When Sailor Moon and the other Sailor Scouts stepped out of the portal, they arrived in a nightmarish black cavern. None of them had expected anything like this, and it had a terrifying effect on them. Sailor Moon turned to ask Mercury to take some readings, but found the studious young woman already busy with her VR visor and minicomputer. She looked confused.
"These readings are even more bizarre than those I got back in the Starlight Tower. I don't know what's going on. It's like everything is shifting around when we're not looking. I don't know, maybe the readings are wrong . . ."
Sailor Mercury looked up to find herself alone, and talking to a featureless stone wall.
Opening Song (Moonlight Legend)
Series Title, Sailor Moon Remembered Senshi
Episode Title (10) United we stand . . .
Sailor Moon had been listening to Sailor Mercury explain her trouble with the readings, when suddenly, a sound behind her had startled her. She whirled round, and was confronted by a blank stone wall. She was creeped out and immediately turned around again, to enlighten Mercury as to their situation. She was frightened to find Sailor Mercury gone, and a smooth wall in her place.
"Mercury!" she cried out, "Mercury, where'd you go?! Come out and I'll promise never to tease about Greg again . . . Mercury," she wailed, losing courage, "Where are you?"
Suddenly a comforting hand was on her shoulder and Tuxedo Mask was quieting her. She was so overjoyed that she wasn't alone, she didn't even think to ask him what he was doing in this plane. He beckoned her forward,
"Come on, meatball head. The others are waiting right up ahead."
He gently led her through the tunnel and into a larger room. She could see all the other Scouts at the other end of the chamber, but something was wrong. They were all motioning frantically for her to look around, behind her. She did, tentatively and found herself face to face with a slimy green monster. She screamed and panicked. It shot a razor-sharp claw at her and she froze. At the last possible second, Tuxedo Mask pushed her out of the way and the claw sliced deep through the main artery in his leg.
Sailor Moon cried out in agony and tried to protect him, but it was too late, the damage was done, and Tuxedo Mask's lifeblood was leaking out onto the floor.
"I'll heal you, Darien. Don't die! Just hold on!"
She pulled out the Crescent Moon Wand.
"MOON HEALING ACTIVATION!"
The light of the Imperium Silver Crystal shown brightly for a second, and then fizzled and died.
"NO!" cried Serena as Tuxedo Mask grew very still. She curled up in a fetal position over his body and lost consciousness.
~*~
Sailor Mercury was confused by the sudden absence of the scouts at first, but after a moment, she accepted that her theory was right, and that the cave was indeed shifting as soon as she didn't watch it.
"It must be a tactic to keep us off balance," she observed to herself.
Suddenly, down the tunnel she caught a glimpse of Venus's orange skirt.
"Mercury, is that you?" asked Venus.
"Yes, it is. Do you know where the others are?" asked Mercury, approaching Venus.
"No, I don't, and this is totally weirding me out, Mercury."
"Don't worry. I think it's just the way this place is meant to be. Maybe if we look for them, we can find the other scouts. But we'll have to go back to back, so we can see everything, understand? And keep hold of my hand too, so I don't lose you."
Sailor Venus nodded, and took Sailor Mercury's hand. They started down the corridor with Sailor Venus leading and Sailor Mercury play the rear guard and scanning everything.
"We must look ridiculous," thought Mercury as they traversed the long tunnel. Suddenly they slowed and Sailor Venus said,
"It looks like we're coming into a large room or something. I'm going to go in slowly, you follow, okay?"
"Okay."
Sailor Venus crept into the room quietly, leaving Sailor Mercury standing in the tunnel entrance. Sailor Mercury kept her eyes glued to Sailor Venus, knowing that if she took them off for one second, she could very likely lose her.
Suddenly a dark blur obscure Mercury's vision and when it cleared, Sailor Venus was on the ground, being hounded by a dangerous looking panther-like creature. It had Venus's arms pinned so she couldn't defend herself and it looked like it was about to snack on her.
