Sailor Moon: In a Search of a Star Title: Something More Part 0:1 (Deep under the ground inside of the castle Heryko, there is research laboratory where a man wearing a lab coat stands in front of a giant dome. The dome has various tubes running into it and wires and electrical cables are scattered all over the floor. Inside of the dome is a motionless body that is lying on a platform. The man walks over to a control panel and presses a few buttons. All of a sudden, blue energy seeps through the tubes and into the dome. The energy immediately goes to the body and soaks into it. The man looks up and smiles. He seems to be a frail middle-aged man with long black hair tied back in a pony tail that grows white at his temples. His eyes are an ice white. He wears spectacles and seems to be sleep deprived. He walks over to the dome and presses his hand against the surface.) Jerlp: Are you sure this will work, Ginea(gihn-yuh)? Ginea (a low paranoid voice): Oh yes, my twenty years of hard research and experimenting have finally paid off. I can have ten of them ready for you tomorrow, but if you wish for more, I will need more bodies and energy. Jerlp: I understand. I will send my best soldiers down here immediately. Do not take too much out of them....I will need them for later. As for the bodies.....that won't be a problem. Ginea: Excellent. (Later on, Jerlp sits on the throne of the Negaverse toying with his amulet while staring at the ground.) Kinet: So, Ginea has completed the project. Jerlp: Yes, all is going according to plan. Kinet: Just who is he anyway? Jerlp: He was Beryl's top scientist until his wife "died". He then went insane and has been trying to bring her back since then. That is where he got the idea for this project. He has kept her frozen in that laboratory ever since. He doesn't have her energy so he can't bring her back the same. It's a pure shame, but he's a genius and we need him for this project. Kinet: I see. (Back down in the laboratory Ginea walks down a corridor where he stops in front of a door.) Ginea: "Ginea". (The door opens and inside there is a dark room. In the middle of the room is a tall cylindrical tube that reaches up the ceiling. Inside the tube is frozen women.) Ginea: Do not worry, my love, we will be together soon. (At Cross Road's Junior High School........BRRING! The lunch period has just began. Outside on the school's grounds are Lita, Serena [stuffing her face as usual] and Amy sitting together under a tree. All of them talk while eating, pretty hard for Serena, though.) Lita: I always enjoy this period. Amy: I always enjoyed others, especially all the math ones. Serena (thinking): Does she always have to be such a brain? Lita: So, what are we going to do today? Serena (pulling a rice cake out of her mouth): Let's just go to the arcade as usual. Lita: In a couple of months, we'll be spending most of our time there...summer's almost here you know. (Melvin and Molly pop their heads in.) Melvin and Molly: Hey guys! Molly: Did you guys hear about the attack at the construction site for the new mall? Serena (looking around "unsuspiciously"): No....why? Melvin: The Sailor Scouts were there, and then the man who attacked summoned this weird flaming horse that carried an armored rider who carried this huge spear. But then these five guys in armor who carried weapons defeated the monster! I heard from Molly, who heard it from Ken, who heard from Mackie, who heard it from Tao whose brothers friend works at the construction sight. Or was it Jin? I don't know, maybe the others got it wrong. Molly: I think you got it right. Or.....well I think so at least. (Both then walk off talking eccentrically about the incident. In a couple minutes.......BRRING! The bell rang again and it was off to the classes. Inside Ms. Haruna's class, Lita was not really paying much attention to her lessons. She began to daydream about the Green Knight.) Lita (thinking): Oh, that Green Knight was such a hunk! Such ease and sword handling..... (Lita then drifts off. There in her mind was herself in a dark blue dress. And then Green Knight accompanied her to a dance.......) Ms. Haruna (screaming and slamming her ruler on Lita's desk): MS. KINO! WAKE UP! YOU'RE IN SCHOOL! REMEMBER?! Lita (bolting upright): Huh!? What!? Ms. Haruna: THAT'S IT!! DETENTION TODAY! AFTER SCHOOL! Lita: Uhhhhh.......... (Lita then drops her face down onto the desk. Some of the kids laugh. A couple hours later.....BRRING! School was out for the day and everyone met in the park, excluding Lita.) Raye: Where's Lita? Serena: She's got a detention. She said she'll catch up with us at the arcade. Raye: