DARK VENUS
By: Malaur

Chapter 1: The Negaverse is BACK!
     (Made mistake. The scouts are at a high school for a week. All the 
girls mentions go to different high schools. Elisia goes to the same school 
as Ami, Lita and Serena.)

   Mina stared absently at the boy that sat at the table with a group of 
girls. The dream still haunted her but they were less frequent in the last 
three months.  She wore her dark blue school uniform that had red bows.  
She wondered why all those girls were hanging on to him and secretly wished
 that 'she' was among them.  
   The boy in question was named Alex. He had very short, dark blond hair, 
cut in traditional style, and hazel eyes.  He was wearing the male school 
uniform of the same color (dark blue).  He smiled as the group laughed.
   'I wish I could hear them,' she thought. 
   Alexandra held Michelle's hand.  Michelle had sea green wavy hair about 
two inches below her shoulders and sea blue eyes.  Alexandra was the 
tallest of all of them there. Michelle was a bit on the short side (about 
5'3").  "Really, Alex.  You should go with Elisia today."
   "No, it's okay, Michelle.  I can go to Setsuna."  The girl, Elisia, was 
about an inch shorter than Alexandra (she's about 5'6") with long, mid-butt 
length pale pink hair held in a long braid and piercing, tiger-blue eyes.  
From her neck hung the Star Locket.  It was silver with a star engraved in 
its middle.  The five points had a different colored jewel in it with a 
topaz colored jewel in the middle of the star.  "Besides, you two should be 
together." Her voice was calm and peaceful.
   "If you're sure..." began Alexandra.
   "Of course she is!" said Kymbir.  She was the shortest of them all at 
4'8".  She had shoulder-length brown hair with bangs and light brown eyes. 
(Michelle, Alexandra and Setsuna have bangs.  Elisia doesn't.)  She was the 
excited one of the group.  "My sister can handle it," she said with pride. 
Kymbir and Setsuna are sisters.
   "Liz, I'll stay with you," said Leigh quietly.  She had long, mid-back 
length red hair and hazel eyes.  She was the second shortest at 4'11".  It 
was in a braided half ponytail, held with a brown ribbon.
   Alexandra, Michelle, Elisia, Setsuna, Kymbir and Leigh are the Outer 
Ring Sailor Scouts. They all were around when Sailor Moon was revived, 
except Elisia. She came three months ago, completing the team. Alex was 
Sailor Uranus, her costume colors being dark blue with yellow bows. 
Michelle was Sailor Neptune, her costume colors being aquamarine and dark 
blue bows. Setsuna was Sailor Pluto, the Mistress of Time. Her costume was 
slightly different for she had no sleeves on her costume. Her costume 
colors were dark, forest green with red bows. She wore red earrings, while 
Neptune's were teardrops and Uranus had one gold hoop. Kymbir was Sailor 
Charon (pronounced Sha-ron (long a)) and her costume colors were black with 
brown bows. Leigh was Sailor Earth and her costume's colors were brown with 
green bows. Elisia was Sailor Saturn. Elisia's costume was way different. 
Unlike the others, her costume was identical to Sailor V's. But her colors 
were golden yellow trimmed with light orange, along with her bows.  Her 
hair was in a very high ponytail, resting on top of her head as Saturn. The 
others use transformation wands. Saturn doesn't. Her wand did not work when 
she arrived so her Star Locket, with its jewel, the Crystal Star, was used 
to transform.
   "Okay. Whatever," she said, sounding a bit sad.
   "Liz...? Something wrong?" asked Michelle.
   "Oh! Sorry. I'm thinking, that's all."
   Alex leaned closer to Elisia. "Don't worry, princess," she whispered so 
the team could hear, "We'll protect you."
   "It's not that," whispered Elisia. "I wish I remembered those days on 
the Moon and in my own kingdom. But I don't. I remember you five and 
Princess Venus but nothing else. Is that bad?" she asked.
   "No!" said Kymbir quickly. "It'll come back when it wants to."
   Elisia got up. "I hope you're right, Kym." Sounding dispirited, Elisia 
went over to see Ami, who was sitting at Mina's table with Lita and Serena.
   "Oh boy," said Alex quickly.  "We got a problem."
   "When Setsuna found her three months ago, Saturn had nothing but 
nightmares and delusions. She had to block those memories so she could 
function," replied Kymbir.
   "But she wants them," said Leigh.
   "Yeah. But the Inner Scouts...we can't find them," said Michelle. "And 
if they found Princess Serena, then we need her crystal to heal Elisia."
   "And soon," added Alex.

