SAILORMOON C EPISODE 14: QUEST OF POWER PART FOUR: LAST RITES by Frankie Rodriguez email: frankiekr@yahoo.com frankiekr@hotmail.com NOTE: Due to the fact that I am currently working on three other project besides this one and personal stuff, Sailormoon c will be on a more monthly basis. I will get on out every month but It may be hard. I will have to wait and see. But I will also be moving a little faster. The story will be a little more fast paced. The Quest of Power story line will end soon. A lot is about to happen in these two episodes. There is a lot I have to work through. By the way, the senshi and acolytes will be suffering big loses in the next few episodes. Oh . . .there maybe a special on each of the new senshi but that will be after I finish this . Anyway be careful. Remember the past. Things are gonna tie together soon enough. The sky was blacken by the sight. They were brooding over the senshi in a horrific fashion. The giant birds swirled across the sky, wanting to feast on the flesh of the senshi below. On the ground, the Guardian and Sailor Senshi within the confines of Limbo prepare for a battle. This was an important battle , for Dreadlox, master of the Dark Reign had knowledge of their existence in his land. Why? Because the leader of the bird assault was none other than the Acolyte of Shadows, Raven. Raven swoops toward the ground on her bird. The bird that Raven rode on striked down as it forced it's way down to the group. As it came closer, SailorstarSaturn was preparing to use her shield against the bird. Then Andromeda motioned in front of her, preventing Saturn to protect her. Andromeda then says, "This witch is mine." Raven laughed manically at the senshi on the ground. Andromeda looks at her. Andromeda smirks as her eyes meets with that of the Acolyte of Shadows. The stares from both were cold, emotionless. Raven began to yell a battle cry when Andromeda took her position. "Eat this you tramp! Nova Strike!!" Andromeda releases her unbound fury of her four gold orbs. Raven looks as she deflect the four bolts of energy with a black shield that she manifested in seconds, right before impact. Raven began to laugh again as she was even closer. Andromeda did not have enough time to shoot again. Ultra-Majestic Sailormoon suddenly crashes into Raven on the bird. The bird and Raven shook off the assault, going after her. "Take that you Dark Reign whore!" "Geez! Her language is nearly as bad as Hotaru's," comments Aries. Saturn and the others ignore the comment as they chase after the two warriors in the sky. Sailormoon and Raven were flying about, clashing in every turn. Raven began to shoot at her again with her dark energy. Sailormoon swiftly dodged them. Then , from behind, another bird, attacks her. Sailormoon begins to plunge towards the ground. "Usa! No!" yell Saturn as the Moon Guardian went to intercept Ultra-Majestic Sailormoon. Moon Guardian , already in mid-flight orders, "Cover me!" Birds with goblinjas on them head directly for the two heros in the sky. The ones on the ground look up in fear. Then Hades says in a stern voice, "We must cover the Prince and the young princess. Jupiter, you and Aries get those birds away from Moon Guardian and Sailormoon. The rest of us will cover the Prince as ordered." The group nodded. SailorstarJupiter and Guardian Aries began to run in the opposite direct that the birds were going. The two senshi faced the sky, charging for their attacks. "Sparking Wide . . ." "War Flame . . ." Jupiter shouts "Pressure!!" Aries cries, "Strife!!" A small puck of concentrated electricity and a bursting comet of fire rocketed towards the sky to hit the flock of meat eating birds. The "Thunder Puck" hit a few of the birds hard with an intense power . Those birds began to crash into each other and relieve themselves of their passagers . The fire disk hit the remaining birds to the south of Moon Guardian and Sailormoon. These birds began to explode in flames, crashing to the ground. That left one adversary in the sky, Raven. "You may have defeated the air guard but you will not defeat me," Raven says laugh at the warriors below." Titan, Saturn and Hades all attacked Raven, aiming their assaults at her. Raven skillfully evades each of those attacks. Then Raven strikes