>        I don't own many of these characters.  The ones I don't are
>owned by Naoko Takeuchi and countless others.  The ones I do, I can
>only say one thing about them.  At least tell me if you want to use
>them (riiiiiiiight... you just keep thinking that, M.H.) and put
>some sort of thing in the story somewhere saying that I created the
>character.  But anyway...

Wildcat: Yadda ye, yadda yo.  Come on, let's get this over with.

>Shadows From the Past
>by: M. H. Torringjan
>
>Part six: The Dead Come Back

(Tails hums music from the NES game "Castlevania 2".  The others
join in, then all fade out)

>
>        The next morning, Raye was awake before the rest of the
>house.  She felt hungry, but thought that it was a bad idea to eat
>before the Tsukino family.  She figured that she could wait for a
>while.
>        After waiting for about a half hour, she got fed up.  Of
>course, she was awake at six in the morning.  She decided to make
>breakfast for everyone.

Razor: (Bill Cosby) Eggs!  Eggs are in chocolate cake!

>        Raye went into the kitchen and, trying not to make enough
>noise to wake the rest of the house, got out some pans and pots.
>In the fridge, she found the ingredients she needed: eggs and
>cheese and a little bit of meat.  She took a look in the cupboard
>to find some spices that would make her food taste better.
>        Within ten minutes, Raye had two omelets laying on a plate
>on the dining table.  She was surprised that she hadn't woken any
>of the Tsukinos up with all the noise she had made.  If they didn't
>get up soon, she would have to eat the food by herself, and Serena
>wouldn't have forgiven her for that.
>        Soon after she had finished, Mr. Tsukino came downstairs,
>dressed for work.

Wildcat: Good thing he's not Rubeus, or he'd be dressed to kill.
Tails: That was bad, Curtis.
Wildcat: (shrugs) Sorry.  Just came to mind.

>        "Good morning, Mr. Tsukino," Raye greeted.
>        "Hello, Sere..." Mr. Tsukino said without seeing who he was
>talking to.  He looked at Raye for a moment as she stood at the
>stove.  "Oh, sorry Raye.  You get used to only having one girl
>around the house after about fourteen years.  I was wondering how
>Serena could be up this early and cooking without burning or 
>breaking something.  What are you cooking?"  He looked at the
>table and noticed the omelets laying on it.  "Oh, you didn't have
>to do that."

Razor: (Raye) I'm sorry, but the package of garlic is neccessary
for this particular omelet.  Dracula's visiting us tomorrow.

>        "It's the least I can do for your hospitality," Raye said.
>"Besides that, I was the first one up.  I decided to do something
>productive with my time."  She pulled the chair out from under the
>table for Mr. Tsukino to sit down.  He began eating greedily as
>Raye returned to the stove.
>        About another fifteen minutes later, Mrs. Tsukino came down
>the stairs to the sight of Raye cooking and Mr. Tsukino eating.
>Mrs. Tsukino decided not to ask questions and sat down to join Mr.
>Tsukino.  They really liked Raye's cooking, and Raye thought that
>she sensed a little bit of jealousy coming from Mrs. Tsukino.

Tails: (Mrs. Tsukino) Well, slap me with toast and call me for
cereal!  She really IS better!

>        Raye stopped cooking only long enough to eat an omelet for
>herself.  She was surprised to see Serena come down at seven
>o'clock.  It was a bit early for Serena, Raye thought, since Serena
>was yawning all the way to the table.  She only noticed the omelets
>as she sat down.  She began eating as quickly as she could.

Razor: (announcer) And Garfield takes the lead by a meat loaf!

>        "This is really good, Mom," Serena said in awe.
>        "Well, you have Raye to thank for it," Mrs. Tsukino said.
>"She cooked up all this with no help."
>        "Good going, Raye!" Serena said.  "I've never had your
>cooking, but it's good!"  She looked up at the clock.  "Oh, no!
>I'm late!"  Serena rushed out the door at a cheetah's pace and
>raced down the street.  Raye realized that if Serena was late, then
>she was late, too!  And she didn't even have her uniform on!

Wildcat: When you enter the Tsukino household, everything is
uniform.  That includes Serena.

>	She grabbed her uniform out of her bag and raced up to
>Serena's room, where Luna was trying to get some sleep.  She had
>her uniform on and was out the door in record time for the Tsukino
>house.  She hoped to everything holy that she would get there on
>time.  "Well," she thought, "If Serena can do it, so can I!"  She
>rushed down the street faster than Serena had trying not to run
>anyone over.

All: (Brak; singing) I'm driving down Highway 40 in my big ol'
pickup truck....

>        "All right!" Rubeus exclaimed as the Juggernaut came out of
>the remodeling chamber.  It now had giant legs and feet to walk on
>instead of wheels.  That would make it even harder to beat!  It
>could do anything that Rubeus could ever want it to, including
>destroy the Sailor Scouts!

Wildcat: Yeah, but can it make a decent set of flapjacks?  Rubeus
WILL want those in the morning.

>        It also had a jet pack on its back, giving it the ability
>to fly.  Rubeus had given it infrared sight so that it could track
>anything that registered heat within a mile of its position.  It
>seemed eager to do whatever Rubeus commanded it to, but it needed
>to be recharged first.  That would take a couple of hours,
>considering the size of the Droid.

Razor: And the brain size, too.

>        There would only be one problem.  The Scouts had their whole
>party together, so they had a chance to beat the Juggernaut.  He
>hoped that they wouldn't be able to piece the puzzle together.  He
>watched the Juggernaut as it walked through the door to the
>recharging chamber.  Maybe he shouldn't have put that symbol on
>its back.