   "And I have detention again," whined Serena.
   "We woke you up in time," said Lita. "What did you do, fall back to 
sleep?"
   "Yeah.  It's too early to go to school."
   Ami noticed that Mina was silent. "Mina? Have you been sleeping lately? 
You look bad."
   "Yeah. A bit."
   Lita and Serena saw the black circles under her eyes. They were worried 
about her. She was becoming distant with them and wanted to be alone for 
long periods of time. "It doesn't look like it," said Lita.
   Elisia came up to the table. "Um, hi Ami," she said.
   "Liz! You scared me!" said Ami after her heart stopped racing. "Are you 
okay?"
   "Yeah.  Um, about that mid-final in history. I'm not that good in it and 
I wondered if we could study together three times a week, staring next 
week?"
   "Sure. I'll look at my schedule and I'll let you know."
   Elisia smiled. "Thanks. You're a real friend."
   'You're a real friend, Venus..' came the memory.
   Mina looked up at Elisia and gasped softly. 'She looks just like Saturn! 
And sound like her too!'
   Elisia started to walk away when she heard her name. 'Saturn...Saturn...'
She stopped and looked at Mina. 'Venus?' she thought. But she heard nothing 
and walked on to class.
   'It can't be!' said Mina mentally. 'It's her! It's my best friend, 
Saturn! She really did exist!'
   "Hey, Mina?" said Serena. "You okay? You look like you just saw a ghost?"
   "I did," she whispered. Serena stared at her, confused. 
     
   Sulite was comfortable sitting in the throne that was once Queen 
Beryl's.  Her three generals-Allure, Dritoite and Crisite stood in front 
of her. "I see you three are as eager as me. Shall we being? Dritoite, 
you and Allure are needed. Look." With a twist of her hand, a screen 
appeared behind the generals.
  They all stared at it. First, they saw Venus watching Elisia going to 
class. Then it flipped to Elisia touching her locket.
  "What do they have to so with the plan," said Dritoite. He had dark skin, 
black hair and brown eyes. His uniform, like the others, was styled just 
like Jedite and the other dead generals but his was black.
  "Well...the blonde is Princess Venus, also know as Sailor Venus and the 
girl with the pink braid is our true target, Princess Elisia, also known as 
Sailor Saturn. We must get Venus first and brainwash her. Allure, you will 
brainwash her."
  "With pleasure, Sulite." Allure's voice was cold and greedy. She was as 
tall as Dritoite (6'0") and had long, wavy, black hair and red eyes. Her 
uniform was all blood red.
  Crisite smiled slyly. "And do I get to torture Princess Elisia?" He had 
long, dark brown hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. It flowed down 
to his waist. His hard, blue eyes changed red whenever he "morphed". His 
uniform was midnight blue.
  "Yes. As a matter of fact, I need you to ambush Elisia. Force her to 
transform. Then, when the other scouts arrive, Allure and Dritoite can take 
Venus. But don't leave the Outer Scout injury-free."
  "And if Pluto shows up..?" asked Allure.
  "Then leave. No one's a match for Pluto, not even me," Sulite admitted. 
"But make sure that you have Venus!"
  "Yes, Sulite." The three generals vanished.
  "This leader stuff is easier than I thought."