at the two Moon children. Moon Guardian uses his sword to parry each assault by the Acolyte . Sailormoon also joins the fight. Raven, though is ready for them. "Heaven Lunar . . ." starts the pink haired Sailormoon. She does not finish her words, thanks to Raven. "Oh no you don't. Dark Void !!" The two heros were shrouded by a shadowed colored ball which consumed them. Within, the heros were being bombarded with dark energy. Raven laughed at the site of the two being tortured. Then a cry was heard from beneath the airborne Raven. "That is it! Since you jerks know that we are here, I'm gonna leave you a calling card. Galactic Specter!!" Sailorandromeda forms her talisman in her hands. She directs it at the Acolyte above her. "Try to reflect this one Raven!! Constellation Surge!!!" Then the sky began to rumble. Light began to fall from four stars. In a loud crashing boom, four bolts fall from the sky and begin to erupt towards Raven. The Shadow Acolyte tries to retreat but is then pounded by the Moon Guardian and Sailormoon, who freed themselves from the ball of darkness. All four beams connect to Raven. She begins to scream in pain as her flesh begins to rip from her. The surge is much stronger this time. Raven falls to the ground. Her body is torn from Andromeda's attack. Then a young girl in a purple fuku stands, looming over her. A huge blade is seen then . . . A head rolls out from the girls feet. The senshi gather around as a few of them hear her words. "That was for hurting Usa-chan." Everyone gather to the side of Saturn. Chibi-Usa goes to her. "Hotaru . . . your being a little brutal, aren't you?" Saturn, with an emotionless gaze, "They deserve no less for what they did to Usagi and Setsuna-mama." "Raven would have proved to be a problem later on. Her demise was ethical," Hades states. The entire group looks at the two senshi. Saturn, Senshi of Death and Creation and Hades, Senshi of the Underworld and time. The other senshi felt eerie at the comments of both Hotaru and Jidai, but decide not to argue. This was not the time. Chibi-Usa, Yojiryu and the others then turned their attention towards Moon Guardian. Chibi-Usa spoke the next words. "Where to now? They know we're here." The Moon Prince rotated himself as he gazed upon the senshi. "It is time we raid the Castle of Shadows, the stronghold of the Dark Reign itself." Back on Earth, it had been a sad day for the warriors of justice and peace. Rei, also known as SailorstarMars, was in depression. A person she had cared for a long time has been killed in a battle with the Acolytes. She had sat there, in a chair within the home of Tsukino Usagi for some time now. It has been over 24 hours since her friend -- and true love, Chad, had died. She had looked over a few papers within her hand. Her face covered in a crumpled positions in her knees. She let her eyes wonder through the words on the paper in her shaken hand. It was a song. It was a love song Chad was planning to use to ask her out as his girlfriend. It wasn't fair Rei thought. We get to die and be resurrected but not Chad. No not him. I wish I were dead. Watching her intently was Artemis. He had been lying low for the last few days, since his altercation with Usagi. He had felt bad. It hurt him to watch the girls suffer so much. The pain of dead was consuming. And watching Usagi slowly go away , as well as Chad's murder, was hard to bare for him. He then turn back to Rei, who was crying again. The pain was going to consume her, Artemis thought to himself. It was killing her as watching Usagi's life drain away did him. Suddenly, a knock sprung the two from their places ,but not moving from their current place. "Rei . . .Rei . . .it is me, Michiru. I wanna talk." Rei lifted her head for a moment. Then she yelled, "Go away." Michiru ignore her. "Rei . We have to talk. You can't brood in her forever." "I don't want to talk about it! Just leave me alone," Rei cried while she shook. Michiru opened the door. " Rei. I made some soup. I wanted to know if you'd like some." Rei said nothing. Michiru looked at her. Things have been bad for the senshi before, but not like this. "What are these on the floor?" Michiru picked up a group of papers on the floor. She began to read them. A smile went to her face. "These