Tails: If Bill Gates buys that, he'd rule the computing industry.
Wildcat: (snide) You mean he doesn't already?
Razor: (Rubeus) Hmmm....this "Microsoft" is nearly impossible to
defeat....it's gotta be the shoes.

>       The next target would be the artist, Loni Lenai.  She would
>be easy enough to get, and there would be added mayhem because the
>attack had been scheduled for the time that she was holding an
>exhibition for charity.  The other people there would be terrified
>out of their checkbooks!

Tails: Have the Droid bash the bank.  That should terrify them even 
more.

>        Raye arrived a school with only a couple of seconds to
>spare.  She sat down at her desk to catch her breath, and Jessica
>came over to check on her.
>       "What happened to you?" she asked, noticing Raye's
>breathlessness.
>       "My friend lives too far away," Raye answered back.
>       "'Scuze me?" Jessica said.

Wildcat: (Jessica) Sorry about that.

>        "You heard what happened to the Temple?" she said.
>        "Yeah.  Rough luck, eh?  Sorry about that."
>        "Oh, don't be.  I've got a place to stay, and it's so far
>away from here that it's not even funny.  I had to run at light
>speed and a half to get here even close to being on time.  It might
>have helped if I hadn't cooked for them."
>        "Yeah, I think.  Well, you got here on time, so be glad.  I
>bet you're hating those Sailor Scouts right about now."
>        "What?"

Razor: No, "right".
Tails: (Raye) Besides, why in the world would I hate myself?

>        "The police are saying that from what they got from
>witnesses, the Sailor Scouts demolished the Temple during a fight."

Wildcat: Is it a coincidence that all the witnesses of the battle
were either nearsighted or blind?
Tails: Does that include the Scouts?
Razor: No.  He's referring to the ones that DON'T have
superpowers.

>        "No, I hadn't heard that.  I really don't think that it was
>the Scouts' fault.  It was probably the monster's."
>        "Yeah, you just keep thinking what you want.  The Sailor
>Scouts have gone too far this time, destroying a sacred place
>like that.  We should get them, their monster, and everyone who
>knows them and lock them all away."  Raye was glad that the bell
>rang at that moment, because she was sure that if Jessica had 
>gone any further, she would have tried to strangle her.

Wildcat: (snarls) Hey, Jessie.  Step a little closer to these claws
and say that.

>        Later that day, in the park, the three guardians held a
>meeting.  Luna and Artemis sat together across from Rigel on a
>bench.  They only talked when people weren't close enough to hear
>them.  Luna was worried about the situation with Raye.

Razor: (Luna) I think Raye's been hitting the caffeine much too
often lately.

>        "Let's be serious about this for a moment," Luna said.  "The
>Droids are increasing in toughness, and this one right now is the
>first one that we've met that we couldn't beat.  We need some major
>help, and I think I know where we're going to find it.  You all
>remember that power that we can only use once per lifetime?"

Tails: The Macerena?

>       "The Moon Resurrection?" Rigel confirmed in a fearful voice.
>       "That's it," Luna said.

Tails: Oh.

>        "You mean that matters have really gotten that bad?" Artemis
>asked.  "I mean, there's got to be another answer.  Wait a minute,
>why would we need to use it?"
>        "Raye told me about her newest visions, and she explained
>that the symbol on the back of the Droid looked like a bauble that
>her mother owned.  I can only come to the conclusion that the
>bauble has some power that will help us.

Wildcat: (monotone) Now upgrading to Windows 2Forever.

>That is why we should use it."
>        "But don't you think that we should save it up just in case
>we need it for something else?" Rigel asked.

Razor: (Rigel) Like that one French guy who gave me this really 
cool strobelight a few years ago?

>        "Let me put it in ways that even you, lowly dog, may
>understand it.  Unless we use this, there won't be a something else.
>We'll be dead at the hands of the combined power of this Droid and
>the Super Shadow Warrior."

Wildcat: And, if I have any say in it, the Droid and Super Shadow
Wimp will be dead at the hands of the Sailor Scouts and one Saiyan 
named Radditz.

>       "Crap," Rigel said, completely understanding the
>repercussions of the situation.  "Who wants to tell them?"
>       "I'll tell Mina," Artemis said.
>       "Then, I'll take Raye," Luna said.
>       "I'll tell the four at Crossroads.  I always check in with
>Michael anyway," Rigel said.  "How long does Central Control say
>that we have until the Droid returns?"
>       "It hasn't even spotted the Droid yet" Artemis answered.
>He was usually the one who communicated with Central Control.
>"We've got plenty of time to prepare them."

Tails: And don't think they don't appreciate it.

>
>        "Serena, pay attention!" Ms. Haruna said as she taught the
>Japanese class.  "You haven't gotten one answer right today.  That
>isn't really unusual, but it's extremely disappointing.  You need
>to pay more attention in class, or I'll send you to the
>administrator's office."
>        "Sorry, Ms. H, but I was up late last night trying to study
>for today's lesson.  It's not as easy as you might think."  Serena
>sat up in her seat as she said this, not realizing what she was
>saying.

Razor: And that's unusual because?
Tails: It's not like it happens all the time, you know.
Razor: (growls to himself) Just work with me, here.

>        "Well, Serena, if you really tried, I'll try and make it
>easier," Ms. H said.  Serena couldn't believe that she was hearing
>that from her teacher.  She decided to take advantage of the mood
>and try to get her math homework easier.  
>"Don't push your luck, Serena.  I could just set it all back to
>normal."  Serena shut her mouth before it could say anything else.
>Ms. Haruna must have gone on another date last night, or else she
>wouldn't have been this way.

Wildcat: Just how many people does that teacher date, anyway?
There's no way she could've met with THAT much disappointment.