"Sailor Mercury, HELP ME!!!!" cried Venus in distress.
Mercury didn't need to be asked twice,
"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!"
The tiny bubbles whizzed straight at the panther's head. When they struck, he looked like he'd been zapped by shaving cream. He shook his head vigorously and cleared the bubbles off.
"Is that the best you can do? Bubbles? You've got to be kidding!" the panther snarled in amusement, and proceeded to feast on Sailor Venus.
"NO!" cried Mercury, as she fell, helpless, into a fetal position in the tunnel entrance, and lost consciousness.
~*~
Sailor Mars looked around the tunnel and was startled to find herself alone with Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon was crying her eyes out and showed no signs of stopping. Exasperated, Sailor Mars grabbed Sailor Moon's hand and dragged her through the tunnel and into the larger room, where she could look at her. Sailor Moon was still crying.
"Stop it, Sailor Moon!" yelled Mars, irritatedly.
"But I don't want to. You're being mean and I'm scared, and no one else is around! Whaaaaaaaah!"
"Be quiet, whiner, or some monster will hear you!"
"Monster? Whaaaaaaaaaah! I hate monsters. I wanna go home!"
"Sailor Moon, what about the others?"
"I don't care about them, I want to go home! Whaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Sailor Mars was fed up with Sailor Moon, in exasperation, she slapped her across the face.
"Don't you ever say that, Sailor Moon! We take care of you, the least you could do is care about us!" She turned her back on Sailor Moon in anger, and began to walk away. Before she was ten steps away, she heard Sailor Moon cry out shrilly
"Mars! Come back! I need you!"
Sailor Mars didn't turn around, "Yeah, right. You don't need me, and I'm not going to turn around until you apologize!"
There was a gurgle in the back of Sailor Moon's throat and Sailor Mars turned around instantly in fear. She screamed when she saw what she had allowed to happen. There was Sailor Moon, on the floor, dead in a puddle of blood with a large, menacing panther-creature on top of her.
"No!" cried out Sailor Mars and she fell to her knees in anguish.
~*~
Sailor Jupiter stealthily walked along the tunnel. She was fairly sure trouble was brewing up ahead. She slipped up to the opening that led into the large room swiftly, yet carefully, then she looked out through it. She was astounded.
There, standing in the center of the room, bathed in pale, green light, was Ken. She immediately distrusted him. She knew that there was no way he could be there with her, but then, he looked up at her and smiled that smile. Then she knew. It had to be Ken. There was no way anyone could fake his smile like that. The corners of his eyes crinkled up and he grinned.
"There you are Lita!" he called out as he spotted her. Sailor Jupiter looked down to find that her fuku had indeed vanished, leaving her as plain ol' Lita.
"What is it, Ken?" she asked.
"I wanted you to be the first to hear the great news!"
"Yes?"
"I'm in love, Lita!"
Lita was shocked. He couldn't really mean he was in love . . . She looked up into his eyes and saw it. He was. The looks and smiles he'd once saved for only her were being hoarded now, kept away in some secret place, far from Lita's eyes.
"She's great, Lita. I know you'll like her. She small and slender and has the softest blonde hair. She's warm and quiet, and smart too, Lita. I can't wait for you two to meet!"
Ken smiled at her again, then he frowned, "We won't be seeing very much of each other now, Lita. I hope that's okay, but I have my own life to live, and besides, you'll always have whatshisname. Oh yeah, Freddy. Well, I hope you have a nice life, because I'll probably never have time to see you again."
Ken smiled cheerily, then walked off and disappeared down another tunnel without letting Lita say another word. She fell into a fetal position on the floor and began to weep.
~*~
Sailor Venus found herself alone, in a large featureless room, without the benefit of entrances or exits. She looked around the room slowly and was startled to hear voices behind her.
"Look, there she is, that Mina girl."