  Elisia adjusted the heavy yellow bookbag on her back. She and Leigh were 
heading to Setsuna's office. Setsuna worked as a secretary at the human age 
of 20. In reality, she was over 2000 years old.
  "Liz, everything okay?" asked Leigh.
  "Yeah. Leigh, I want you to be honest with me.  How did I die a thousand 
years ago?"
  Leigh froze. 'Oh, man!' she thought. 'Why me!? I have to tell her. Even 
if her nightmares return.' "Okay. But don't tell the others that I told 
you." Leigh found a park bench and sat down with Elisia. "We stopped the 
Negaverse onslaught on the Outer Kingdom. We went to the Moon just to see 
your body torn to shreds by Beryl. Queen Serenity saw what happened to you 
and her daughter. She used the Silver Crystal to trap everyone inside. 
Then, as she died, she sent all of us away. Pluto stopped you from being 
with us. All I know that you couldn't be with us so soon."
  Elisia had hung onto Leigh's every word. But when Leigh said t0hat Pluto 
was the reason why she wasn't with them until three months ago, it broke 
her heart. She was probably the closest to Pluto and now, this small bit of 
info changed everything. A single tear rolled down her face. 
  "Oh, Elisia," Leigh whispered softly. She wrapped her arm around the 
princess' shoulders.
  "You two are gonna make me vomit!" growled a thunderous voice.
  Leigh and Elisia jumped off of the park bench. They saw a monster 
standing before them with huge, sharp teeth and claws. Its red eyes gleamed 
hungrily at them. The monster resembled a black panther. "You two are 
mine!"
  "Over my dead body!" said Leigh with an edge of toughness. She looked 
around for anyone watching and found no one. She pulled out her brown 
powerstick. On top of it was the symbol of Earth. "Let's do it, Liz!" Leigh 
threw her powerstick up in the air. "EARTH POWER!" A wide beam of 
brown-shaped trees wrapped around her body, taking on the shape of the 
traditional scout uniform. Her color was brown and her costume had forest 
green bows. Her gloves were white and ended at her elbows, trimmed in 
brown. Her choker was brown with a small, green maple tree was on it. Her 
long, red hair was swept to the side in a ponytail. On her feet were 
above-the-knee boots zipped up from the side. Dangling from her ears were 
tree-shaped green earrings.
  Elisia threw her Star Locket into the sky. "SATURN CRYSTAL STAR POWER!" 
A golden beam emitted from the locket hugged Elisia's body. Her white shirt 
with its orange bow appeared first. The sleeves vanished and her golden 
yellow skirt came next, its edge trimmed in orange. Then her golden yellow 
open vest trimmed in orange appeared along with her golden yellow choker 
with its side crescent moon on it. On her feet were golden laced-up boots 
that were a few inches longer than Lita's. Elisia's orange glasses, shaped 
just like Sailor V's, came over her eyes as her long, pale pink hair was 
place in a high ponytail, resting on top of her head with a cone-shaped 
clasp with the moon and stars all over it. Her gloves reached midway up 
her upper arm and it was all white. Her Star Locket was fixed in the center 
of her front bow as her star-shaped earrings dangled from her ears.
  "Sailor Earth, Sailor Saturn," growled the monster, "Prepare to-DIE!" The 
monster lunged itself at them.
  Sailor Saturn threw her leg straight up and caught its jaw with her heel, 
sending it reeling wildly back.
  It changed into Crisite. His sly smiled sent chills down Saturn's spine.
  "Wha' th-?" said Sailor Earth as she gathered herself.
  "I am Crisite of the Negaverse. We want Saturn."
  Instincts kicking in, Sailor Earth moved in front of Sailor Saturn. 
"You'll have ta get through me firs', jerk!"
 
  Setsuna felt something was wrong as she left her office. It felt so 
familiar but didn't know why. She felt it once before... 'Saturn!' she 
thought mentally. 'Alex! Michelle! Kym! Liz and Leigh are in trouble!'
 
  Michelle was playing Beethoven's 9th when she got Setsuna's mental 
message. She stopped playing the piano and got up-
  Alex met Michelle's eyes. Alex always enjoyed Michelle's music talent. 
She was into racecars and it seems hard to believe that these two were 
lovers. They didn't need words to communicate. Both pulled out their 
powersticks.
  "NEPTUNE POWER!"
  "URANUS POWER!"

  Kymbir was washing the dishes when she heard her sister's message. She 
was at home, a two-story house that all six of them shared. She dried her 
hands and ran into the living room. Smiling, Kymbir pulled out her 
powerstick. Her and Pluto had the same symbol but her was ringed. "Time to 
rock n' roll! CHARON..POWER!"

  Crisite held Leigh in a headlock. He tightened his grip so she would pass 
out. Saturn held her glowing tiara in her hands as she hesitated in using 
it.
  "What's wrong, Saturn? Afraid I'll damage my shield?" He jerked Earth a 
bit.
  "Hit 'em, Saturn! Forget me! Just blast 'em!"
  Saturn was torn. 'I can't! I can't hurt Leigh!'