>        Ms. Haruna was in such a good mood that she let the class
>out for lunch a few minutes early.  Michael, who had been moved to
>the back of the room upon Amy's return, commented on this.
>        "Maybe she's been taken over by the Negaverse," he mused
>with a laugh.  He sat down with Serena and Amy while they waited
>for Lita to emerge from the school house.  "So, Amy, what's it like
>being taken over by the Negaverse?"

Razor: (Carrot Top) Have you ever taken a big bottle of mouthwash
and just guzzled it all the way down?
Wildcat: (Zorak) Mina does....before she kisses the new guy!
(evil laugh)
(Tails glares at the both of them, shutting them up temporarily)

>        Amy's expression drooped notably at the question.  "You
>have no feelings, no mercy, no friends, only enemies.  You think
>that everyone is out to get you.  You feel no love at all.  That
>was the worst part of it.  I saw Greg and the others tortured, and
>I liked it.  I acted like I was on their side.  I would..."  She
>began to cry.
>        "I'm sorry, Amy.  I didn't know that it was that painful to
>remember," Michael said under the warning gaze of Serena.  "Let's
>try another subject.  Why are all these people being captured?"

Tails: (Mike Nelson) GET...ME...DOWNNNN!

>        Amy tried to contain her tears, but she failed miserably.
>Serena took the liberty of explaining the problem to Michael.  "The
>people who are being kidnapped were the ones who carried the parts
>of the Imperium Silver Crystal.  If the Negaverse gets all of them,
>they'll get this big critter called the Super Shadow Warrior.  We
>were able to stop them once before, but now, they've got an 
>advantage over us.  We should be able to take them out before they
>take the final two, but if they get those final two, we're dead
>meat."

Tails: "Big critter", huh?
Wildcat: (Radditz-voice) Sailor Scouts, let me show you how its
done! (makes an energy-blast noise)

>        "You should have more faith in your powers," Rigel said
>from his customary hiding spot in the bushes.
>        "Why do you always hide there, Rigel?" Serena asked.
>        "Take a look in here and see," Rigel replied, withdrawing
>into his cubby hole.  Serena poked her head in to see what there
>was to make that place so desirable.  When she withdrew her head,
>she had an astonished look on her face.
>        "What's in there?" Amy asked between sniffles.

Tails: (Serena) Check it out!  He's got N64 and BOTH Stadium
cartridges!

>        "He's got a mini TV, a mini fridge, a pad for laying on, and
>a mini entertainment system with everything," Serena replied, unable
>to wipe the stupor from her face.  "Leave it to a dog..."

Razor: (monotone) Yes.  Leave it to a dog.
Wildcat: (impressed) Nice, Rigel.  Very nice.

>        "Man, Rigel, you've been holding out on us," Michael said,
>effecting offense.  "Actually, I'd have expected it from Artemis,
>from what Mina's told us."
>        "Do you blame me?" Rigel asked.  "I knew that if you knew,
>you'd take it from me.  But anyway, I have something extremely
>important to talk to you all about.  You are all ready to know about
>this, so where's Lita?"
>        "Here I am, Rigel," Lita said from where she was coming
>towards the group.  "What's up?  Is the Droid back?"

Wildcat: (Han Solo) Hurry it up, Goldenrod, or you'll be a
permenant resident!

>        "No, not yet.  What I need to talk about is another power
>that you have.  It's a combo for the whole group called the Moon
>Resurrection."
>        "Really?" Lita asked, her ears perking up at the mention of
>the word "resurrection."
>        "Yes.  We have some problems with this power, though.  It is
>extremely dangerous, and you only have a ten percent chance of
>living."

Tails: (Rigel) Still, you only have a 10% chance of dying, too.
Razor: Where's the other 80%?
Tails: Two words: Archie Bunker.
Wildcat: (Archie) Listen, Meatball Head, get out of my house!

>        "Don't listen to him on the ten percent" Michael said
>skeptically.  "He just grabs random numbers out of mid-air."
>        "Whatever, Mike.  Anyway, you can also only use this power
>once in your lifetime.  You don't have enough spirit stuff to
>support you after two uses, and you supposedly die after a long,
>painful disease."
>        "Thanks, and right after we ate," Lita said.  Rigel shot a
>dangerous glance her way.

Wildcat: (snickers)

>        "I think that we should be serious about this.  We need to
>know if you feel right using this power, because you can't do it
>again."

Razor: (Serena) Depends.  Do kats hate dogs?

>        "I think so, but why are we using this?" Michael asked.
>        "Raye has a clue that we think can help us defeat the
>Droid.  If any of you noticed the symbol on the back of the Droid,
>it looked like a trinket once owned by Raye's mother.  We think
>that it can help us.  But the snag is, Raye's

Wildcat: (Rigel) ....bed hasn't been made, and her mom will have a
conniption when she finds out.

>mother is dead, as most of you know.  We have to use the power to
>bring Raye's mother back.  We then use the item on this Droid.  If
>we do it, we'll do it after school today at Serena's house."
>        "Makes sense," Serena said.

Tails: One dollar.

>        "I'm in," Amy said.
>        Lita paused but agreed.  She had hoped that when she had
>first heard the power explained that they would be able to use it
>to revive her parents.  They had died when she was a child, leaving
>her with relatives until she moved out on her own.

Wildcat: And gave bullies everywhere a reason to be afraid.

>        "All right, then I'll find Mina and Raye to tell them,"
>Rigel said as he left the school yard.
>        "All right, you guys, so when do you think that this
>thing's coming for us?" Lita said, changing the subject.  Amy had
>stopped crying by then, and she wasn't interested in talking about
>the Negaverse in any way.
>        "Do you think that we could talk about something else?"
>she asked.

Tails: Okay, how'd you do on the math test?
Wildcat: (Amy) This is almost too easy.

