DARK VENUS
By: Malaur

Chapter 5- Jupiter's Power Drain!

    Venus threw Jupiter roughly into the torture room and locked the door 
tightly. She then threw a barrier over the door so Jupiter wouldn't escape.
    Jupiter picked herself up and saw Elisia hanging limply on the wall. 
"Liz! JUPITER...THUNDER...CRASH!" Using her old powers, she freed Elisia 
from her binds as she fell forward. Jupiter caught her and sat on the 
floor, holding Elisia in her lap. "Liz? Liz, wake up! C'mon, wake up!" she 
gently shook her.
    It took a few minutes before Elisia had the strength to wake up. When 
she did, she felt an emptiness inside. "J-Jupiter?" she whispered.
    "Yeah it's me. What did they do to you?" asked Jupiter.
    "I lost my powers, Lita. I don't have them anymore." Elisia looked away 
from Jupiter. "And I lost my best friend forever."

    Unknown to them, Elisia's words didn't fall on deaf ears. Venus was in 
her room, tormented with memories that didn't co-enside with hers. She 
remembered her time on the Moon when her parents had to leave for planet 
Neptune and Venus was only nine so she stayed with Queen Serenity and 
Princess Serena. At that time, Princess Elisia of Saturn, Serena's cousin 
was there. She took herself back to that time...
   ***The Past ***
   "Venus...there's someone I want you to meet," said Queen Serenity. She 
led the young Venus down a long hall and into a room. In the huge bed was a 
girl sleeping. She had long, pink hair that was loose and fell about her 
face. She was pale and very sick. "This is Princess Elisia of Saturn. Her 
parents, Edward and my sister Azriella, always left her alone when she was 
a baby. She was so lonely that she ate the gray berries on her world. They 
were poisonous and she got sick. She can't be healed now. Not unless she 
wants to be. Serena is in the gardens. She can't watch her cousin die. I 
think maybe she needs a friend."
   Young Venus climbed on the bed and sat on it. "Is she my age?"
   "She's only a year younger than you. Please stay with her, Venus. At 
least, she can die with a friendly face around." Queen Serenity left the 
room.
   "Um, I think you're parents are as stupid as mine. I wish my mom was 
like Queen Serenity. Then I could be loved."
   "I wish that all the time," said Elisia weakly, opening her eyes. "Who 
are you? You can't be Serena. Her hair's longer."
   "I'm Princess Venus. My parents always leave me alone in the castle. At 
least now, they'll leave me here."
   Elisia started to cough and blood came from her mouth. Tears streamed 
down her eyes and looked sadly at Venus. "Please...don't leave me."
   Venus couldn't so she held Elisia's upper body in her arms, telling her 
that she was the bravest girl alive. She felt a connection with Elisia and 
vice-versa.
   But Elisia got stronger, the sickness leaving her body. Soon, she was 
completely healed but weak. She smiled at Venus. "Are we friends?" she 
asked.
   "No. We're Best Friends." Venus helped Elisia out of the bed and helping 
Elisia along, they went to the gardens to see Serena. That day, all three 
were very close.
   ***End Flashback ***
   
   Venus cried softly. But Allure's brainwashing was trying to regain 
control. She held her head, confused, angry and frustrated. She saw the 
world go black and then she was in the Dream World.
   She stood on an asteroid looking at the two versions of herself-Sailor V 
and Dark Venus. Both versions were fighting each other. But Dark Venus was 
overwhelming when Sailor V was trapped in her web.
   "NOOO!" screamed Venus but Allure appeared.
   "You are a warrior of the Negaverse! These memories are false!" Allure 
then vaporized Sailor V.

   Jupiter wouldn't accept Elisia's defeat. "NO! Elisia, don't give up!"
   "Look at me!" yelled Elisia. "I'm not in any sailor costume! I'm 
powerless to stop Sulite!"
   "Who is Sulite?" asked Jupiter.
   Getting up, Elisia looked at Jupiter solemnly. "Malokite's and Zoisite's 
daughter."
   