are notes and lyrics from one of Chad's songs. These are pretty good. I guess the woman is you in this song. I can almost her the music," Michiru tells Rei but is cut off when Rei snatches the papers from her hand. "Get off those. They are mine. You have not right looking at them. Get away from me!! I don't want to talk! I just want to be alone!" Rei exclaims in Michiru's face. Michiru, in her motherly voice says, "Rei, I am trying to cheer you up. These songs from Chad are good. Maybe I can play one with my violin and you could hear . . ." SMACK!!! "Don't you *DARE* take those songs. You're not good enough to play them. You're not good enough to write anything like that!! Get the hell out !!!" Rei screams at Michiru as she pushes her out the door. Michiru rubs her face where Rei slapped her. Michiru moves downstairs as she looks at the table of friends. There , the other remaining uninjured senshi sit, eating breakfast. Ami, Mina and Haruka look directly at Michiru. Michiru covers her face with her hand. As their eyes met, Haruka knows instinctively something is wrong. Tenchi and the starlights continue to eat. "Michiru . . .what's wrong baby?" asks the blonde haired girl. Michiru was slightly nervous but was calm enough to say, "I am fine. Rei is taking Chad's death a little too hard." Ami then asks, " Why is your hand on your face?" Michiru tries to come with an excuse as Haruka lifts her hand to reveal the handprint of a slap. "Michiru . . .who did this to you?" "It is nothing Haruka. Really. I'll be fine," Michiru replies. Haruka continues. "I don't care. Who did that to you?! Tell me right now!!" "It was Rei wasn't it?" Ami asks. Michiru knows as if she is shamed. Haruka jumps off the table like a mad woman. "That's it!! Rei has every right to feel bad but not to take it out on us!! I am gonna see her right now!!" Haruka raced up the stairs in anger over Rei's actions. Ami, Mina and Michiru yell to Haruka to stop. Outside the house , in the back, were Luna and Iesha. The two were discussing a new development . . . Iesha becoming Sailorgaea. They sat by an old tree in the shade of the bright sun. Luna rested on the lap of Iesha as they had a heart to heart talk. "Iesha, you sure you saw Princess Demeter and Sailorio?" inquired the feline with her eyes locked on the tall girl. Iesha nodded. "Luna . . .I was not trippin', even though I thought I was at one point. I saw and talked to Demeter. I also went through a ritual of some kind called becoming. It was really weird." Luna was intentive on every word out of Iesha's mouth. This was indeed some news to be happy about. Another new senshi has joined the ranks of the others and there would be another that will eventually show. Luna turned her attention to the young black teen. "Iesha, there is so much for you to understand. I best tell you of the past and the . . ." "Silver Millennium? I already know a lot about that from . . .personal experience. Some how, when Demeter's spirit connected with mine, I gained all her memories . I pretty much know about the Moon Kingdom. Thing is , what to do now? I already failed once." Luna looked at the girl with curious eyes. "What do you mean? You have not been to action yet." "Luna . . .I should have been here to save him. I should have been here to save Chad. What use is our powers if we can't protect the people we love," Iesha announces to the black cat that shivered. "I am not sure," Luna began, then paused for a minute, "But you cannot blame yourself for what those blasted Acolytes did to poor Chad. You must make yourself feel stronger and more determined to protect the people of Earth from these evil creatures. Life is not easy Iesha," Luna began to walk away, " but if you turn back now, Demeter's sacrifice, as well as Chad's, would all be for nothing. Can you have that on your conscience?" Iesha stares at the cat leaving. She smiles at the fact that the cat was indeed, wise beyond her years. Now, it was time to make some chooses. Iesha, then, realized that the cat was right. It was not time to her to give up, but to fight. That is what Demeter wanted her to do. Upstairs, there was some hard, loud banging that could wake the dead. It was not that of any spiritual beings doing the knocking, but a person known as Haruka: and to be honest, she was mad as hell. Haruka, losing her patience since Rei did not answer her, barged in. Rei was still sitting in a ball like position. Rei's eyes were black and red with tears and pain. Haruka, though, did not care about that right this moment. Haruka grabbed Rei's arm, jerking her off the ground to Haruka'a face. Rei's eyes then connected with Haruka in fury. "What the hell do you want?!" exclaims Rei. Haruka slaps Rei hard. " That was for Michiru! What the fuck do you thing you are doing damn it?! I Know your in pain but that does *not* give you the right to be a bitch to everyone else. Chad is dead! But we are not at fault! Don't blame us for something we didn't do!!" Rei then stares at Haruka. Ami, Minako, Michiru and Yaten raced upstairs to watch the whole mess. Rei gives each of them a look, then speaks. " How Dare you say anything about Chad?! Your lover is not dead you lesbian tramp!! What do you care that Chad is dead. You would give a shit to anyone about anything as long as it doesn't have to deal with you and your little Michiru. You make me sick. You're nothing but an arrogant little punk that wants to be a boy and your lover is a straight up Bitch!!" SLAP Haruka, who is nearly crying , steps back. "Snap the hell out this Rei!" Haruka then turns and walks away. Ami is the next to go up to Rei. "Rei, listen to yourself! All you feel is not only pain from Chad's death but your own guilt and pain that comes with it. We are your friends and we love you!" Rei looks at her. "Mars Crystal Power!!" Rei transforms into SailorstarMars. She stared at her friends . "Get *out* of MY WAY!!!" Ami and the other girls were shocked at Rei's behavior. Minako, who was crying by now, "Rei, please! This is not helping us. Please Rei!" "I want you all OUT!" Rei then murmured, "Mars Flame," creating her Flame bow and arrow. All the girls and the guys were now scared as they were seeing Rei fall so badly. This was too much for them to bare. Now, the group looks on as they see that one of their own is going mad. Suddenly, a girl walks in. She stands directly in from of Rei and her flame sniper. She stands there, proud and tall. She gazes into Rei's eyes and sees the pain , the torment of Rei's soul. At the same time, the girl knows the truth about how Rei is being affected. "Rei . . .your going to shoot somebody, shoot me. I am the one who failed to be here in time. So , if anyone should die for Chad's death it should be me. But is it worth it," Iesha says. Ami and the others look on in bewilderment but as well as worry. The entire group was watching intentively at the girl. "Is this what Chad wanted?" "Don't speak his name. You're not worthy . . ." starts Rei but is interrupted by the Iesha. "You're the one ready to hurt your friends for my mistake. So, what are you waiting for. Let loose your fury Sailormars! Go ahead! Do it! You'd be no better than the monsters who killed him but go ahead! The only thing that is important is your life and what Chad meant to you. Go ahead pull the trigger, so to speak," mockingly says Iesha. Rei is shaking while holding her fire arrow at Iesha. "Go ahead! Do it!! DO IT!! It won't bring Chad back but hey, who cares. As long as your satisfied. Do it! You want to kill me. Right!" "I will I swear!" screams Rei with tears falling rapidly off her face. Ami comes up next to her and says her own piece. "You want to betray everything that your religion has taught you?! You want to betray everything your grandfather taught both you and Chad? I thought that you always wanted to be high priestess of your religion some day. Are you going to turn your back on that. Chad didn't." Rei yells, "Ami . . .I"ll do it! I"ll. . ." "Then if your going to shoot Iesha, then take me too. I love you Rei. That is why I have to stop you. Please, we're not the one's at fault. Neither are you . . ." Ami says wisely. Michiru watched knowing exactly what the two senshi were doing. Iesha comments, "So . Shoot! Kill another friend. The first time was my fault event though Hyperion shot him with fire. Stop feeling sorry for yourself damn you!! Come on bitch!! Shoot!!!" Rei is shaking so hard then that she collapses to her knees. Ami, Iesha and the other girls race to embrace her. "He died because of