>        "Okay," Michael said, realizing that she meant another
>subject completely.  "Have any of you seen that movie, 'Night On
>the Moon'?"  None of them had.  "What?  Y'all are like the only
>ones in the city.  I went to see it last night with Mina, and we
>loved it!  That movie is so awesome!  The computer graphics are so
>good!  You can't even tell that they're computer-made, most of the
>time!"
>        "Okay, so what about the plot?" Serena asked.

Razor: (Michael) It stunk, just like the landscaping.  The movie was
awesome, though.

>        "It's pretty good."  Michael went on to tell them about the
>movie, and then offered to take the lot of them when he took Mina
>again.  "The only problem was that Mina came out of the theatre
>crying."
>        "It's a tragedy?" Amy asked.
>        "What do you expect with the ship going down and almost
>everyone on board dying?" Lita asked.  Amy saw her point.

Tails: Just a hoax put on by the people for the sake of the movie.
Nothing to worry about in retrospect.

>        "Mina, I've got to talk to you," Artemis said from the
>bushes, watching her eat her lunch.  "You remember the Droid that
>we fought last night?  How tough it was?  Well, we think that we've
>found out how to beat it, but we only have one shot at it."
>        "Cool!  I don't care what the risks are, we've got to get
>rid of that thing," Mina exclaimed.  "What's the plan?"
	
Wildcat: (Artemis) Um....plan?  Let me ask Luna.

>        "We have a special power involving all the Scouts, but it
>can only be done once per lifetime.  It doesn't have a high
>survival rate, either.  You still in?"
>        "Didn't I just say that I didn't mind the risks?  If it'll
>save us, then I'm doing it."

Razor: (Artemis) Okay, then do the "Chicken Dance" and sing the
theme from "The A-Team" while on a golf course at night.

>        "All right.  It's called the Moon Resurrection, and it's
>going to be used to bring back Raye's mother from the dead so that
>she can help us, at least we think that she can help us."

Tails: Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Grateful Dead".

>        "All right!  I finally get to meet Raye's mom.  And for
>that matter, she gets to meet her.  I wonder what her mom'll say
>when she finds out that she's been dead for ten years.  Wait a
>minute, if she's been dead for ten years or so, then won't the body
>be a bit decomposed?"

Razor: (as "Aladdin"'s Genie) I can't bring people back from the
dead.  It's not a pretty picture, and I don't like doing it!

>        "Nope.  The Moon Resurrection makes any necessary repairs
>to the body so that it's as if it never died.  The worst thing
>about it will be the bad case of disorientation.  We're going to
>meet after school at Serena's house so that we can do the deed."
>        Mina watched as Artemis retreated into the hedge as one of
>her friends approached.  She decided to join them in their offer of
>a game of kickball before the final bell.

(Wildcat kicks an empty soda cup at the screen.  It ricochets off
the shield with a *boing* noise)
Tails: (Mina) Sorry about that!

>        Across town at Raye's school, she sat in her class, being
>bored to death.  She hated English class; did she care about how
>Americans spent their free time?  She looked at the window and saw
>Luna trying to get her to come outside.  Raye raised her hand.

Wildcat: (offended) Raye, I'M American.
Tails: And he spends his free time blasting dummies of Robotnik
with his sword.
Wildcat: Hey, it ain't getting us out, but it still calms me down.

>        "Ma'am, can I go to the bathroom?" she asked politely.
>        "Is it an emergency?" the teacher asked.
>        "As a matter of fact, it is," Raye lied.  She walked out of
>the room to the entrance, where she let Luna inside.  "What's up,
>Luna?"
>        "You remember that discussion that we had last night?" Luna
>said.  She looked somber, but her voice betrayed her steady visage.

Razor: (Luna) That circus is completely off-limits to teenage 
spectators.  Apparently, the clowns have gone mad.

>        "Yes.  What did you mean by 'getting her to give us the
>bauble?'" Raye asked.
>        "I've got some good news about that.  We have decided to
>use our single use power, the Moon Resurrection to help your
>mother."  Raye almost burst out with happiness when she heard that,
>but she restricted herself to hugging Luna.
>        "Oh, thank you, Luna, you don't know how much this means to
>me."
>        "Remember that we're not doing it only for you, but also
>to help save us."  Raye nodded.  "Good.  Now, we're going to meet
>this afternoon in Serena's house, her back yard to be exact, so
>that we can work our magic.

Tails: (to Wildcat) A pet peeve, huh?
Wildcat: Hardy-har-har, kid.

>        "Well, that's about it.  You can go back to class now."
>        "Thank you, Luna!  Thank the others for me, too!" Raye said
>as she began to head back towards her class.  Luna wandered out of
>the school, wondering if Raye would be able to figure out some sort
>of excuse to account for a woman who has been dead for ten years
>suddenly coming back to civilization.

Wildcat: Which is one way of saying that you should pay your
dead to society.
Razor: (to Tails; sarcastic) On a real roll, isn't he?

>        "Rigel, you've got to work fast!  The Droid's back and it's
>changed!"  Rigel listened as Central Control made a report of their
>observations.  He would have to work fast if he was to get the
>Scouts to do this.  They would be getting out of school soon, so
>they would be at Serena's house soon.
>        "When will it get here?" Rigel asked.

Wildcat: Soon, all the bells are gonna chime.
All: (singing) Take us to the Droid.....take us to the Droid on
time!
Tails: (sighs) My fair movie....

>        "At approximately seven o'clock," the reporter for Central
>said.  "You have to get them to work now if they're going to be
>ready!"
>        "But they won't be back to full power any time today if
>they do the Resurrection today," Rigel complained.  "If we combat
>it at, say, half power, what do you think it'll do to us?"

Razor: (reporter) We have an idea: hope that the Droid has an
appointment elsewhere.

