Sailor Moon: In Search of a Star Title: To Dust Ye Shall Return (Emperor Jerlp Heryko sits on the throne of the Negaverse toying with his amulet with a blank expression on his face. Kinet, Myre, and Ginea all stand in front of him.) Jerlp: So, we have finally seen the destructive powers of the Number-1 clone. The results are quite pleasing, Ginea. I will look forward to having more clones of the Scouts in the future. As for those new creatures, I will be using them momentarily. I will also expect good results from them as well. Ginea: I guarantee only the best, my lord. Jerlp: Excellent. Myre prepare your men. Number-1 will not be coming with you this time, so take as many men as you need if the situation gets......out of control. If that happens I think you know what to do, eh? Myre: Understood. Jerlp: Ginea, prepare the creatures for combat. Ginea: Before I do, I should tell you that they are only trained for hand to hand combat and might not be able to handle the Scouts' attacks if they show up. I have a way to alter this, however, but it will take time. Jerlp: Time is one thing we don't have, Professor, so we will have to use them as they are now regardless of their weaknesses. We may have to sacrifice a few to see the fighting potential of these beasts and then we can flatten out the problems after we have more information. As of now, we will have to use them. Ginea (thinking to himself): Arrogant fool. These creatures are not to be taken lightly no matter who controls them. (On the planet Earth there is an excavation site in the mountains outside of Tokyo. There seems to be an archaeological find of some sort. Diggers and archaeologists are scurrying about doing different tasks.) Archaeologist: Careful with that chisel, these bones are at least five hundred years old. Digger: Sorry, sir. Archaeologist: They seem to be samurai warriors, look at the fragments of armor that still remain. This is going to be worth a fortune! And the weapons are still intact also! Although I don't see how this is possible.....So, how many have we found so far? Digger: Well, we've found three skeletons that are completely intact and one that is missing an arm. When we dug deeper to see if we could find anything else, we found this stone tablet that seems to be not more than a couple hundred years old. (The worker then gestures the archaeologist over to a giant, square hole where there is a tablet probably ten feet across and ten feet tall. On the tablet are strange carvings and letters of some sort, definitely not Japanese or any other local writing. There is also what appears to be a map. On the map is an island with a star above it. To the left of the island another island, but this one is considerably larger.) Digger: What do you make of it? Archaeologist: Nothing. We'll need to call in a better team to help us with this one. (In the Castle Heryko, Jerlp stands in front of a holoscreen of the archaeological dig. Kinet stands next to him.) Jerlp: Kinet, we are not going to use the creatures just yet, we will let Ginea modify them to resist the Scouts' attacks. We have just been presented with another option. Kinet: I shall inform Ginea and Myre. (Back on Earth, at Cross Roads Junior Highschool, Serena was rushing frantically to her home room class. As she entered inside Ms. Haruna stood up.) Serena: Ms. Haruna! Sorry for being late, its........... Ms. Haruna (putting her hand on Serena's shoulder): Serena, don't be sorry, Lita'll be okay. That is a perfectly good excuse not to be on time. Serena (playing along): Um....yeah. (Serena then sits down in her seat and Ms. Haruna goes to the chalkboard. Amy, sitting behind Serena, taps her on the shoulder.) Amy (whispering to Serena): I'm going to visit Lita after school, you wanna come? I'm also meeting the others there too. Serena (whispering back): For sure. Ms. Haruna: Since we are studying the samurai warriors and ancient clans of Japan, I thought it was convenient to hear about how the archaeologists found the remains of several of these warriors. Does anyone have anything to say about this? (Melvin waves his hand excitedly in the air.) Ms. Haruna: Melvin? Melvin: Other then finding the bones they discovered this huge stone with carvings that looked like a map. But the writing on it was not Japanese or anything nearby Japan, some people say it has something to do with a myth almost as old as the warriors themselves. Ms. Haruna: I sometimes wonder about you, Melvin. (Back at the Negaverse, Jerlp sat on his throne with Kinet at his side and Ginea and Myre.) Jerlp: Outside of the Earth city of Tokyo diggers have found ancient samurai warriors. I have heard some stories of the fighting powers of the samurai and they seem like more than a match for our Sailor friends. Kinet: But they must be more than several centuries years dead. How could they possibly fight for us? Jerlp: That I will leave up to Ginea and Myre. This way we won't have to waste anymore troops or creatures to bring down those Sailor brats. Ginea will also get a chance to enhance the creatures fighting capacity and make modifications on Number-1. Ginea (grinning feverishly and rubbing his hands together): Excellent.... (At Cross Roads Junior Highschool, Serena and Amy sit under a tree during lunch break.) Amy: Things around here at this time of day without Lita seem pretty unusual. It seems so....empty around here without her. Sitting by us, talking with us, mooning over cute boys. Serena (jamming food into her mouth): Drraabuugaatunarive! Amy: Huh? Serena: Stop being so negative! What language do you want me to say it in! Amy: As stupid as you sound, Serena, you're right. We need to look at the bright side. Serena: So, did Mina tell you if anything happened last night? Amy (whispering): Well...... Serena: Well....what! Come on, blurt it out! Amy: I was getting to that, motormouth (Serena begins to cry). Remember those knights that saved us at the construction site? Well, the green one came out of thin air and started talking to her. Serena: What did he say? Amy: He said that he wanted Lita to be safe and that he really cared for her.....if you know what I mean. Serena (thinking excitedly): Oh, this is going to be just great when Lita wakes up. She'll never hear the end of it from me, hee hee hee. Amy: He also told Mina to give Lita this weird coin. I gave it to Darien so he could keep it safe.... (Suddenly.......BRRING!!! Everyone got up and went inside, Amy explaining the rest of the details as they walked. A couple hours later the bell sounded again....BRRING!!! Everyone left the school and Serena met Amy outside the school.) Amy: Ready Serena? Serena: Yeah. I'm ready. Good thing I refrained from smacking Melvin when he hit me with that paper airplane or I'd be in detention right now. We'll be meeting Raye, Luna, Artemis, and Mina there right? Amy: Right. (The two then start walking down the street in the direction of the hospital. At the hospital, Darien was still there talking with Dr. Rivera. The man next to Lita was gone. The five with the two cats then came through the door.) Group: Hey, Darien. Hello, Dr. Rivera. Dr. Rivera: Hello kids. Mina: Where is the man that was next to Lita? Dr. Rivera: Poor fellow's in surgery right now. He told me about you, he'll be fine. Amy: Has Lita showed any progress? Dr. Rivera: No, but just to be safe, (Dr. Rivera takes out a small needle from the table near him) I am going to take a sample of her blood to see if her heart is still functioning properly. (The doctor then walks over to Lita and inserts the needle into her shoulder.) Dr. Rivera: I'll be back in a couple hours with the results. (The doctor then walks out of the room and closes the door. They all started to talk. At the excavation site a figure in a labcoat walked toward the front gate entrance.) Guard: Who are you? What is your business here? Man: I am a representative from the Maxfield Stanton Company. I believe you got a call from us. Guard: No, we didn't. Man: No? Maybe because..... (The man in the labcoat then slipped a metal rod from inside his coat and a beam of electricity shot toward the guard, who crumpled to the ground.) Ginea: Maxfield Stanton is dead. (Professor Ginea waved his hand and Myre and several Nega-Troops leapt onto the scene. They casually walk into the site. The other workers and archaeologists look up from their work.) Archaeologist: What the? (The Nega-Troops seize the workers and the archaeologists and Myre drains them of their energy.) Ginea: Now for the skeletons. Where are they? Trooper: Down here sir! (Myre and Ginea walk over to the pit and Ginea starts setting up some sort of contraption that the Nega-Troops were carrying.) Myre: Now, Professor, how are we going to resurrect them? Giena: It's very simple actually. I will use this device I concocted to instill large amounts of energy into the skeletons. Then, they will be resurrected. Myre: And they will follow us because they are running on energy and we will be the only ones able to supply it? Ginea: Naturally. (Ginea finishes building his machine and he places a thin tarp over the skeleton bodies. He hooks a tubes up to the tarp and into a large case of energy. He presses several buttons on his mini computer and the energy transfers into the tarp. ) Ginea: Troops be ready to defend yourselves, they may act hostile. (The skeletons started to vibrate until the energy was depleted. Myre signals his troops to remove the tarp, which they do. Myre pulled out his sword, while Ginea pulled out a laser gun and the troopers drew out their rifles. The skeletons stand up and address the men.) Skeleton: Who are you?! Ginea: I am Professor Ginea. You have been dead several hundred years and I have brought you back to life. Skeleton: What is the purpose of your actions. Ginea: You are excellent fighters, correct? We have need of your fighting capabilities. Skeleton: Why should we help you? Ginea: We will leave you alive and keep you alive as long as you agree to obey our orders and fight for us. But if you wish to return to your previous state, by all means I can.... (The skeleton then shambles over to his other warriors and tells them of the situation.) Skeleton: Why should we trust you? Ginea: You've got nothing to lose. You were already dead so why not? Skeleton: Alright, we'll fight. But be forewarned, if you betray us........ (The skeleton then fires a huge fire ball at a rock and incinerates it.) Ginea: Of course. Your first task will be to go to the nearby city of Tokyo and destroy everything in sight When you are in the middle of the attack you will be confronted by several girls calling themselves the Sailor Scouts. They are to be destroyed. Understood? Skeleton: Understood. (Back in the Negaverse Kinet walks toward Jerlp, who sits on the throne. He smiles at Jerlp.) Jerlp: We have the skeletons? Kinet: Yes, and they are even stronger than imagined. Jerlp: Good. Kinet: Jerlp, having to keep alive four skeletons with energy will require huge amounts. Jerlp: Do not worry. Once they have served their purpose they can go back to where they came from. (Back in Tokyo, everyone was still inside the room of the comatose Lita.) Serena: This hospital room is way too cramped, I'm going for a walk. Darien: I'll go with you. (Then Both Darien and Serena walk out of the room.) Amy: I wonder when she is going to wake up. Raye: Dr. Rivera said either a couple of days or weeks. Mina: Lets hope the Negaverse doesn't do anything soon. (Outside the hospital both Serena and Darien are walking down the sidewalk.) Darien: You pretty bummed out that Lita's in a coma? Serena: Yeah, it makes me think about how dangerous being a Sailor Scout really is. Darien: Hmm........ Serena: When I find that Nega creep who put her in that coma.....BAM!! I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind! (Needless to say, about a block away from the two, there was an explosion. Serena and Darien ran to the site and saw Myre and the four skeletons, firing at everything in sight.) Serena: Hey, it's that guy who attacked us a couple days ago! And I bet he had something to do with Lita's injuries! (Serena pulls out her communicator and tries to reach the others.) Serena (talking into the communicator): Amy! Mina! Raye! We've got a situation here! That psycho from the Negaverse is back with some weird skeletons. Guys?! Can you hear me?! Mina's voice: I hear you, Serena!! Serena: Get down here as soon as possible! (Serena turns off the communicator, ran down an abandoned allyway, puts her locket into the air and she began to transform.) Serena (screaming): MOON CRYSTAL POWER! (Then Serena turned into Sailor Moon and Darien turned to Tuxedo Mask. Back at the area where the Negaverse was intruding, Myre and the skeletons were burning things up, with magic from the skeletons and Myre's sword. Myre ran to chop down a fleeing passerbyer but a golden disc hit his hand and he stopped. Myre and the others looked up and saw both Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.) Myre (pointing his sword at the two): This is your target. Make sure they are destroyed. (Myre disappeared and the skeletons charged to attack them.) Sailor Mercury's voice: MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST! (Fog descended on the area and the rest of the Scouts met with Serena and Darien.) Sailor Venus: We got here as soon as we could. Sailor Moon: Right. Let's get rid of these creeps. (The skeletons charge at the Scouts holding their swords but......) Sailor Moon: MOON TIARA MAGIC! Sailor Mars: MARS FIRE IGNITE! (The attack blew up two of the skeletons but the the other two still charged. One shot a fire ball and scattered the Scouts.) Sailor Venus: VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE! Sailor Mercury: MERCURY ICE STORM BLAST! (The remaining two skeletons were held in their tracks as the shower of icicles blew them to bits.) Sailor Moon: Well that takes care of those Negacreeps. I'm beginning to wonder who is behind all of these attacks. Luna: It is Jerlp Heryko. He was in the evil Queen Beryl's army until it fell apart after her death. He has risen to become the most powerful and influential leader in the Negaverse. Artemis: Him and his assistant Adio Kinet run almost everything there. Sailor Moon: Hold on a minute there Luna, you haven't been letting us in on the whole scoop since this Negverse stuff started up again and I want in on some info. Like who are those knights? Luna: I don't have all the answers but those knight are the champions of their respective planets. That is all I really know about them. Sailor Moon: And why are they here? Luna (obviously hiding something): That I am not sure of. Artemis (following Luna's lead): Neither am I. Sailor Moon: Well, I guess we'll just have to wait to get some real answers. (Back at the hospital room, everyone was back to normal and it looked like Mina was going to stay there again.) Serena: I'll come by tomorrow to help you get ready for school, Mina. Darien: You have trouble getting ready yourself, meatball head, I'll come by tomorrow. Serena: I am a perfectly scheduled person, thank you very much! (Everyone looks at her.) Serena (nervous): Okay, maybe I could use a little organization. (Serena, Amy, Raye, Luna and Artemis then leave. As Darien is about to leave Mina taps him on the shoulder.) Darien: Yeah? Mina: Do you still have that coin I gave you? Darien: Yeah, it's here in my pocket. (Darien then pulls out the coin and hands it to Mina.) Darien: I'll see you tomorrow. Mina: Bye. (Darien then leaves. Mina studies the coin for a moment before she goes over to the bedside and sit down.) Mina: I wonder if....... (She places the coin in Lita's hand. A bright glow comes from the coin and Lita stirs slightly.) Mina (surprised): Huh!? (Lita's eyes flutter open and she looks at Mina.) Lita (weakly): Mina?