Oh, well, this is rare. Amy: So, lets get off to the arcade. (The four then walk off, as they walk they talk about things that happened recently.) Mina: I've been thinking.....and I want some answers from Luna and Artemis about those knights. I've been thinking about what happened since....well since it happened. Luna and Artemis seem to know something we don't. Serena: Now we have two things to worry about. Who are the knights and who is attacking us. It can't be Beryl since she was destroyed. I wonder if Luna and Artemis know anything about it. (At the arcade everyone was hanging out and chatting about what happened lately, about the attack or just playing the arcade games. Andrew walked in as usual with his hands inside his arcade apron pockets.) Andrew: Hey guys, where's Lita? Serena: Detention. She'll be here soon. Go easy on her, she's kind of "heartbroken" from her last boyfriend. (Back at Cross Road's, Lita was sitting in her chair in Ms. Haruna's class. Ms. Haruna was sitting at her desk grading papers. The students in detention were Lita, a boy who threw spit balls all the time, and a loud-mouth girl. Lita was there writing down sentences. On Ms. Haruna's desk was a timer that went "tick, tick, tick") Lita: That's the last time I think about pleasure before work.....for now at least. (Lita kept writing sentences, she continued writing until....DING! The timer on Ms. Haruna's desk went off. Ms. Haruna stood up.) Ms. Haruna: Alright class, now I think we’ve learned an important lesson today, right Lita? Lita: Yes, Ms. Haruna. Ms. Haruna: Alright everyone, dismissed. (Lita was the first one to get out. Lita went down the stairs and walked out the front door into the street towards the arcade. Back at the Castle Heryko, Kinet was inside Ginea's laboratory with ten troopers. Ginea was dashing around pushing buttons and pulling levers and assisting the troops into their capsules.) Kinet: How long is this going to take? Ginea: Not that long. (After pulling a lever) Alright, now each trooper has his separate capsule that will drain him of most of his energy. I will then transfer the energy into the dome and into the bodies. Kinet: But that will just give us ten extra clones of these soldiers. We already have the strongest army in the Negaverse. What good will this do? Ginea: The bodies have been....altered so that when the energy tries to enter it, the body will mutate and grow stronger to try and fight it off. At this point I will pull this switch here (Ginea points to a lever on the control panel.) and the body will stop fighting and allow the energy to enter. The combination of the energy and the mutation will make these bodies some of the strongest creatures ever seen. Just call it a twisted way of speeding up the bodies' evolution. Also, the soldiers will lose some of their energy but it will come back to them in a couple of days so we really can't lose here. Kinet: I see. Well, proceed. (All of the troopers are in their capsules and ten bodies lie in the dome. The capsules have tubes that run into the dome. Ginea presses a couple of buttons on the control panel and pulls a lever. The capsules slowly begin to fill with blue energy until Ginea presses a button and pulls another switch. The energy then leaves the capsules and travels through the tubes and into the dome where it collects around the bodies. The bodies twist and writhe until they expand and grow bigger and the muscle mass on the body is also significantly increased...Ginea pulls another switch and the energy enters the body.) Ginea: It is finished, Kinet. The troopers will need to stay here and avoid as much action as possible until they recuperate. Kinet: This is excellent. We can make thousands of these and crush the Earth! Ginea: There might be a problem with that........ Kinet: What do you mean? Ginea: These creatures are very unpredictable and unstable. They can only be commanded by a person who wears this (Ginea holds up a metallic bracelet.). I've already implanted chips into their brains so that they will respond to whoever wears this bracelet. But even with this bracelet it would be almost impossible to command more than fifteen. So be very careful. Don't worry though. While in this dome they couldn't possibly escape and I already wear a bracelet even if they do escape (Ginea shows abracelet on his wrist.). And they would never hurt each other inside of there.......they feel a connection to each other. Kinet: I see. (Ginea hands the bracelet to Kinet and he slips it onto his wrist.) Kinet: When will they be able to function? Ginea: They need at least another seven hours to rest. Kinet: Good. I'll be back