>        "Point taken, but look at it this way, would you rather
>have it destroying the city or just have the Carrier taken?"
>        "We have to protect the Scouts, or else the future goes
>with them!"
>        "Look, man, it's your job here.  Just work with us."

Wildcat: (Rigel) Okay, but I demand a paid vacation.

>        "All right, but how do you propose to save the Scouts from
>injury?"
>        "They'll be all right, but if anything drastic happens, send
>them here.  We'll send you a transporter unit for them."  A small
>black box appeared in front of Rigel, who took it gratefully.
>        "Thank you, Central.  I'm out."  Rigel turned the
>communicator unit off before walking away with the transporter unit
>in his subspace pocket.

Tails: And we're in.

>        That afternoon, Serena's parents had gone out for dinner,
>leaving the house at the mercy of Serena, Raye, Rini, and Sammy.
>Sammy had decided to go out to the store, so that only left Rini to
>be dealt with.  Luckily, she chose that night to insist that Serena
>give her the Imperium Silver Crystal.  She began the process by
>approaching with a very scared-looking Luna in her hands.
	
Razor: (Luna) Television reruns....the horror....
	
>        "All right, give me the Imperium Silver Crystal, or the cat
>gets it," Rini said with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
>        "Rini, how many times do I have to tell you?  I don't have
>it!" Serena yelled.  "Now, let my cat go, you little twirp!"
>        "I want the crystal!" Rini yelled.

Wildcat: (Serena) I don't have it!  Is that clear?
Tails: (Rini) Crystal!  No, wait...what did I say that for?

>        "She doesn't have it!" Raye yelled from the entrance of the
>room, where she had witnessed the entire scene.  "Now, I want you
>to go away, *after* putting the cat down, and think about what you
>did."  Rini had more respect for Raye, so she put Luna down and
>went to her room.
>        "Wow, Raye, where did you learn to handle kids like that?"
>Serena asked.
>        "I just use what I remember from when I was a kid.  It sort
>of comes naturally."
>        "Well, you are sort of the authority figure at times."  At
>that time, the door bell rang.  It was the others, who were ready
>for action.  Raye got excited when they all walked in, she was
>ready to see her mother.

Wildcat: (sniffs; sadly) Well, at least YOU get to.
Razor: Kid, you all right?
Wildcat: (wipes his eyes) Later, Razor.

>        "All right, everyone," Luna said.  "Let's go out back."
>They went to the back yard for enough room to perform their power.
>After a quick check for eavesdroppers, Artemis told them that it
>was safe to transform.  A moment later, a group of very eager
>Sailor Scouts stood in the middle of the yard.

Tails: (Sailor Moon) Oh, great....the food's all here, but no one 
brought the plates....Mars, could you go and get some out of the 
house?

>        Rini watched from the window of her room as Serena and her
>friends transformed.  She wasn't surprised.  She had seen them do
>it before.  She just wished that Serena would drop the act and just
>give her the Imperium Silver Crystal.  She so wanted to save her
>mother.  She needed the Silver Crystal for that, and Serena wouldn't
>give it to her.  She tried to hold the tears back, but they wouldn't
>be contained.  She cried to herself as she watched the Sailor Scouts
>go about their business, getting arranged for something.  Something
>big.

Tails: (Rini) Maybe that "Richard Marx" musician I heard about is
coming to town.
Wildcat: No relation to Chico or Harpo.

>        "All right, we're ready," Artemis said.  "Say your
>different transformation calls, then Moon, you say, 'Resurrect!' as
>loud as you can.  Everyone, think of Raye's mother while we do
>this.  Okay, go!"
>        "Europa Star Power!"  A purple energy trail came from
>Europa's chest, stopping in the middle of the circle.
>        "Venus Star Power!"  An orange trail joined the purple one
>from Europa.

Razor: (Sailor Moon) Resurrect!
Tails: (director) Too soon.  CUT!
Wildcat: "1000 Ways to Obliterate the Fourth Wall", coming soon to
bookstores everywhere. (shakes his head)

>        "Jupiter Star Power!"  A green trail followed the other
>two.
>        "Mars Star Power!"  A red trail.
>        "Mercury Star Power!"  A blue trail.
>        "Moon Crystal Power!  Resurrect!"  A pink trail entered the
>pack.

Razor: The Rainbow Wolf gang.

>        A bright flash of light came from the center, where the
>trails had met, and a large figure of light appeared in the center.
>The output of energy nearly threw the Scouts out of position, but
>they were able to keep their balances.  If they had been knocked
>away, their labor would have been for naught.

Wildcat: The overall defintion of "labor".

>        Soon,  the figure of light began to get some matter to it.
>Moon had begun to feel the effects of the exertion.  She had to
>fight to stand upright.
>        "Hold it together, Scouts!" Moon heard Luna call from the
>hiding place of the guardians.

Tails: (Luna) The threads of the World Wide Web are extremely
fragile!

>        "Be strong, my daughter," Moon thought that she heard the
>voice of Queen Serenity say.  Mars heard the same thing from
>another source, the figure that was in the center of the circle.
>It was just their imagination, though.

Wildcat: After several seconds of dealing with this, I'm imagining
tossing a magician into Lake Michigan.

>        After a couple of minutes, the other Scouts were beginning
>to feel the effects of the activity.  They didn't have much left,
>but it wasn't very much longer until the activity would be
>complete.  Mars didn't look like faltering for another couple of
>hours.
>        "Maybe we should have gotten her to do it alone," Rigel
>joked.
>        "No, you have to have all the Scouts for it to work," Luna
>said.  "How much longer does it have?"

Wildcat: Luna, you have no sense of humor.