  At that moment, Raye and Mina were heading to Raye's Temple on Cherry 
Hill. Raye had heard about Mina's dreams and detachment from the others and 
since she could read fire, Raye was determined to help Mina.
  "Really, Raye. I don't need a good luck charm." Mina was still thinking 
about happened early that afternoon at recess. 'Saturn's out there..all 
alone..my best friend...I have to find her.'
  "Don't tell me what you need or don't need, Mina," Raye replied in a 
stubborn tone. "Besides, it isn't a charm. I'm going to try and figure out 
why you're having those dreams."
  Mina and Raye began to climb the stairs that led directly to the temple. 
"You really want to know why?" asked Mina.
  "Yes. It could be the Negaverse at work." Raye went into her house. 
  Mina followed her, sighing. 'Oh Raye. You can't help me because I know 
how it began. Every time I'm around Elisia, I feel Saturn. So, she has to 
be Saturn.'

  Lita, Ami and Serena were in the park when they heard a loud thunderous 
sound.
"What was that?" asked Ami.
  "Trouble!" said Lita and she ran after the sound. Ami and Serena followed.
  The three of them saw two scouts that they never saw before battling a 
Negaverse general. He had one in a headlock and the other held her tiara, 
unable to use it.
  "The Negaverse!" said Serena, shocked and angry. She saw a flood of 
images enter her mind. Beryl being defeated by her and the other scouts. 
Alan and Ann attacking everyone. The Moonlight Knight showing up and being 
Darien's alter ego. She wanted a normal life. Now, that didn't seem 
possible anymore. "I'm tired of fighting these jerks!" she said.
  "But we have to," said Lita, pulling out her powerstick.
  "Otherwise, we don't have any peace," added Ami, pulling out her stick 
as well.
  "Okay. Just one more time," said Serena. She threw her Moon Locket into 
the air. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"
  "MERCURY POWER!"
  "JUPITER POWER!"
  "SCOUT POWER!" cried all three.
  (I hope you all remember the backgrounds to all three transformations 
'cause I sure can't describe every detail. I do know that Mercury's and 
Jupiter's backgrounds don't have their planet symbols. Not yet.) In less 
than a minute, Mercury, Jupiter and Moon were ready to fight. Sailor 
Mercury's costume was light blue. Sailor Jupiter's was green. Sailor 
Moon's was dark blue and red.
  "Hold it right there!' said Sailor Moon.
  Crisite turned around and Saturn threw her tiara at him. It hit his arm 
that held Sailor Earth and she ran to Saturn. Holding his now injured arm, 
he growled, "Who are you!?"
  "I am Sailor Moon, the Champion of Justice! In the name of the Moon..."
  "...In the name of Planet Mercury..."
  "...And for Planet Jupiter..."
  "We will right wrongs and triumph over evil!" they said in usion.
  "And that means you!' finished Sailor Moon.
  "Sailor Moon and two of the Inner Scouts are here." Crisite smiled 
evilly. "Well, meet my partners!"
  Appearing from thin air were Allure and Dritoite. Both were definitely 
ready to fight. " 'Bout time, Crisite. Where's Saturn?" asked Dritoite.
  "Right here!" yelled Saturn. "Time to put you party crashers away!" She 
placed her left hand straight up on her right hand, which was resting 
sideways in front of her. They began to glow. "SATURN...POWERBOUND..."
  Sailor Earth locked her hands together into a huge fist as a small ball 
of energy hovered over them. "EARTH...SPIRIT..."
  "STASH!" screamed Saturn and the beam of light erupted from the ground, 
paralyzing them.
  "BOMB!" cried Earth as the ball of energy rammed into them all.
  But all three were still standing. All of them looked worse for wear but 
they were mot badly hurt.
  "What!?" said Earth and Saturn in surprise.
  "Come along, Saturn. All we want is your power," said Allure.
  "JUPITER...THUNDER..."
  "MERCURY BUBBLES..."
  "DRAGON!"
  "FREEZE!"
  Their combined attacks were just mere distractions as the three generals 
fought the powers off.
  Saturn grabbed Sailor Moon. "Let's get outta here!" she cried urgently. 
Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Earth and Sailor Saturn 
were gone before the generals could recover.
  "Blast! They're gone!" said Dritoite.
  "Over there!" Crisite saw a blur of yellow. "Get them!"
  All three ran after them, ready to take them all down if necessary. 

