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The throne room was in a mess. Rubble and broken bodies lay everywhere. In the centre of the room, at the foot of a modest, yet imposing throne lay a stately silver-haired woman, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth as the sound of running boots drew near. Queen Serenity looked up, and sadly smiled as a figure knelt down and reached towards her...
Minako Aino gasped as she shot upright in bed, breathing heavily. There was a soft 'thud-thud', and Artemis padded over to her bed and jumped up.
"Mina-chan? What's wrong?" the Lunar Cat asked, concern for his charge evident in his voice. He was more than a little suprised when Minako, the Soldier of Love and Beauty, began to speak, gazing off into the distance as she did.
"We should mention this to the others when we go out tomorrow." Artemis advised, to which Minako nodded, and slowly laid back down on her bed.
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The leaves on the decorative trees rustled gently along the roadside, and a bell jingled as a group of teenaged girls walked into an ice cream parlour. The place was quiet, as it was mid-morning, with only a couple of families sitting at the counter, and a man hidden behind a large English-language newspaper.
The five girls were a colourful lot, to say the least. Two of them were natural blondes; one wearing her hair in buns with two streamer-like ponytails, while the other had thick, waist length hair topped off with a red bow; another wore eyeglasses which oddly suited her, even with her blue/green hair, as she tapped away at a small laptop computer. The fourth was very tall for a Japanese girl, and had brown hair pulled back in a high pony-tail; and the last girl wore her black hair loosely around her face.
The five of them sat around the table of a booth and chatted as they waited for their orders to come. Two of the girls, the black-haired one and the brunette began talking about boys, comparing notes as to which teen idol was the hottest, while the bluenette worked at her computer, apparently at her homework. The blonde with the two ponytails was about to tuck into her sundae, when a throat was cleared. The other four girls stopped, and turned to face the fifth girl.
"Um, guys?" Minako said, touching the tips of her fingers together. "I had... A dream last night."
"Oh really, Mina-chan? What was it? A cute boy?" Rei Hino and Makoto Kino asked at the same time.
"No, it was about...." The blonde glanced about, then lowered her voice to a whisper. "The Silver Millenium..." This got all the attention of the other four girls. Ami Mizuno looked up from her computer, and Usagi Tsukino's jaw dropped.
"What was it about?" Usagi asked, as her now unheeded ice cream sundae began to melt. Unnoticed by the five girls, who were otherwise known as the Inner Sailor Senshi, the newspaper lowered slightly, revealing a man with a vivid electric-blue coloured eye and dark red hair.
'Hmmm... Interesting....' he thought, as he watched the body language of the girls.
In the meantime, Minako began to relay what she'd seen, when a soft beeping sound interrupted her. Ami looked at her computer, then looked up.
"Youma attack, near the TV Ashita studio." she said, standing up. The girls followed her example and ran out the door.
A few seconds later, the mans' newspaper was folded up, revealing him for the first time. He wore a dark-green military uniform, with the rank of a British Army Captain, and a brassard that read "U.N.I.T." in black on an olive-drab oval patch. The severe appearence was emphasised further by the black eyepatch he wore over his left eye, which gave him a frankly sinister air. The man rose, bowed his head to the cashier, and marched out, before heading down an alley. He hummed a soft tune as he walked into a shadow, which seemed to darken as he disappeared...
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At the TV studio, the usual panicing civillians fled in all directions as the youma, which seemed to have been formed from a letterbox, laughed out loud. Half a dozen people were already out, drained almost to the limit by the Geiger-esque monstrosity
Lurking in the shadows on the roof of the studio, the soldier surveyed the scene, one hand firmly around the stock of a beautifully carved Lee-Enfield rifle. "Well, let the madness begin..." he murmured, a grim smile twisting his lips.
"STOP!" Shouted a voice from down the road. The youma, and the soldier, turned to see. Standing on the roofs of several cars and lorries, were the Sailor Senshi
"Ah, right on cue..." he chuckled.
"I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and in the name of the moon I will punish you!" she shouted, striking a pose.
"GRAAAGH! KILL!" The youma shouted, and fired a stream of letters at the girls, who leapt away and began their attacks.
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!"