>        "Not much longer," Artemis said nervously.  "I don't think
>that the other Scouts will last that long, except for Sailor Moon,
>maybe.  It's ironic that we finally found something that Moon can do
>better, and she can only do it once."

Razor: "Finally"?  Please.

>        The figure in the center of the Scouts was almost solid, and
>she was well on her way to life.  Mars had closed her eyes as the
>magic had begun, and she now opened her eyes to the sight of her
>mother almost back.  She could hardly contain herself, but she knew
>that she would have to if she was to attain the goal of that night's
>exertions.

Tails: If that pinball machine could not be built, all hope for the
arcade would be lost.

>        The action finished, and the Scouts all slumped to the
>ground. All except for Mars, who was looking at her mother with
>teary eyes.  She rushed over to her mother, who was looking around,
>bewildered by her surroundings.  She embraced her mother, something
>that she had wanted to do for a long time.

Wildcat: (long, sad meow)
Razor: (concerned) You ARE going to explain to us, right?
Wildcat: (waves him off) Not now!  When the part ends!
(Razor takes another glance at him, then resumes watching)

>        The woman was a little bit taller than Mars, had brown
>hair, about the shade of Lita's hair, blue eyes, and a kind look on
>her face.  She was wearing the same thing that she had been wearing
>on the day that she had been killed.  Her name was Jennifer Hino.

Razor: (Dracula-voice) And she's our guest tonight on "A Grave
Return".  Bleh.

>        "Excuse me, but who are you and why are you hugging me?"
>she asked.
>        Raye looked up at her mother with tears in her eyes.
>"Don't you recognize me?  I'm your daughter, Raye."
>        "You can't be my daughter.  My daughter was just born!
>You're at least fourteen."
>        "Mom, I am Raye.  I have some shocking news.  What is the
>last thing that you remember before you were here?"

Tails: (Jennifer) I remember Dr. Robotnik forcing me to watch a
marathon of Gargoyles/Barney the Dinosaur crossovers.....
Razor: (checks something) If Robotnik's system here wasn't damaged,
I'd tell you not to give him any ideas, you know.

>        "I was in the hospital room.  I closed my eyes, and that's
>the last thing I remember.  I don't know how I could have gotten
>here from there.  Then, of course, I am here, so there must have
>been a way."
>        "Well, not exactly.  You died in the hospital after giving
>birth to me.  We, the Sailor Scouts, have just revived you because
>we need your help."  Mars finally reverted to her teenager form.
>Her mother saw the girls who stood in front of her, and her mouth
>dropped as wide as a frog's mouth.

Wildcat: (deep) Weis.
(Tails snickers for a second)
Razor: True.  True.
Tails: Obscure...cool.

>        "You look like Raye, but..."  She stopped for a moment to
>think again.  "You are Raye, aren't you?  Why did you bring me
>back?"
>        "We need your little magic charm from you, or we're going
>to get our faces rearranged by this big monster."
>        "Why are you being chased by a monster?" Jennifer asked.
>        "Like I said, we're the defenders of this planet from the
>forces of evil, and they've got a big monster that can beat us.
>The only thing that'll save us is your charm."

Tails: (Jennifer) I'll admit, good looks DO come in handy.

>        "Imagine, my daughter a super-heroine.  What is this magic
>charm you're looking for?" Jennifer asked
>        "It's the ruby necklace that you're wearing," Mars replied.
>"What, this old thing?" Jennifer said, taking off her necklace and
>handing it to Raye.  Luna and Artemis came out, followed by Rigel,
>and they approached Jennifer.
>        "Thank you, Miss Hino," Luna said.
>        "A talking cat?  Are you sure that I'm not dead?" Jennifer
>asked.

Razor: If you are, then welcome to the Satellite.
Wildcat and Tails: .....Er...no.

>        "Yes.  They're our friends and guardians.  They brought us
>together and trained us with our powers.  Since you know our
>secret, we'll have to make you swear to secrecy."
>        "Of course!  Anything for my little girl."  Raye blushed.
>Two minutes alive, and she was already humiliating her daughter in
>front of her friends.  "Is there anything else that I can do to
>help?"
>        "Not really," Rigel said, "It's just that we needed the
>jewel, and you were the one who had it.  We had to bring you back
>to life to get it.  Now, we have to go!  There's a Droid whose butt
>we've got to kick!"

Wildcat: Even if the Droid doesn't have one!

>        "Wait a minute!  I don't even know how to use this thing!"
>Raye said.  "And what about the others?"
>        "You'll be fine on your own with it!  That's the Mars
>Crystal, a special item that only you can use."

Tails: All the others get an "Invalid Password" message.

>        "How??"
>        "It's just like your regular transformation stick!  Just
>say, 'Mars Power Transformation,' and you'll be Mars, but
>stronger."
>        "Cool!  Mom, can you stay here and take care of my friends
>while I dispose of this giant Juggernaut?"
>        "Of course!"  Jennifer said, sitting down under a tree.
>She couldn't wait to see her father and her husband.

Razor: (Jennifer) I need to see if the rumors about him becoming a 
lawyer are true.

>        Raye and the three guardians arrived at the site of where
>the Droid would show up and sat in waiting for the portal to open.
>Soon, the portal started to appear in the middle of thin air.  Raye
>prepared to receive her new powers.
>        "Mars Power Transformation!" she called out as the Droid
>came out of the portal.  She was surrounded by fire with the
>strength of ten times the original transformation.  She was first
>dressed in her normal fuku of red and purple.

Tails: But she's just getting warming up.
Wildcat: (shakes his head) Too cliche.
Tails: (shrugs) Best I could do on short notice.

>Then, she got some gauntlets, leg guards, a breastplate, and the
>rest to make a full suit of armor.  The armor was made out of
>steel, studded with rubies and red sapphires.  At her side was a
>sword of tempered iron with a hilt of gold.  "Whoah!  I like this
>new transformation," Mars called to the guardians.  "What are my
>new powers?"