me. I let Hyperion slip through." Iesha says, "I know how you feel. When I got back, I could not understand why I got powers when I could not help out a friend. You can torment yourself, Just I can't blame myself for what happened. The same thing happened back in New York, so I understand your pain. Don't let it consume you. Break away from it." Rei looks at the girls. Her heart feels heavy. Her thought move towards one notion. "Hyperion must die!" Rei's friends look at her oddly. She then jumped out of the window, onto the pavement below. Ami, Minako and Iesha stick their heads out to she where she's going. "She's going to kill Hyperion alone! We have to stop her," Ami says to the other senshi. Haruka snickers. "Your kidding Ami right? If Rei kills Hyperion, that would level the playing field against the Dark Reign a lot. The bastard needs to die anyway." Ami continues, "blind aggression will only get herself killed. Iesha, you and the Starlights have to follow her." Ami's eyes were full of tears. Iesha looks at her. Yaten then says, "Iesha should stay here. Just because she says she's a senshi doesn't mean squat!!" "Really smooth Yaten!" Minako replies. Iesha smiles. "Listen Yaten . . . this senshi will kick your ass without her powers. I have seen death more than once today. I owe those Dark Reign bastards for Demeter so if you don't mind, I have a friend who needs me." With that Iesha and Yaten go downstairs to round up the rest of the active senshi. In Usagi's living room, she sleeps a hard sleep. It burns her body and mind. The restlessness that she feels is not only felt by her , but by another person who loves her. He is Mamoru. The love of Usagi's lives. Past, present and future. Now, that future and their love is in jeopardy once more. It kills Mamoru to see his love suffer so much. She had her wings ripped from her and her body was beaten. Thanks to Ami and Taki, she has some more time. In the meantime, he sits, he waits, he watches her. From behind, another voice speaks. "Has she awaken yet," asks the voice. It belongs to Mamoru's current time rival, Seiya. During the time in which Mamoru was dead, Seiya and the Starlights step in to protect her. Seiya and Usagi seemed to have a fling going but did not match his love for Usagi. "She's sleeping. Other then that, we are not sure." Seiya moves to hold Usagi's hand but Mamoru does not allow him. "Hey! Let me hold her hand. To know that someone loves her is here." Mamoru felt as if he was just slapped in the face. In bitterness, he replies, "She already does Seiya. She knows that I love her and I am here for her." "Like you were then. Real good Mamoru. Try and escape the fate that you have made. It is your fault she's lying here in the first place!" exclaims Seiya to the older Mamoru. Mamoru bits his lower lip. "Step up Seiya! It wasn't my fault! It was the Dark Reign!!" "Yeah! But if you were doing your job, you could have saved her. You didn't do you job *Prince*," Seiya snaps. He makes a fist of his right hand, in anger, ready to punch. Mamoru was about to continue when Iesha over hears their verbal battle. "That's enough. Listen Seiya , we have to book. You coming Mamoru?" "Someone has to be with Usagi in case she awakens." That was his answer. Seiya then replies, "I should be the one to stay. You go Mamoru. I am better suited for this job." "Stop pushing Seiya unless you want to get knocked out." Mamoru clenching his fists. Iesha gets in between the two. "Stop!! Give the testosterone crap a break! Rei could get herself killed and you two wanna fight! Damn, I sound like I have been doing this for years now. What's up with me?" The two guys glance at each other. "I am staying" "No you're not! I am!" Iesha screams, "That's it! You both are acting like two kids fighting over a toy. Now shut up! Let's go Seiya!" "I don't take orders from you," he snaps back at the girl. Tenchi then joins the fray. Tenchi looks up at Seiya, being about a few years younger. "We go Now!!" Tenchi drags out Seiya with the help of Iesha. Seiya and Mamoru exchange a hateful glances as the five Senshi were departing. The five of them stepped outside , looking at the sky growing crimson . The wind was fast and furious. Earth seemed to be crying, Iesha felt. The five stepped forward