   Serena watched as the Star Locket and Star Scepter glowed as one. They 
were being called. "Hey! What's happening!?" The locket wanted to pull away 
but Serena held on to it.
   "Hang on to it!" cried Luna.
   But the Star Scepter hovered above Serena. It hit Serena's hands and the 
Star Locket was free. Both hovered above the Sailor Scouts and glowed 
brighter.
   "What's up with them?" asked Earth.
   Charon's eyes became yellow and pink, alternating. "We must go where we 
are needed," she said, her voice nothing near her own.
   Neptune and Uranus backed away from Charon. Everyone else was a little 
too scared to move. Ami wasn't. She took a step forward. "Who needs you?" 
she asked.
   Charon looked at Ami. "Sailor V." Then she collapsed as the Star Scepter 
and Star Locket vanished.

   "NO! I am Sailor V! You can't destroy me!" In the light of this, Venus 
lost her Negaverse outfit and the red and blue outfit of Sailor V returned.
   "Foolish girl! You are one of us! Your father-"
   "Don't you dare drag my parents into this! You made me evil! You made me 
capture and hurt my best friend! Your days are numbered!" Sailor V then 
punched Allure in her face.
   Allure staggered back, touching her nose. Her hand came away with blood. 
"Dark Venus! Get rid of her!" Allure vanished in a circle of dead, black 
roses.
   Dark Venus smiled. "Shall we rumble, Sailor V?"
   
   Jupiter helped Elisia to her feet. "Run that by me again?"
   "Sulite is Malokite's and Zoisite's daughter. She's the combination of 
them both. But I can't defeat her without my powers." Elisia indicated her 
school uniform. "I can be a pain but nothing more."
   "Don't worry, Liz! I'll get her!"
   "Get Sulite? You are dreaming, scout." Crisite appeared magically in the 
room. "Now Saturn, it's your time to become a Negaverse general."
   "Over my dead body!" yelled Jupiter. She charged Crisite.
   Crisite had other plans. He kicked Jupiter in the stomach. When she 
doubled over, Crisite picked her up by the neck and threw her into Elisia, 
sending both into the wall.
   Elisia got hit very hard by Jupiter so the force of the impact knocked 
her out cold before the wall could. She lay very still.
Jupiter got up and saw Elisia so still on the floor. Her eyes became red, 
full of rage and anger took almost complete control. "You made me hurt 
Saturn!"
   Crisite laughed darkly. "What are *you* going to do about it, scout?" he 
taunted.
   "JUPITER! THUNDER...DRAGON!" Her lightning dragon raced toward Crisite.
   "Crisite sent out his dark, Nega-lightning and dissipated Jupiter's 
dragon. "Was that supposed to knock me out?" he asked. He then made the one 
wall where Saturn was hanging from glow bright red. "Well scout. I think 
that the Negaverse will win at long last!"
   "That's what you think pal!" Jupiter charged again, this time her fist 
cocked back, ready to punch Crisite.
   Crisite took the punch and grabbed Jupiter's out-stretched arm. He then 
threw Sailor Jupiter into the reddened wall.
   The wall turned her around so her back was against it. Her arms and legs 
were melted into the wall. She struggled to get loose but the wall 
responded by wrenching her powers. She screamed.
   "That's what you get, Jupiter. Sulite only wanted Saturn's powers for 
the Negaverse portal but she wouldn't mind having more power."
   Jupiter's continuous screaming woke Elisia up, She got to her hands and 
knees, watching the Negaverse zap Jupiter's powers. "You took my power," 
she whispered. "Now you want Jupiter's." Elisia got to her feet. "Powers or 
no powers, I *will* stop you!" She threw her weak body into Crisite, 
pushing them both to the floor. But Elisia wasn't strong enough to 
follow-up.
   Crisite got up, letting her crumble to the floor. He was boiling mad. 
Before Elisia could scramble away, he picked her up by the chin. Locking it 
in his hand, he glared evilly at Elisia. "You must be the stupidest girl 
alive! How do you expect to defeat me?"
   "With whatever I know." Fear was in her eyes but Princess Elisia 
wouldn't let it stop her. She had to try and save Jupiter.