Wildcat: I like this new transformation, too.  At least now my
eyesight isn't in danger from all that spinning around.
Tails: (upset) You still complaining about that?
Wildcat: (defensive) Hey, I have a right to.

>        "Mars Explosion, Blast!" Artemis called out.  Mars mimicked
>the call, and a giant explosion happened under the Juggernaut, who
>hadn't even noticed her before.  He was only interested in the
>Carrier.  It broke the wall of the building which contained the art
>exhibition and grabbed Loni Lenai.  It pointed its finger at her,
>and a beam shot out of the finger.  Loni disappeared in a second.
>The Juggernaut realized the danger that it was in when it felt the 
>second explosion rock its outer hull. It had been blown on its back
>and was trying to get up when the third explosion rocked it.

All: (singing "Rock Around the Clock")

>        After that, it got seriously ticked off.  It pointed its
>finger and shot a blast of ice water at Mars.  Mars was able to
>escape the brunt of the blast, but she got a knick by the rubble
>that was sent flying when the blast broke the sidewalk.  She was
>only slightly slowed down by the weight of the armor, but that was
>enough for the Juggernaut to catch her and pin her to the ground.
>        "Mars!  Call out, Fire Armor, Sear!" Rigel called from the
>place that the guardians had taken.
>        "Fire Armor, Sear!" Mars yelled.

Razor: (Mars) Is it getting a little warm in here, or is it just me?
Wildcat: (thumbs up) Good one.

>        The surface of the armor became as hot as molten lava, but
>Mars didn't feel a thing inside it.  The Droid, however, felt it
>very painfully.  The foot that it was using to hold her down was
>melted off by the armor's heat.  In response, it took a shot at her
>with its cannon in the holster at its side.  The shot that came out
>of it was a larger version of Mars' explosion attack which could be
>aimed.  Mars froze in fear in front of the fireball.  As the
>fireball passed over her, she felt no pain.

Razor: If you can't take the heat, don't become a Sailor Scout.

>        "Luna, why didn't I just get burnt to a crisp?" Mars asked.
>        "Your armor gives you protection from the element which it
>represents," Luna said.  "That is true for all the crystals."
>        "There's other ones, then?" Mars asked.
>        "Of course!  Why would one planet have something that
>another would need just as badly?  Each Scout has one."

Wildcat: So Sailor Venus is invulnerable to love, then?

>        "All right!"  Juggernaut took advantage of the pause in
>Mars' action to do some attacks of his own.  He used his jets to
>fly up into the air so that he could get a good aim at stomping
>Mars flat.  About halfway up, he ran out of energy and fell to the
>ground.  His impact caused the ground to shake so violently that a
>couple of buildings in the vicinity fell to the ground.

Razor: To drop a robot, please press 1.  To wreck a city, press 2.
To do both, press 3.

>        "Mars, do your finishing move, the Sword of Spirit!"
>        "Sword, I lend you the power to defeat the enemy which I
>face now," Mars said, drawing the sword.  She ran towards the still
>form of the Droid and plunged it into the body where she thought
>that the central power source would be.  The Droid began to
>disintegrate almost immediately, and was gone in a couple of
>moments.

Wildcat: Say "Moon Dusted" and earn yourself a date with Shape-
Shifter, Volcano Breath.
(Tails pokes his shoulder warningly)

>        "Mars, you did it!" Luna called out as the three guardians
>approached.  "And you didn't even need the others!"
>        "I would have liked to have had them here, though," Mars
>said.  She decided to return to Serena's house dressed as she was.
>She wanted to show off to the others, including her mother.

Razor: (Jennifer) Raye, dear, never run with pointy objects.

>        "DAMN!" Rubues yelled in rage.  "It never fails!  Those
>Scouts always get the upper hand on me whenever I'm beating them!
>For once, I'd like to kill them, but then, once would be all that
>I'd need.  Unless, of course, they've got another trump up their
>sleeves like that resurrection power."  He would need to work hard
>to get that final Carrier.  He didn't know what his next move would
>be, but he knew that it would sting so badly.

Tails: Hide a hornets' nest somewhere.  That should work.

>        He heard the Carriers in the prisoner room yelling to get
>out, to be saved by someone.  He didn't care what they did.  He
>considered torturing them for a while to let some of his anger off.
>There was only the priest to capture last.  Unless the Scouts
>interfered, which they probably would, that would be an easy catch.

Razor: It's a given that the Scouts are gonna interfere, no doubt
about that.

>        "So, what does it feel like to have a second chance at
>life?" Michael asked Jennifer as they waited for Raye to return.
>Everyone had woken up and were trying to rest up from the exertions
>of the afternoon.
>        "I feel like singing.  It almost makes me want to become
>religious or something," Jennifer responded.

Wildcat: The irony of this is so thick that a COMB could cut it.

>        "I don't know if you'll have a choice," Lita said.  "Raye
>lives at the Hikawa Shrine, or at least, she did before it was
>demolished."
>        "Someone demolished a Shrine?" Jennifer asked.  "Isn't
>there a law or something against that?"

Tails: Not if it's hit with the holy hand grenade.
Wildcat: (random Droid) We dare not risk another frontal assault.
That Scout's dynamite!

>        "Not when the Negaverse destroys it," Mina said, sitting
>next to Michael.  "So, what do you want to do when we're through
>here?"
>        "Maybe we can go to the museum or something," Michael
>answered.
>        "I don't know if I've got the energy for that," Mina said.
>"Maybe rent a movie."
>        "Yeah, then we can watch it at my place," Michael said.
>"My parents don't mind girls over, as long as they're there."