to transform . Tenchi sees Iesha nervous. "You okay Iesha?" Tenchi says with a smile to make her feel welcome. Iesha nods. "This is going to be my first battle but then again it is not. I am just nervous I guess." "You'll do fine, If what I saw upstairs earlier was any indication of your abilities," Tenchi gives a grin at her again. "Let's transform!" Seiya: "Fighter Star Power!" Taki: "Maker Star Power!" Yaten: "Healer Star Power!" Tenchi: "Hermes Nova Power!!" Then it was Iesha turn. Her body shook. She took a deep breathe. It was time she thought. Iesha: "GAEA IMPERIAL POWER!!" Her body seemed to be swept away in sand and light as her clothes melted away. Her body was being filled with power. Then , her body felt more powerful by the moment as she was endowed with a Sailor senshi white fuku. She turn to have a skirt and gloves wrap on her. Two bows of brown formed as a line went through her green skirt that was brown as well. A tiara that was studded with jewels on her head came to her. Then it ended. She had become Imperial Sailorgaea. Back within the con fines of the Dark Reign, the eight senshi were making their way to the castle itself. They had made it just outside. From a tower above them appeared Syrin, Mayhem and Phobia. The eight looked around to understand their battle. Mayhem spoke loudly to the group below. "Ah . . .to come so far and to die now would be such a waste for you won't it Prince Seji?! Well, your time has come. You and the other senshi have been a thorn in our side for much too long now. It is time that you are pick out and destroyed for the glory of the Dark Reign." Moon Guardian looks at the Acolyte of Destruction above him and replies, " I will not let you or the rest of the Dark Reign keep up from achieving our goal. You will pay for all you've done. I will see you burn for what you did to my sister!" "You forget," Phobia begins, "You're in our turf." Syrin concludes. "You know what that means. Our turf, our rules!" In a secret room in the Castle of Shadows, Prince Neron unearths giant pods. He looks down at them with a smile on his face. He senses the power coming from the pods. He begins to levitate them with a gesture from his hand. "Soon enough, You will awaken my beauties. Soon you will serve me and we will conquer all in our way!!" With those words he disappears with the five pods. Back on Earth, SailorstarMars uses her spiritual powers in order to track the three Acolytes. She concentrates on the familiar energy that Hyperion puts our, bringing herself to a meditative state. She uses the vibrations of the Earth. Wind blows dilengently on her face and hair. The Earth was falling off its balance and Rei knew it; but as of this moment, as of right this instant, she did not care. All she wanted was revenge! All she wanted was blood. Mars wanted nothing less that for Hyperion to feel complete and utter agony as he died. She takes a charm from her folds. She concentrates harder, trying to ignore the off balance state of the planet. She concentrated more and more on it. She felt the power not far from her. Mars ran towards her left to see that in which she was hoping to see before her . . .Hyperion and the other Acolytes. She stays hidden for a moment, plotting her attack on how she will kill them all. Then she leaps at Tempest, giving him a swift kick in the face. "SaliorstarMars!" calls out Hyperion in slight surprise. Mars eyes were twisted like her voice as she spoke. "You're surprise to see me, ain't ya Hyperion? You kill the man I loved and you expect to walk away from it that easily. I am afraid you are mistaken. You and your whole murderous lot are about to feel agony in which you shall learn true pain. You will all die." "This girl is boring me. Let me kill her Hyperion," Arctica asks in a stern, emotionless voice. Hyperion give an evil grin at the Senshi of Mars. "You know, I was thinking of letting the crossing of our dimension over to yours make you see the truth but now, I just want you senshi dead! Kill Her!!" Tempest regains his composure enough to ran towards Mars. Mars flips over Tempest and smacks a charm on his back. She then feels a cut on her arm. SailorstarMars sees that Arctica is throwing ice shards at her. Mars jumps around, dodge all the Ice shards she