"Yeah, boy, is she totally weird or what?"
"Have you ever seen her room? She collects these stupid stuffed animals. The room is filled with them."
"Yeah, I know. And you see that stupid bow in her hair, some guy told her to wear it,"
"You know, most of the guys at school know her pretty well, they call her 'easy Aino.'"
Mina had had enough. She turned around, prepared to give these people what they deserved. As soon as she saw who they were she stopped dead in her tracks.
Ami, Rei, Lita, and Serena all looked at her contemptuously.
"This is a joke, right guys?" she asked, hoping against hope.
"Get a life Mina, we don't talk to trash like you!" said Serena, and she led the others out a door that had appeared while Sailor Venus's back was turned.
"You can't mean that!" She cried as she curled up into a little pile of misery, and lost herself in her own pain.
~*~
Sailor Ceres turned round and found herself face to face with her mother, High Queen Iris.
"Seize her!" the High Queen cried out, and Naverght and Thornbrush tied her with glowing green vines she could not escape from.
"Now Terra, you are just in time for this blessed event." cackled the High Queen wickedly, she gestured to the guillotine set up at the far end of the chamber. On the guillotine was her father, Lord Oaklawn. He looked at her helplessly. He was crying.
Then, she saw the scene behind him. There was a great line of people who were hooded, and awaited execution. Sailor Ceres saw Celeus, David, Serena, Mina, Rei, Luttra, Jettra, Meattra, Lita, Ami, Mr. Heath, Lord Highlawn, Birch Longstem, Aspen, her Uncle Hank, her mother and father . . . the list went on and on.
Suddenly the blade fell and Terra tried to close her eyes. Naverght wouldn't let her, and he made her watch as another person was placed on the guillotine. She watched the blade fall time and again, and when she was beginning to lose her own mind at the thought of all these people she cared for dying, a deep seeded plea exploded in her mind.
"Terra, it's me, David. Don't ask me how I'm doing this, but I can feel your pain and anguish. Don't let it get to you. It's just a dream! You've got to believe me! Nothing is real in this plane, it's all in the mind. Imagine this is gone, and it will be!"
David's mind-link faded and failed, but it had accomplished its purpose. Terra felt down deep inside of herself, and willed her mind to expel this morbid fantasy. To Terra, the battle that ensued over her consciousness seemed to take hours, but in truth, it happened in only seconds. After a hard-fought battle, Terra emerged victorious and woke to find herself on the floor, surrounded by the other unconscious Sailor Scouts.
She took the Ceres Emerald Jadestone off of the Ceres Power Key and used it to wake the others. They were confused, but after a few minuets they understood the gist of their predicament.
"If David is right and this place is merely in our dreams, we ought to be able to use that to our advantage," said Mercury thoughtfully.
"Like how, Mercury?" asked Sailor Moon.
"Simple. If we all concentrate on a place together, we ought to be able to overcome Kazracite's hold on us and physically appear wherever we want."
"So you're telling me that all we have to do is think real hard?" asked Sailor Moon skeptically.
"Correct!"
Sailor Moon shrugged, "Well, anything's worth a try at least once!"
They all gathered in a circle, joined hands, and closed their eyes.
"SCOUT POWER!"
~*~
Kazracite was watching David squirm as he hung from a golden chain on the ceiling. Oh, to be sure, his feet could touch the ground, so he wasn't really hanging, Kazracite couldn't do something like that to him, but he was pulled taunt so that he couldn't move his hands. He was also gagged.
"Just a precautionary measure, my love," she had consoled him, but every time she called him 'my love' he squirmed even harder.
"Fine, be that way." she said simply, "I think you'll change you attitude when I kill that Ceres brat and take the Jadestone.
She saw pure bubbling rage pour from his eyes and she smiled happily, "There's my old Naverght! You always used to look like that when I mentioned Ceres! Good to have you back!"