Razor: Determined to get him married and out of the house so soon?
I fear for the future.

>        "Wait a minute, where will Miss Hino stay if Serena's
>parents are already pushed for space?" Amy asked.
>        "That's a good question.  Lita, can you handle that one?"
>Michael asked.  "You're the only one of us who has no parents to
>ask questions about it, and you've got plenty of room in that
>apartment."  Michael didn't realize that what he had said hurt
>Lita's feelings, but then, she didn't show it.
>        "Sure, I don't mind.  Someone else's mom is really good
>company," Lita said in a tone that bordered on bitterness.

Tails: Does the word "surrogate" mean anything to you, Lita?
Razor: (eyebrow raised) Oh, leave her alone.

>        "Good."  What Lita had said hadn't registered with Michael,
>so he went on with his business.  "Where do you think that Raye is?
>I would have thought that she would have been back by now with all
>the hype of how powerful this bauble is."

Wildcat: Don't believe the hype.

>        "Well, she could be dead," Amy said.  "The power rating of
>the crystal was only a theory, so we might have been wrong and Raye
>could have gotten massacred."
>        "Hope for the best," Mina said.  They heard something in
>the tree, and they looked up to see what looked like Mars in armor
>sitting on a tree branch, swinging her leg loosely.

Wildcat: Hope is overrated when there's no apparent need for it.

>        "Hey, you guys, how do you like the new suit?" she asked as
>she jumped from the tree.
>        "Hey, now you be careful jumping out of trees like that,"
>Jennifer scolded.

Razor: (Jennifer) We can't have you living your life on such a bad 
note.

>        "Mother, I am fully capable of taking care of myself," Mars
>said, reverting to her original form.  Raye looked somehow more
>mature now that she had the crystal on.

Wildcat: The Noise Equation: Raye + Serena = immaturity.

>        "Wow, Raye!" Serena mused,  "I want something like what
>you've got!"
>        "You can have one," Rigel said as he and the cats caught up
>with Mars.  "We've just got to find it.  All of you have one, it's
>just hidden somewhere around the world.  We'll have to find them
>later after we've taken out these Droids and Rubeus."

Tails: (Threepio) We don't care about the hyperdrive on the
Millenium Falcon!  Just open the door, you stupid lunk!

>        "Cool!  You mean I've got armor like that?  That looks so
>cool!" Serena exclaimed.
>        "Yes, but I'd just like to remind you that it's not just
>for looks," Luna said.  "Has anything that we've given you since
>the beginning been for looks only?"

Wildcat: (Serena) Yeah.  Our outfits.  It makes most fanboys have
conniptions and gives law-abiders heart attacks.

>        "The Luna pen," Serena said.  "It changes your looks."
>        "That's not the point," Luna said, slightly annoyed.  "Your
>armor has your strongest powers, well, almost your strongest, but
>that's not the point.  Raye just trashed that giant Droid all by
>herself, and she almost had fun doing it."
>        Serena heard the front door of her house open and close.
>Her parents were home.

Tails: Stop yelling, or you'll raise the dead!
(Wildcat chuckles.  Razor just shakes his head)

>        "Uh, oh," Serena said nervously.  "Everybody scatter!  Raye
>and I promised that we wouldn't have friends over, and if my
>parents find you out here, they'll probably throw Raye out, and
>then ground me."  Everybody sensed that Serena was telling the
>truth, and they hid just as Serena's parents went outside to see 
>what Serena was doing.

Razor: (father) Wow, it looks like a war took place here!
Wildcat: (mother; pretty bad falsetto) No, dear, just the opposite.

>        Everyone was able to find a convenient exit, and they went
>about their business.  Mina and Michael followed out with their
>plan to rent a movie, and Lita went to get Ms. Hino set up in her
>apartment.

Tails: (Lita) Rule #1: Stay away from the stove.  That's my
territory.

>Amy went home to do her homework.  Serena and Raye both sat down to
>do homework, forced to do so by Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino.  Rini had
>gotten her revenge on Serena while she had been outside by trashing
>her room.  Serena dragged her in the room and made her clean it up
>again.
>        Serena finally went to sleep at about ten o'clock that
>night.  She had stayed up later than she had intended to.  She
>would probably be late for school and Raye's cooking the next
>morning.  She didn't like that idea.  Much.

Wildcat: Although getting some French toast on the way out the door
does sound nice.

>        She was only slightly jealous about Raye's new powers, but
>she thought that she would get over it when she finally got her
>own.  Her final waking thought was of how Raye's mom would change
>the proceedings of the Scouts.
>
>End of Part six
>
>Coming next: The Mother's Touch

Tails: Cold.

>        Well, how'd you like it?  E-mail me at: jmh6187@uncwil.edu.
>Only three more chapters to go!

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Wildcat: Pause.

(The movie pauses as the words start to fade out.  T-Bone's voice
barks out over the speakers)

T-Bone: Guys, we have a bit of a problem!

Razor: What is it?

T-Bone: Those two copies of Wildcat---the dark one and the white
one---are both wrecking havoc all over what's left of the
Satellite!  They were in the Holocabana for a while in the
Superheroes' Free-For-All, but the fighting escaped out of there; 
now they're on a collision course with the cargo bay!

Razor: (confused) I thought the Holocabana was deactivated.

T-Bone: It was, until the nanites fixed it.  Those two copycats 
wrecked the place again, and now they're taking the fight to the 
heart of our escape route! 

Wildcat: (groans) Aw, no.  They'll tear the whole place apart!
(gets up; gestures towards the theater doors) Let's go, gang.
Time to calm them down before they demolish all that salvage.

Tails: How do you know?

Wildcat: Trust me; I know my dark side better than anyone.

(Everyone gets up and leaves the theater)

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