can, ignoring those that slice their way past her. There is nothing in her now but Rage. Unbridled, unfulfilled rage. Hyperion finally joins this fight with at blow to the face of the young senshi. Arctica follows up by smack her face with a staff made of ice. Mars is on the floor , feeling blood exit her mouth. She leaps to the air, concentrating her power for an attack. "Mars . . .Flame Sniper!!" Mars launches an armada of arrows at the three Acolytes. Tempest and Arctica blasts away at her , one with lightning , the other with Ice. It is nothing but a full fledged war between the three of them. "Monsoon Blitzkrieg!!" Tempest yells, bringing a lighting attack on the young senshi from Mars. Hyperion joins in with , "Sun Ultra-Violet Harness Slash!!" A fleet of fire javelins, the ones that killed Chad, where making there way to Mars. Arctica and Tempest both physically assaulted Mars, making her lose concentration to block Hyperion's attack. She ducks, jump towards the street behind her. Hyperion growls, "That's it! I am going to make sure you die! Right here, right now! Solar Hole Engulf!!" A brilliant light grew from the brow of Hyperion. Mars knew that this attack from him could take away her powers. She did not care. She knew that Hyperion had to die. The Solar Hole hung high above SailorstarMars. Hyperion made a gesture to activate it. She began to scream. The pain rush from her as her powers were slipping away, then she heard voices. "Star Serious Laser!!" "Star Sensitive Inferno!!" "Star Gentle Uterus!!" Three laser bolts flew, combined into one and destroyed the solar hole, giving Mars back her energy. "That's enough Hyperion!" a male's voice announced. The three Acolytes turned to see Guardian Hermes, the Starlights and an unknown senshi. "What?! More Sailor Senshi! Kill them all!!" orders Hyperion. Hermes stepped forward, "Not today Hyperion! Attack! Hypermist . . .Blast!" Snow and Ice blinded the two male Acolytes, but not Arctica. SailorStarhealer and SailorStarmaker twin kicks the Ice acolyte. Imperial Sailorgaea runs over to Mars. "You all right Mars?" "Fine. Just let me at Hyperion!" Mars steps into a fighting stance. Hyperion discharges fireballs at them. The two run to dodge them. Mars fires a Flame sniper at Hyperion, but his blocks it with some fire javelins. He them fire bombs Mars forcing her back. Tempest creates a hurricane to knock the senshi off their feet. Gaea runs to Mars, who is in pain. "That is it! I have had it with you jerks!! You guys are going down," Sailorgaea states to the Acolytes in the sky. "What makes you think you can stop us hon?!" Tempest mocks her. Gaea screams, "That is it you fuckers! Your asses are mine. Earth . . .Sand . . .Storm!!" Sailorgaea starts a whole storm of sand that knocks Tempest to the ground. "Earth . . . Metal Enchantment!!" She lifts her right arm up and her left one out in front, pointing at Hyperion. She then spins as liquid metal surrounds her, launching it with her right hand. Metal makes its way to Hyperion's body, knocking him down. Arctica faces off against Starmaker and StarHealer. The two are frozen in ice but free themselves. Starmaker shoots at Arctica, but she moves. She is them surprised by a blast from Starhealer from behind. Arctica decides to make it a battle of will. "Frozen Winter Kiss!" yells Arctica. A silver and blue orb of ice headed their way, the two Starlights agree to use their powers. "Star Sensitive Inferno!" "Star Gentle Uterus!!" Starfighter and Hermes hand their hands full with Tempest. Tempest called a monsoon to stop them, finding it easier to control the weather. The two warriors could barely see in this weather, much less fight in it. Hermes decided to throw it back at Tempest. "Get ready! Hypermist Blast!!" The frozen mist made its way up to Tempest. Tempest gather a lightning bolt to block but then Starfighter was ready for him. " Your dead!! Star Serious Laser!!" Firing her beam at Tempest. Hyperion was throwing everything at Sailorgaea and SailorstarMars. The two were doing their best to defeat them. Hyperion fired his javelins and fire bombs at the duo. Mars and Gaea them decided it was time to bring him down to their level. "This jerk is getting on my nerves. We need to shut him down," Gaea responses to her