in seven hours. Oh, and make more of these bracelets. Ginea: Of course. (Kinet then leaves. Ginea looks up and smiles. In the throne room of the Castle Heryko, Kinet and Jerlp stand talking to each other.) Kinet: Ginea has completed the project. The creatures will be ready in another seven hours. Jerlp: Excellent. When we send Myre and his troops along with these creatures to Earth we are sure to draw the attention of at least one Sailor Scout if not all of them. Kinet: About the creatures well.....they will not be ready for another seven hours. Jerlp: Very well. We will save them for later then........a little side presence. Kinet: But what if the Kinghts appear again? Jerlp: All for the better, my friend. General Myre! (The tall general in the dark scaly armour appeared out of a portal.) Myre (emotionless as usual):........ Jerlp: We have a little something planned for the Sailor Scouts. I want you to go to Earth and draw the attention of at least one. When you find her, drain her of her energy and bring the energy back here......we will not need the body. If more than one comes drain them as well. You are not required to hold the Knights if they appear, but an energy intact specimen would be greatly appreciated. Understood? Myre: Understood. (The general then disappeared into a dark portal.) Jerlp (speaking into a receiver): Ginea, prepare several capsules. We are having guests. Ginea: No problem. (Then on Earth, Lita is still walking towards the arcade. The sun is still out and high in the sky. Lita is walking peacefully, humming to herself, until she hears several shrill screams. She ran over to where the screams came from. It was at a ramen restaurant where Myre and about ten of his troops were destroying everything in sight. Lita peeked around the corner of a business building.) Lita (thinking to herself): It's that man from the Negaverse! He's here again! (Lita ran into an empty, dark alley.) Lita (screaming): JUPITER STAR POWER!! (Lita then puts her hand up and turned into Sailor Jupiter. Back at the trashed shop, Myre was still messing around.) Sailor Jupiter (speaking into wrist communicator): Serena! Serena can you hear me!? (At the arcade we see Serena and the other girls playing a giant new machine and cheering each other on.) Sailor Jupiter: Great.....I’ll have to handle this myself. (She dashes around the corner and confronts Myre and his troops.) Myre: A Scout! Troops attack! (The troops fire their rifles at the Sailor Scout. Sailor Jupiter jumped up and avoided the lasers. She easily landed on the ground at a safe distance.) Sailor Jupiter (screaming): JUPITER THUNDER CLAPS ZAP! (Sailor Jupiter fired her ball of thunder at the troopers and four of them went down burning.) Myre: Fools! Let me handle this! (The rest of the troopers cleared and the general drew his sword, leapt into the air, and disappeared. Sailor Jupiter looked around surprised.) Sailor Jupiter: What the? (Myre reappeared behind Sailor Jupiter and cracked her in the back of the head with the pommel of his sword. Sailor Jupiter collapsed to the ground unconscious. She was then raised off the ground and drained of her energy. Myre held the ball of energy in his hand and laughed.) Myre: Fool Scout, too easy. (Then the dark portal appeared and the Negaverse troopers and the general disappeared into it. Sailor Jupiter then turned back to Lita. The people there with Lita were almost dead. A man came by. It was Darien. He saw the people.) Darien: Oh no....someone get help! (At the acade the girls are talking excitedly about the new game and wondering where Lita is when three ambulances speed by.) Serena: I wonder where Lita is. She probably got lost or something. Amy: On the way to the arcade? We’ve only walked here about three hundred times. Serena: Well since you put it that way....nevermind. I have a bad feeling about something. (Inside one of the ambulances Darien sat by Lita. She had a bandage tied around her head and was wearing an oxygen mask. At the hospital, in a huge ward, the victims and Lita were inside. Darien was outside on the phone calling Andrew. At the arcade, Andrew answered the phone.) Andrew: Hello, Crown Arcade. Oh, hi, Darien.....what? Darien (on the line at the hospital): She is, Andrew. Lita is in the ward. Here at Tokyo Hospital. She was brutally attacked by someone or something. Tell the others that I'm here with her and they should get here now. Andrew (at the arcade): Alright Darien, I'll tell them. (He hangs up and rushes over to the others.) Serena: Andrew, what's wrong? Andrew: You guys, Lita’s is in the hospital and we need to get there now. The group in unison: WHAT?!