At this, the soldier could not help but fall over, laughing fit to burst. "Oh Gawd help me, those are the most ridiculous names I've ever heard in all me life!" he cackled gleefully. "And they're taking it so seriously, too!" he grinned, before shaking himself.
"Focus, Jasper. You're performing vital reconnaissance, not attending a comedy gala." he growled, crawling over to the edge of the building to take a snipers' post, his rifle in hand.
Down on the road, the Sailor Senshi were being bounced about by the youma, who seemed to be trying to mail them to Abu Dhabi. Jupiter was already out, having been clocked by a high-speed parcel, and Mars wasn't in much better shape. Moon, Venus and Mercury were trying to find out the weakness of the youma when the Mercury Computer began beeping frantically. Grabbing it as they jumped clear, she groaned. "Look out, I'm detecting another source of Negaverse energy near us!"
"Sounds like my cue." Jasper smiled evilly, as a ball of ki energy formed at the muzzle of his rifle. Sighting, he pulled the trigger back.
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A bolt of blue energy exploded from the muzzle of his rifle, and speared into the youma, which screamed in outrage and pain. The three Senshi looked up, and spotted the beam coming from the roof of the TV studio. With a final shriek, the youma was dusted. Moon went to tend to her fallen companions, while Mercury tried to trace the energy. She frowned as it wavered and seemed to disappear.
"Damn it, where did it go?" she growled.
"Right here..." said a soft voice from an alleyway near to where Jupiter was. A man stode out slowly, carrying a rifle across his body. Looking away from the girls, and to where the youma had been, he chuckled dryly. "Done and dusted." he remarked, working the action of his rifle and ejecting a spent round from the chamber of his rifle.
"I must say, you girls are lucky I showed up." he turned, and both Venus and Mars shuddered at the sight of his ruined face. "Word of advice, read Sun Tzu and Clauswitz. I'll be seeing you lot around." he turned and walked back down into the alleyway.
"Wait! Just who are you, to talk like that to us?" Moon demanded.
"Simple, Princess. Captain Sperrs, United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, UK Division." Jasper replied, enjoying the tremble that passed through the group. He walked into the shadowy alleyway, and vanished.
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The throne room was in a mess. Rubble and broken bodies lay everywhere. In the centre of the room, at the foot of a modest, yet imposing throne lay a stately silver-haired woman, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth as the sound of running boots drew near. Queen Serenity looked up, and sadly smiled as a figure knelt down and reached towards her...
Minako Aino gasped as she shot upright in bed, breathing heavily. There was a soft 'thud-thud', and Artemis padded over to her bed and jumped up.
"Mina-chan? What's wrong?" the Lunar Cat asked, concern for his charge evident in his voice. He was more than a little suprised when Minako, the Soldier of Love and Beauty, began to speak, gazing off into the distance as she did.
"We should mention this to the others when we go out tomorrow." Artemis advised, to which Minako nodded, and slowly laid back down on her bed.
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The leaves on the decorative trees rustled gently along the roadside, and a bell jingled as a group of teenaged girls walked into an ice cream parlour. The place was quiet, as it was mid-morning, with only a couple of families sitting at the counter, and a man hidden behind a large English-language newspaper.
The five girls were a colourful lot, to say the least. Two of them were natural blondes; one wearing her hair in buns with two streamer-like ponytails, while the other had thick, waist length hair topped off with a red bow; another wore eyeglasses which oddly suited her, even with her blue/green hair, as she tapped away at a small laptop computer. The fourth was very tall for a Japanese girl, and had brown hair pulled back in a high pony-tail; and the last girl wore her black hair loosely around her face.
The five of them sat around the table of a booth and chatted as they waited for their orders to come. Two of the girls, the black-haired one and the brunette began talking about boys, comparing notes as to which teen idol was the hottest, while the bluenette worked at her computer, apparently at her homework. The blonde with the two ponytails was about to tuck into her sundae, when a throat was cleared. The other four girls stopped, and turned to face the fifth girl.
"Um, guys?" Minako said, touching the tips of her fingers together. "I had... A dream last night."
"Oh really, Mina-chan? What was it? A cute boy?" Rei Hino and Makoto Kino asked at the same time.
