious part that still remembers us. That's what I feel from her now?" "A quick question. Do you always know what she's feeling?" "Unless I choose to. Back in the States I often got the feelings unexpectedly since I didn't know how to control it really. But the worst feeling I ever got from her was betrayal." "That must've been the time when the Negaverse used hallucinations to make her think everyone called her a cheater." "That was when she needed me the most then." Dav sighed and dropped his head, "But I guess the time for me to be with her hadn't come." "You do care for her? Don't you?" "I realized it when I was escorting her home from the park. I'm sure Raye already told you guys." Dav and Artemis got so involved in their conversation that Artemis didn't see the beam of an electric eye and didn't step through it until it was too late. Nothing happened. "Huh?" he said, "Shouldn't there be alarms going off?" "Unless it's a silent alarm I don't think it can pick you up on its scanners. Anyway we'd better move." The teenager and the cat walked through another hall when Dav noticed a double-door that led into a giant room. The room was completely vacant but it was so vast that it could've held Dav's apartment in it. "I'm going in there," Dav said. "Wait! It could be a trap!" But it was too late, once Dav stepped into the room the doors closed behind leaving Dav inside and Artemis out. "Drat!" the cat said, "He's probably a goner!" "No!" Dav's voice said from the other side, "Nothing's happening! Go find the others and tell them I'll be all right! I know I'm supposed to be here! Go now!" "Okay, but be careful." Artemis took off while Dav investigated the room. There was absolutely nothing in it other than the door. The walls and floor were completely bare and the room gave off an eerie echo every time Dav took a step. As he walked to the center he thought, Nothing at all, but why do I have that feeling I should be in here? His answer came to him as a sound of footsteps directly behind him. Dav turned around to come face to face with his greatest fear. "Sailor... Mercury?" The squid-man attacked first. Sailor Mars quickly threw herself to the side in order to dodge its flailing tentacles, but wasn't quite fast enough. The squid grabbed Sailor Mars by the ankle and managed throw her into Moon and Venus. "Ow!" Mars yelled as she tried to stand but was in a tangle of arms and legs. "You're crushing my foot!" Shouted Sailor Moon. "Get off of my arm!" Venus replied. Sailor Jupiter, being the only one left standing, decided to act while the squid was distracted. "JUPITER THUNDER... DRAGON!!!" The dragon received its call and quickly formed. It lunged at the squid from behind and immediately bit into it. The squid was electrocuted from the tip of its "head" down to its tentacles and quickly turned into a glob of a brown liquid and dissolved. "Well that was a weird site." Sailor Jupiter said, "You guys okay?" "Except for the fact that one of Mars' earrings nearly went up my nose." Said Sailor Moon. Jupiter would've laughed except for the fact that she made the mistake of letting her guard down when the gorilla quickly grabbed her from behind, lifted her into the air, and began to bend her the wrong way in order to snap her back. That didn't go unnoticed. "VENUS CRESCENT BEAM..." "MARS FIRE..." "SMASH!!!" "IGNITE!!!" The attacks combined into one in order to inflict serious damage on the gorilla. The gorilla immediately began melting and Sailor Jupiter landed in the goo before it dissolved. "Jupiter!" Sailor Moon cried, "Are you all right?!" Jupiter sniffed what was on her, "I will be after I get this stuff out of my uniform. I'll be in the bathtub for an hour!" She complained. "Two down, one to go." Mars said as she eyed the armor dog. The dog wasn't moving at all. A face off began as the Scouts and the dog simply glared into each other's eyes, time passed as nothing happened. But Sailor Moon shifted her position, a big mistake. The Scouts had blinked. Silence. Sailor Mercury simply stood where she was, arms folded, perfectly still, and her eyes literally pierced Dav's body. The gentle sapphire blue of them had turned into a cold, steel blue. It was enough to turn his blood to ice and a chill to run down his spine. He didn't dare reach for his sword, he wanted her to make the first move. But not everyone gets what they want. "Why are you doing this?" He asked her slowly. No reply. "Why is most of your suit black?" No reply. "Don't you realize how much your friends... no... we're all worried about you?" No reply. "If you want to fight me I won't accept it." A reply, "You came here to destroy the one I love. I won't stand for it."