  Mina sat next to Raye as she chanted and called forth the spirits of the 
fire to help. Mina knew Raye had special powers but wondered if they could 
help her. She was so deep in thought that she didn't know that Raye was 
talking to her.
"Huh? What did you say?" she asked Raye.
  "The Great Fire couldn't tell me everything but this Saturn is real. I 
barely remember her know. Someone erased all of our memories of her, except 
yours. I wonder why...?"
  Suddenly, Mina's communicator went off. Pulling it out of her jean 
pocket, she pressed a button and Ami's face was on the small screen. "Ami!"
  "We're in trouble! We need you and Raye ASAP! Meet up at the construction 
site!"
  "We're on our way!" said Raye, hearing everything. She and Mina pulled 
out their powersticks.
  "VENUS POWER!"
  "MARS POWER!"

  "We're safe, I think," said Sailor Earth as she stopped by the pile of 
I-beams. She looked at Sailor Saturn. "You okay, Saturn?"
  "I didn't get hurt. What about you?" Saturn eyes the long cut on her arm. 
  "Nothin' major. Hey, thanks for the assist!" she said to Mercury, Jupiter 
and Moon.
  "No prob," answered Jupiter. "But I have one question."
  "Shoot," said Saturn, glancing around for anyone coming.
  "Are you Saturn?"
  "I better be," she kids but Sailor Moon's face told her something was up. 
"Why? What's up?"
  "Our friend, Venus, has been looking for you!" said Sailor Moon. "She's 
had dreams about you and everything."
  "Venus!" said Saturn with surprise. "I-I thought..she was dead." Saturn 
buried her face into her hands. "T-then sh-she called for me!" Saturn 
replied in broken gasps of air. "Sh-she set me free!"
  "What?" said Jupiter.
  "We don't expect you to understand," said a strong voice. Sailor Uranus, 
Sailor Neptune and Sailor Charon were at Saturn's side. "The only reason 
Saturn's here is because Venus called for her."
  "Who are you jokers!?" said Sailor Moon.
  "Wha-!!!" Uranus lunged forward, forgetting who Sailor Moon was. Neptune, 
Charon and Earth held her back.
  "Easy, Uranus. Don't forget our mission," said Neptune.
  "As for who we are, I am Sailor Charon, the Mistress of Darkness."
  "I am Sailor Neptune, the Mistress of the Seas."
  With strained control, Uranus said, "I am Sailor Uranus, the Mistress of 
the Sky."
  "I am Sailor Earth, Mistress of the Forest."
  Gaining her controlled, calm self, Saturn's eyes twinkled as she said, 
"I am Sailor Saturn, Mistress of Forever Light. We are the Outer Ring 
Sailor Scouts."
  "I'm Sailor Jupiter. These are Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon."
  "We have to get Saturn out of here!" said Uranus urgently.
  "Why?" asked Mercury.
  "Did you find the Moon Princess?" asked Earth.
  "We sure did!" Sailor Moon said excitedly. "Why?"
  "You three protect the princess, right? So, like you, us five have to 
watch over Saturn for reasons we can't say," answered Charon.
  "You don't have to do nothing but hand Saturn over to us!" said Dritoite 
as he lashed into the group, separating them. Charon and Earth were thrown 
over by the heavy machinery. Uranus and Neptune were thrown over by the 
structure that would be a building in months. Saturn hit the I-beams and 
flipped over them headfirst. Jupiter and Mercury were thrown aside. Sailor 
Moon was the only one standing as she ran to Saturn, who was now behind the 
beams.
  "Saturn! Wake up!" said Sailor Moon frantically as she shook her.
  Saturn bolted up immediately. "Moon!? What-where are the others?" she 
asked.
  "Not near us, that's for sure!' said Sailor Moon.
  Saturn got onto her knees. "Great! Are there just three of you?" asked 
Saturn.
  "No. Five. Venus and Mars are coming."
  "Good." Saturn got to her feet and pulled Sailor Moon with her. "Let's 
combine our powers, Sailor Moon. They'll send them packing!"
  Sailor Moon nodded. "Okay!"
  Saturn leaped from the beams, followed by Sailor Moon. "That's it! You 
want me? Come an' get me!" Saturn closed her eyes for a moment. Sailor 
Moon readied her Moon Scepter. Opening her eyes, Saturn cried, 
"SATURN...POWERBOUND......"
  "MOON SCEPTER..."
  "STASH!"
  "ELIMINATION!"
  Both powers bashed Dritoite into oblivion, or at least, that was what it 
looked like. Unknown to them, he got away in time-barely. 
  But then, Allure and Crisite showed up. "What!?" said Allure in shock. 
"Okay moon brats, you're dead!" Allure began to gather massive amounts of 
dark energy. A huge eclipse fell over the construction site. It was 
gathered all around Allure, like an aura. "So long, Sailor Moon! This is 
for Queen Beryl! DARK SHADOW OBLIVION!" The aura of dark energy headed for 
Sailor Moon like a sharp crystal (Like the one Beryl used at the end). It 
got smaller in width as its length increased.
   Saturn, who realized who Sailor Moon was, pushed her away but didn't 
get herself away in time. The Dark energy crystal embedded itself into her 