"No, it was about...." The blonde glanced about, then lowered her voice to a whisper. "The Silver Millenium..." This got all the attention of the other four girls. Ami Mizuno looked up from her computer, and Usagi Tsukino's jaw dropped.
"What was it about?" Usagi asked, as her now unheeded ice cream sundae began to melt. Unnoticed by the five girls, who were otherwise known as the Inner Sailor Senshi, the newspaper lowered slightly, revealing a man with a vivid electric-blue coloured eye and dark red hair.
'Hmmm... Interesting....' he thought, as he watched the body language of the girls.
In the meantime, Minako began to relay what she'd seen, when a soft beeping sound interrupted her. Ami looked at her computer, then looked up.
"Youma attack, near the TV Ashita studio." she said, standing up. The girls followed her example and ran out the door.
A few seconds later, the mans' newspaper was folded up, revealing him for the first time. He wore a dark-green military uniform, with the rank of a British Army Captain, and a brassard that read "U.N.I.T." in black on an olive-drab oval patch. The severe appearence was emphasised further by the black eyepatch he wore over his left eye, which gave him a frankly sinister air. The man rose, bowed his head to the cashier, and marched out, before heading down an alley. He hummed a soft tune as he walked into a shadow, which seemed to darken as he disappeared...
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At the TV studio, the usual panicing civillians fled in all directions as the youma, which seemed to have been formed from a letterbox, laughed out loud. Half a dozen people were already out, drained almost to the limit by the Geiger-esque monstrosity
Lurking in the shadows on the roof of the studio, the soldier surveyed the scene, one hand firmly around the stock of a beautifully carved Lee-Enfield rifle. "Well, let the madness begin..." he murmured, a grim smile twisting his lips.
"STOP!" Shouted a voice from down the road. The youma, and the soldier, turned to see. Standing on the roofs of several cars and lorries, were the Sailor Senshi
"Ah, right on cue..." he chuckled.
"I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and in the name of the moon I will punish you!" she shouted, striking a pose.
"GRAAAGH! KILL!" The youma shouted, and fired a stream of letters at the girls, who leapt away and began their attacks.
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!"
At this, the soldier could not help but fall over, laughing fit to burst. "Oh Gawd help me, those are the most ridiculous names I've ever heard in all me life!" he cackled gleefully. "And they're taking it so seriously, too!" he grinned, before shaking himself.
"Focus, Jasper. You're performing vital reconnaissance, not attending a comedy gala." he growled, crawling over to the edge of the building to take a snipers' post, his rifle in hand.
Down on the road, the Sailor Senshi were being bounced about by the youma, who seemed to be trying to mail them to Abu Dhabi. Jupiter was already out, having been clocked by a high-speed parcel, and Mars wasn't in much better shape. Moon, Venus and Mercury were trying to find out the weakness of the youma when the Mercury Computer began beeping frantically. Grabbing it as they jumped clear, she groaned. "Look out, I'm detecting another source of Negaverse energy near us!"
"Sounds like my cue." Jasper smiled evilly, as a ball of ki energy formed at the muzzle of his rifle. Sighting, he pulled the trigger back.
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A bolt of blue energy exploded from the muzzle of his rifle, and speared into the youma, which screamed in outrage and pain. The three Senshi looked up, and spotted the beam coming from the roof of the TV studio. With a final shriek, the youma was dusted. Moon went to tend to her fallen companions, while Mercury tried to trace the energy. She frowned as it wavered and seemed to disappear.
"Damn it, where did it go?" she growled.
"Right here..." said a soft voice from an alleyway near to where Jupiter was. A man stode out slowly, carrying a rifle across his body. Looking away from the girls, and to where the youma had been, he chuckled dryly. "Done and dusted." he remarked, working the action of his rifle and ejecting a spent round from the chamber of his rifle.
"I must say, you girls are lucky I showed up." he turned, and both Venus and Mars shuddered at the sight of his ruined face. "Word of advice, read Sun Tzu and Clauswitz. I'll be seeing you lot around." he turned and walked back down into the alleyway.
"Wait! Just who are you, to talk like that to us?" Moon demanded.
"Simple, Princess. Captain Sperrs, United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, UK Division." Jasper replied, enjoying the tremble that passed through the group. He walked into the shadowy alleyway, and vanished.