teammates. Mars questions Gaea then. "If I paralyze him for a moment can you follow up with the metal and sand thing? You know, bring him down to us?" Mars says, almost calmly. Gaea nods. "Yeah! No problem. I think." Hyperion chased them when mars flipped to the air and launched numerous charms at Hyperion. Hyperion could not block them all ,so being paralyzed, he began to decent. Gaea stepped up. "My turn pal! See ya in hell! Earth Metal Enchantment!" Gaea throws liquid metal at her target. She follows up her metal attack with , "Earth Sand Storm!!", resting a score of Sand that plummets Hyperion to the concrete below. Mars then steps up. She starts with, " You now going to hell Hyperion! Mars . . .Flame . .." "Help!" Mars doesn't move. "Help Us!" Mars looks to her left to see the Arctic getting ready to kill Starhealer and Starmaker. Hyperion begins to stand as Gaea tries to help Hermes and Starfighter with Tempest. Rei had a choice to make. Help her friends or kill the man that killed her true love. What was her choice? She turns the arrow to the side and launches it at the Arctica, getting Arctica in the middle of her forehead. Hyperion, weakened runs away. Mars falls to her knees as the other s make Tempest retreat as well. Mars falls to her knees and cries. In Limbo, as the senshi face off against the Acolytes, Tempest returns to the chamber of the lord of the Dark Reign, Lord Dreadlox. Tempest stands next to his master to report. "We have lost the battle as well as Arctica. Things are not going well my lord," Tempest says. "So it seems Tempest. Raven was also killed in Battle. It is time to finish off the senshi. Join the others outside. Before you do, what of Hyperion?" "He, my lord, was weakened. He may not have survived himself." Tempest leaves to join the battle outside the Castle of Shadows. Saturn and Ultra-Majestic Sailormoon face off against Syrin. Titan, Jupiter and hades face off against Phobia. Moon Guardian , Andromeda and Aries take on Mayhem. Then a rumble and lightning , Tempest joins the fray. Moon Guardian runs to him yelling, "Tempest, I owe you for what happened last time." "As do I , Moon Prince," Tempest states, " Now you will die like you should have then!!" Lady Malevolence watches with anticipation when a light starts to break from the ground. Hades is living his worst fear. His love with another man and for him never to see her again. He felt humble bu the light broke him free. Back on earth, Hyperion stops at a brick wall. He thought, he has gotten away but he is weak. Sailorgaea proved to be a match for him. Then he recalls that the Dark Reign killed the original Sailorgaea long ago. He puts his hand on the wall when a shadow appears behind him. He turns around. "Identify yourself. Oh," Hyperion states, "It's only you. Help me. I am weakened by my battle with the senshi." The person helps him up. "Sure. No problem." "My thanks. Let us go to Limbo," suggests Hyperion to the stranger. The figure answered, "I don't think so! You are not going to be useful to me so . . ." He take out a sword and rams it into the stomach of Hyperion. The figure smiles. The last words from the mouth of Hyperion were, "Why? Prince Neron Why?" "I have my own agenda. Plus, Mars said you were suppose to die today and I was just making sure that happened. By the way . . .your welcome." Prince Neron walks away as Hyperion dies . In Limbo, everyone turned to the light to see what was coming from it. Then a noise sounded. Lady malevolence fired at the light. Two figures walked One was with white hair. The other green. "It's not possible," states Lady Malevolence. "Oh but it is!!" The Sailor senshi and Hades all smiled when the figure stood reveal. "In the name of the satellite of Spirit and Soul, I am Sailorio!" "And in the name of the Celestial body of the Planet of time, I am Celestial Sailorpluto!!" Io steps up. "You time has come! Now . . .LET'S ROCK!!!" TO BE CONCLUDED . . . NEXT : It is the final battle between good and evil as it is the showdown you've all been waiting for. The Sailor <& Guardian> senshi vs. The Dark Reign as lord Dreadlox takes on the Moon Guardian and Sailormoon. It is the final encounter that you've all been waiting for . . . In the finale of Quest of Power, on the next Sailormoon C.