   Sailor V kicked Dark Venus in the shoulder followed by punch to the 
face. Dark Venus blocked it and threw Sailor V over her shoulders. Sailor V 
crashed onto the asteroid ground, hurting everywhere. Sailor V got up 
slowly and saw the Star Locket and Star Scepter land in front of her. 
Instincts taking over, Sailor V picked them up. "You're history, Dark 
Venus! I am a Sailor Scout!" She put the locket over her head and the Star 
Scepter in the small belt of her skirt. "VENUS...METEOR...SHOWER!" Her 
power blasted Dark Venus clear into dust.
   Venus woke up, gasping, wiping away the sweat on her forehead. "I did 
it! I'm free!" Venus then felt something around her neck. She looked down.
   Around her neck was the Star Locket. She tried to touch it but her left 
hand had the Star Scepter. She got up, ready to break a few heads. "Gotta 
save my best friend first."

   Charon came to. Her head was spinning and the voices around her were 
sluggish and dream-like. She opened her eyes and had to shield them from 
the light. "Ooow...what happened?"
   "We want to know that," said Uranus. She helped Charon to sit up. "Now 
are you telling us?"
   "I felt like something took control of me. Something called for the Star 
Locket and Scepter."
   "No...someone," said Darien. "But who's Sailor V?"
   Serena knew that one. "Mina," she said, whispering it as if she was 
thinking. "If Mina called for them...could she be on our side again?"
   "We can't wish that too much, Serena," said Artemis. "I want to believe 
too-"
   "That's it!" yelled Earth, getting up from the floor. "Ami, can we get 
into the Negaverse if we *all* go for it?"
   Ami thought about it for a moment. "Yes...it can be done."
   "I vote that we go to the Negaverse and free our friends!" cried Uranus.
   Everyone cheered except Serena. She couldn't help but wonder about 
something. 'Where's Pluto?'
 
   Pluto sat on the floor of the Chamber of Time. She watched the events 
that led up to Saturn getting free the first time.
*Time Flashback *
   Sulite stood over the area where Saturn's body was still buried. She 
smiled. "The day has finally come! The most powerful being in the universe 
is mine!" She began to cut the heavy rocks with her Nega-staff.
   Pluto then arrived, knocking the Nega-staff from Sulite's hand. "You 
can't have the Messiah!"
   "Really? Mom and Dad want her and I'm bringing her to them!" Sulite then 
sent waves of Nega-energy through Pluto, making her scream and collapsed in 
pain. "You think that your time tricks will help you, Pluto. They won't. 
You can't protect the Messiah forever!" She then picked up her Nega-staff 
and thrust it down into the ground. It struck something. "I found her!" she 
cried happily. Sulite used the Nega-staff and freed Saturn from the ground. 
   Weak, Pluto got to her feet. It was happening. Pain coursed through her 
now. She was becoming a human. She had to save Saturn. Pluto aimed her 
Garnet Orb at Sulite. "DEAD...SCREAM!" Her power smashed into Sulite but 
accidentally sent the sphere holding Saturn off of the Moon. It was heading 
to Earth. 
   *End Time Flashback*

   'I didn't know that Saturn was on Earth until I returned to the Time 
Chamber,' thought Pluto, remembering that day. 'Now, all of the secrets in 
regards to Saturn are leaking out. What am I going to do?'