shoulder.
She gasped, but not in pain. Shock and disbelief covered her face as the 
blood spilled onto her shirt and down her left arm.
   Sailor Moon got up and screamed at seeing Saturn. Being so high-pitched, 
it woke everyone else up. They got to their feet slowly as Saturn collapsed 
into Sailor Moon's arms, sending them into the ground.
   "Saturn!" Neptune called in hopeless desperation. She looked at Uranus 
and Charon. Both of them nodded. "No one hurts Saturn without facing us 
first!" She gathered her strength quietly. (These are my attacks. I know 
about the original but I don't want to use 'em until after my next story, 
which will take place at the end of Sailor Moon SS.)"NEPTUNE WATERFALL..." 
A roar of rushing water was heard above Allure and Crisite. "SPLASH!" A 
massive waterfall wave came pouring from the sky. But Allure and Crisite 
avoided it and the ground soaked up the falling water, making puddles 
everywhere.
   "My turn!" thundered Uranus angrily. "URANUS TORNADO..." Strong gusts 
of wind whipped around the construction site as the air gathered in a 
funnel, getting larger and larger until it became a tornado. "BRAKE!" She 
sent her power at the Negaverse generals.
   As Allure and Crisite combined their power to dissipate Uranus' tornado, 
Saturn got to her knees. Sailor Moon held her at arms' length. "Saturn?" 
she squeaked.
  "S-sailor Moon," whispered Saturn. "Are you the Moon Princess?"
  Sailor Moon felt her heart break at the sight of Saturn's pale face as 
the blood continued to pour out of her shoulder. She stared straight into 
Saturn's tiger-blue eyes. "Yes. I'm Princess Serena."
  A small smile came to Saturn's face. "Don't you recognize me, cuz? It's 
me...Princess Elisia of Saturn." Her face began to register the pain as her 
eyes squeezed shut.
  "Elisia!?" Sailor Moon then remembered her: her nearly-like-a-sister 
cousin who grew up with her. And Venus' best friend. "You made it!" she 
said, choking back a sob as tears came to her eyes.
  "Still have to protect you. I'm your last line of defense." Saturn then 
slipped into unconsciousness as she slumped onto Sailor Moon.
  Tears running freely, Sailor Moon carefully, but gently, lowered her 
cousin to the ground.  She got up, not noticing the blood that was on her 
costume.
  Charon waited until Uranus' tornado was gone before she used her power.  
Pointing at Allure and Crisite, Charon cried, "CHARON SHADOW BEAM BECKON!" 
Just like Venus' beam, Charon's beam shot out of her fingertip and toward 
them. But hers split into two separate beams, both with shadows.
  Unsure which beam was the real one, Allure moved away from the slightly 
darker beam. But it was the wrong beam. The beam smashed into her and she 
dropped a few feet.
  Crisite was agitated. "That's it!" But before he could continue, 
something appeared behind him.
  "MARS FIREBIRD STRIKE!"
  "VENUS METEOR SHOWER!"
  Both powers nipped Crisite's leg as they pass him.  He turned around and 
watched as Sailor Mars ran to Sailor Moon. His eyes narrowed when he saw 
Sailor Venus and tried to rush her.
  Venus saw him and stepped to the side. But Allure pinned her arms to the 
side from behind her. "Let's go!" Venus cried out, trying to break free.
  "Meet you in the Negaverse, Crisite!" Allure rushed the sentence and she 
vanished, with Venus, in a mini-vortex.
  "VENUS!" yelled Jupiter. She eyed Crisite darkly. "Bring...her...BACK!"
  "We got what we wanted.  See ya scouts!" Crisite disappeared in a circled 
beam.
  Uranus, Neptune, Charon and Earth crowded around Saturn. Sailor moon 
looked at them, then at Mercury, Mars and Jupiter.  All four Inner Scouts 
watched as Uranus lifted Saturn into her strong arms. Sailor Moon stepped 
forward. "Where are you taking her?"
  "Our home, to rest," answered Uranus flatly.
  "Why do you ask?" asked Neptune.
  "She is my cousin. She comes with us." Sailor Moon's voice was demanding 
and strong, with no sign of weakness. 
  "Who says? You!?" said Earth evenly.
  "That's no way to talk to Princess Serena, Earth," Saturn said weakly, 
opening her eyes.
  "What!?" echoed everyone but Sailor Moon.
  "She is my cousin, Princess Elisia of Saturn. Like I said, she's coming 
with us," demanded Sailor Moon.
  "You can't expect us to-" began Charon but Saturn cut her off.
  "I want to go with my cousin, guys. You four go and get Pluto. I'll be 
fine."
  "Fine!" barked Uranus. She set Saturn down onto her feet and the four 
Outer Scouts left the site in silence.
  "Jupiter was a Saturn's side quickly. "Can you walk?"
  "Yeah. My healing powers are kicking in now. Is there a place where we 
can talk?" Saturn managed a weak smile.
  "My temple," said Mars. "We can go there."
  "It's great to see you all again," replied Saturn happily. The five 
scouts headed out of the construction site.