She ran over and hugged him. He jounced about uncontrollably when he touched her, and she saw that the hatred in his eyes was for her alone.
"Damn," she cursed, "Well, almost. We'll try again later!"
Suddenly, a new voice startled her from behind,
"No, you won't. You're finished trying to steal other people's boyfriends. We all know that David likes Sailor Ceres! I am Sailor Moon, and I stand for love and justice!"
"I'm Sailor Mars and if you play with my emotions, you'll get burned!"
"I'm Sailor Mercury and only lowlife slime messes with people's minds!"
"I'm Sailor Jupiter, and I won't forgive you for making me see that!"
"I'm Sailor Venus, and the Goddess of love, Aphrodite, is the only one who's aloud to tangle with emotions! Not lowlife scum like you!"
"And I'm Sailor Ceres and I'm sick and tired of you messing up my life!"
"In the name of the moon, We shall right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you're going to be moon-dusted, sister!"
Kazracite was startled, and angry, "Wait! You're supposed to be stuck in your worst nightmares! How did you get free?"
"Let's just say a friend helped us out when we were in need!" said Sailor Ceres.
"No matter, I'll kill you all anyway! VOLCANIC INFERNO!"
Sailor Moon used the Crescent Moon Wand to fend off the majority of the blow, but the little that hit them still left them woozy. Sailor Venus shook herself out of it and helped Sailor Moon to stand up.
"Come on Scouts! We've got to rally!" she cried as Sailor Moon went into the prep for Cosmic Moon Power.
"MERCURY POWER!"
"MARS POWER!"
"JUPITER POWER!"
"VENUS POWER!"
"COSMIC MOON POWER!"
The Crescent Moon Wand was charged to it's fullest, but it wouldn't release. Sailor Moon immediately started to panic. Kazracite was amused.
"Now," she said, "I'm going to kill you all slowly, one by one!"
"Oh no guys, it's not working! What are we going to do?"
Sailor Mercury answered slowly, "Maybe it hasn't regained its full powers yet. It was really zapped when you used it on Queen Beryl."
"I KNOW THAT MERCURY BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?" wailed Sailor Moon.
"Calm down, Sailor Moon," said Sailor Ceres, pulling out the Ceres Power Key, complete with Jadestone, "Hold the Wand away from you, I have an idea!"
Sailor Moon complied.
"CERES COSMIC" began Sailor Ceres, and suddenly she was no longer in her fuku, but her pale, green princess dress. Green light-energy pooled around her and surrounded her body, she finished the spell, "POWER!"
The bolt of pure green energy blasted the Crescent Moon Wand and caused it to release all it's energy. Kazracite was unprepared for this, and it blasted her directly. She crumbled to dust without another word, and both Sailor Moon and Sailor Ceres collapsed from the effort. The two crystals glowed dimly in the half light as Jupiter heaved Sailor Moon into her arms.
"Hey David, can you get Ceres?" she asked, "I've kinda got my hands full."
"MURMPH!" David cried out and squirmed some more.
"Oops!" the scouts sweatdropped, "Sorry about that, David. We'll get you down."
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!"
David fell to the ground as the chain was severed. He ungagged himself, then rubbed hi arms.
"Thanks guys, I was afraid you wouldn't come and save me."
"We couldn't just leave you here!" said Jupiter in distress.
"Yeah, besides, we still owe you a pizza!" chirped Venus happily.
David pulled Ceres into his arms and turned to the other scouts.
"Just one question," asked Mercury, turning to David and the other Scouts, "With Sailor Moon and Sailor Ceres unconscious, how are we going to get home?"
The scouts sweatdropped again. David sighed and transferred Terra to Sailor Venus, who held her up the best she could. David picked up the Ceres Power Key and turned to the others.
"Stand really close to me. I'll see if I can remember how to do this . . ."
After a few moments concentration, he called out,
"CERES TELEPORT!"
End Final Episode
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