   Crisite threw Elisia into the floor, knocking the air out of her. He 
then stood above her, forming a dark crystal in his hands.
   Elisia scrambled to her feet and got to Jupiter. "Hang on, Jupiter!" 
Without thinking about it, she placed her hands on the glowing red wall. 
She screamed as the wall tried to take her power. But she was fighting 
back, slowly taking the power she lost to it. In the mist of her skirt, her 
old transformation wand glowed, gaining power.
   Jupiter opened her eyes. "Liz," she said in pain, "Don't-what are you 
doing?"
   "Getting my powers back," she said and she pushed herself away from the 
wall as Crisite tried to smash the crystal into her. She got up and pulled 
out her transformation wand. "Time to kick your butt, Crisite! No one's 
taking anymore of Jupiter's powers!" She threw her wand up in the air. 
"SATURN...POWER!" But she didn't transform. Instead, the wand' power broke 
the glowing wall, setting Jupiter free.
   Jupiter couched a bit and felt all of her powers returning to her. 
"JUPITER...THUNDER...CRASH!" reverting back to her old powers, Jupiter 
caught Crisite by surprise and blasted him into the shadows. "Liz, let's 
bust outta here!"
   But Dritoite appeared and he wasn't going to let them escape. "I don't 
think that's possible, girls."
   "CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" yelled Sailor Venus from behind Dritoite. He 
vanished before her beam could do any damage. Sailor Venus went to Jupiter 
and Elisia. "Hey, guys! Ready to go?"
   "Mina?" said Jupiter, not sure if it was really her.
   "Venus!" cried Elisia and she ran to her, hugging tightly. "Oh, I 
thought you were gone!"
   "Not quite. Your talk did the trick. Oh, here. Take this." Sailor Venus 
gave Elisia her Star Locket and her Star Scepter. 
   "Oh my..." Elisia took her locket and put it around her neck. But she 
took the Star Scepter into her arms as if it was a baby. "I haven't seen 
this since my destruction. I thought it was gone for sure!" 
   "Uh, Liz. I think you better transform," said Jupiter.
   "Yeah. We still got Sulite to deal with," added Venus.
   Elisia held her locket for a moment. "Naaah," she decided, taking out 
her wand again. "I hope it works. SATURN...POWER!" This time, it worked. A 
golden beam of light engulfed her whole body. After a few seconds, the beam 
broke in to little pieces, revealing her original sailor suit. The skirt, 
collar, and ankle-style heels became golden yellow. Her bows were orange as 
the Star Locket hung in the middle of the front bow. A wide, hanging belt 
hung from her waist, the Star Scepter being placed where it belonged after 
a thousand years. Her tiara was now silver and her gloves were still up to 
mid-way on her upper arms but they were trimmed in golden yellow. On her 
wrists were two silver bracelets.
  "Coooool," said Jupiter, surprised that Elisia had a second suit.
  "I thought your Sailor S suit was the only one you had."
  "That suit was from my Crystal Star. My wand makes the same suit as 
yours...but different. Now, let's pay a visit to Sulite, shall we?"
  The three scouts nodded and left the torture room.

  Sulite sensed that Saturn was free. "I have to open the portal now!" She 
got off the throne and stood in front of a sphere of Saturn's stolen 
powers. "I am Sulite, the servant of the Negaverse. I ask that you open the 
portal now!"
  The sphere glowed wildly and the energy shot up in a beam and slowly 
opened the portal.
  "Now for the scouts on Earth." Sulite closed her eyes and a wavy power 
bar went straight to Earth.
 
  At Darien's apartment, everyone was ready to go when everyone lost their 
scout identities! Everyone was back in their street wear, even the Outer 
Scouts and Tuxedo Mask. "Hey! What happened to us!?" asked Uranus.
  "Looks like someone cancelled out your powers," said Artemis.
  Then, an image of Sulite appeared in the room. "Aaauuuhh, poor little 
scouts. Lost your powers? Well- it's only until the Negaverse rules Earth. 
Then I'll set your powers free-if you're still around!" She laughed 
hideously.
  "Go and choke on a sword, Sulite!" yelled Earth.
  "Oh, Sailor Earth. How *nice* to see you again. It's been a while. Maybe 
we can catch up on old times."
  "Screw you! You're not tricking me again!"
  "Well, I tried! Bye!" Sulite left.
  "Great! How do get to the Negaverse without our scout powers?" asked Mars.

   *End of chapter 5*

  *** Well, it's short but that couldn't be helped. I hope you're ready for 
a looooooooooooooooooooooooooonnng battle between the Negaverse and all 
eleven scouts! ***