  Mina tried to break the shackles that held her against the wall of the 
torture chamber. But the shackles were quickly draining her strength and 
she stopped. She looked up and saw Sulite standing before her.
  "Hello, Princess Venus. It's been far too long."
  "You-you're suppose to be dead!" said Mina in shock. "How-?"
  "That's my secret. But it's safe to say that you'll become prized general 
soon." Sulite laughed.
  "Never!" came Venus' defiant and determined cry. 
  "Oh, but you will. And your job will be to capture Saturn." 
  Mina gasped. "Sh-she's alive!?" she cried.
  "Oh yes. And you've been around her for a few months now. Don't worry. 
You'll remember everything...my Dark Venus."
  "I'll never serve you!"
  "I'm truly sorry to hear that." Sulite smiled as Allure came in with a 
metal device, like the one hospitals use when they stick an IV in your arm, 
and a heavy sack. "Allure, take care of her. I'll check on your progress by 
day's end." Sulite walked out of the torture chamber.

***End of Chapter 1***

  ***TEASER-chapter 2-Target: Sailor Saturn ***

   Saturn heard a loud crash from downstairs and since she was the only one 
home, Elisia went downstairs, her locket in tow. But what greeted her was a 
total shock. Standing in the shards of glass was none other than...Sailor 
Venus!
"Venus!?"
   "Hello, Princess. Did you think you could hide from the Negaverse 
forever?"
   "Venus...what happened to you?" Saturn took a step back.
   "Do not make this difficult." Venus pulled out a long, sharp blade. Its 
dark tint glistened unnaturally in the light from the room. "Either come 
quietly or I'll force you to come."
   Saturn didn't know what happened to Venus. She believed that Venus was 
brainwashed. And there was only one way to free her from it. Holding up her 
locket, Saturn cried, "SATURN CRYSTAL STAR POWER!" In a minute, she was 
Sailor Saturn.
   Venus then vanished into thin air. Saturn looked around for her but 
didn't see her come up from behind and placed a deep gash into her side.
   Crying out, Saturn fell to her knees, trying to stop the bleeding.  But 
it was enormous. Already, there was a pool of blood from her position. She 
looked up at Venus to see if there was a hint of sorrow. What greeted her 
was evil cruelty. "V-Venus?"
   "Are you coming or not?" she asked maliciously. 
   Saturn fainted instantly.


   *** I hope you like chapter one. It took forever to finish it. I can't 
tell you when two will be up but if chapter 1 took almost a month, then 
chapter 2 will take just as long.  E-mail me at nmay@kent.edu for all 
comments. ***